Preserving the Pueblos
Design alumni are helping restore ancient pueblos in New Mexico.
Constructing a New Kahn
Louis Kahn had more or less completed his designs for Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park when he died in 1974. It finally opened last fall to glowing reviews—but it could easily have been a disaster. Or nothing.
Passing the Vernacular
Venturi Scott Brown, post-Bob-and-Denise.
Designing the Ultimate Doll House
Ting Li C’03
Shaping Sound and Software
Michael Tiemann EAS’87
$15 Million Gift for a New ARCH
$15 million anonymous gift to renovate ARCH.
Inhabiting Geometry
Gallery-scale model by architect Anne Tyng Gr’75 at ICA.
Habitat For (Aging) Humanity
PennDesign conference explores architecture of old age.
Designing Men
Alumni firm KieranTimberlake’s London embassy.
Abele Honored
A mural and new neighborhood park in southwest Center City named in Abele’s honor.
The Music Building Gets a Tune-Up
Rave reviews for music building makeover
Penn Club of New York Gets Landmark Status
Penn Club of New York approved for landmark status
Restoring Andalusia
John Hanson C’83 and John Milner Ar’64
From Words to Buildings
What good is language to an architect?
Not Your Typical Pop-up Book
Works in paper. Pop Up Architecture
Rebirth of Mirth
Window, Jan|Feb 2010
The Future of Our Past
Penn’s Architectural Conservation Laboratory takes a rigorous approach to historic preservation.
New Architects for the Campus Expansion
Architects chosen for key Penn Connects projects
How Green Is Our Center
Morris Arboretum takes the LEED in “green” building.
Mr. Olin’s Neighborhood
One of the most acclaimed landscape architects of his generation, the School of Design’s Laurie Olin has helped remake Penn’s campus, reclaim New York’s Bryant Park, and resurrect Independence Mall. Now he has joined forces with architect Frank Gehry to boldly reinvent the heart of Brooklyn. No urban development project in American history compares to their $4 billion vision. No wonder the locals are restless.
Gilding the Villa
The money-pit in paradise. Vizcaya
Journey to Estonia
Louis Kahn Ar’24 Hon’71 left Estonia as a little boy in 1906. A century later, some members of the great architect’s “family through choice” went back to explore his tangled roots and legacy.
Venturi Scott Brown Archives Come to Penn
Penn to get Venturi Scott Brown archives
Geometric Vision
City Tower, by Lou Kahn and Anne Tyng