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
Restoring the Roadmap of Tomorrow
Roadmap restoration
A Sense of Place
Architect of place Peter Dominick GAr’71
Crafting Modernity, Crossing Cultures
The Raymonds’ “Modern World”
Boom … or Doom?
Assessing Philadelphia’s building boom
Bunker me banana …
“BananaBunker” creator Paul Stremple
Understanding the Environmental Vernacular
Evocative architect Lyman Perry
Building: An Online Bible
A new architectural website offers everything you ever wanted to know about Philadelphia architecture.
Monumental Task
Rybczynski named to Commission of Fine Arts
Welcome to the Club
The place to mingle—and eat Abner’s cheesesteaks—in NYC
China’s Beaux-Arts Ambassadors
A fall conference and ongoing exhibit highlight the work of Penn-trained architects in China.
A New Chapter for English Department’s Home
$16.4 million approved for Bennett Hall renovations
Perfection of the Work
A son’s study of a brilliant architect and errant father.
A Passion for Putting Things Together
Design alumni Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake, the architects for the new Melvin J. and Claire Levine Hall on Penn's campus, are on a mission to "refabricate" their profession.
An Unexpected Unity
Cret Professor of Architecture Daniel Libeskind’s winning design for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site is an act of remembrance and restoration.
Praxis Makes Perfect at Penn’s Landing
Crafting a plan for Penn’s Landing
Off the Shelf
Frank Furness. A biography of the Fisher Fine Arts Library’s architect.
Plus: An interview with the author; Briefly Noted.