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KieranTimberlake's renovation of Ortlieb Bottling House underway
We know the Philadelphia firm KieranTimberlake for its high-minded contemporary design projects - from universities across the country to the future US Embassy in London - and these days they’re crafting…
Design review committee recommends Edgewater II and, with questions, Soko Lofts
The Civic Design Review Committee, an offshoot of the Planning Commission which meets monthly to consider the impacts of large development projects on the public realm, unanimously recommended approval Tuesday afternoon…
Art Commission approves Zoo project
In a short meeting on Wednesday, the Philadelphia Art Commission reviewed just one application — and granted it unanimous final approval. The project, the creation of a new facade for the…
Among 43 Knight Arts Challenge winners, many will bring art to public space and neighborhoods
This year's Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia winners were announced Monday, marking the final round of of the three-year challenge grant program. Of the 43 winners, here are 14 winners that…
Denise Scott Brown on Vanna Venturi House and 'joint creativity'
It was a treat to hear Denise Scott Brown deliver wide-ranging remarks at WHYY Tuesday evening, part of a program convened in honor of the Vanna Venturi House’s inclusion in the…
Barnes Foundation partners with Fairmount Arts Crawl, hosts local artist
The Fairmount Arts Crawl is back and, thanks in part to the Barnes Foundation, this year’s event is even bigger. Friday evening, the Barnes Foundation in partnership with the Fairmount…
Caring for the Vanna Venturi House like it's family
It is a rare thing to live in a modern landmark, much less a groundbreaking postmodern masterwork by Robert Venturi, but that’s what Agatha Hughes calls home. Hughes lives in the…
Amid sound and fury, Historical Commission approves Feibush Cafe
A surprise — and quite dramatic — appearance by the City's Chief Integrity Officer, Joan Markman, capped the Historical Commission meeting on Friday morning. Ms. Markman was the last to testify…
Proposed casinos to get report card from Design Advocacy Group
The six Philadelphia casino proposals are about to get a report card from an organization of Philadelphia architects, urban planners and other design professionals. According to an analysis by the Philadelphia…
Thought Experiments: Human Geographies (4/3) and Curating the Public Realm (4/8)
From harnessing the visual power of maps in the name of social change to curating the messages embedded in street markings, muraLAB's Thought Experiments series is bringing two important visual…
Look Up! A Modern brick house on the city’s grand boulevard
The Parkway House borrowed from earlier styles, but the designers gave it an identify of its own. “Look Up!” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural and…
Art Commission approves LightPlay, Linc Infill
The Philadelphia Art Commission granted its final approval on Wednesday morning to two significant Broad Street projects situated just a few miles from each other. Architects from Gensler, who first appeared…
2013 Ed Bacon Awards Ceremony & Reception
Honoring John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, & the 2013 Student Design Competition Winners Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture VIP reception: 5:30-6:30 p.m.; ceremony & presentation: 7-8:30…
Lou Kahn awarded Brendan Gill Prize for FDR Four Freedoms Park
The Municipal Arts Society of New York will posthumously award famed Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn the 25th Brendan Gill Prize in recognition for his "magnificent conception and design of FDR Four…
Wissahickon Charter School awarded grant to aid construction costs
Expansion plans for the Wissahickon Charter School are getting a boost from a just-announced William Penn Foundation grant. The school was awarded $500,000 toward the cost of constructing its new campus…
Philadelphia Historical Commission Reviews PFSF, Curtis, other projects
Applications that would alter two prominent public spaces were on the agenda of Friday's Historical Commission meeting, but it was a convoluted, albeit fascinating and layered, case in the Girard Estates…
Vote on artwork for PWD rain barrel wraps
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) is giving its rain barrels a makeover and it wants our help picking the new designs. Students from Laura W. Waring School and YESPHilly worked…
Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia Finalists
This year's Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia finalists were announced today, featuring a crop of fantastic ideas for the arts in Philly that are in the running for grant funding from…
Welcome to a brand new PlanPhilly!
What you are looking at today is a thoroughly new, innovative PlanPhilly website that is designed to better connect the planning, design and development communities in Philadelphia through an integrated content…
Philadelphia’s Interface Studio receives prestigious national planning award
Washington, D.C. – Interface Studio, a full-service planning and urban design practice based in Philadelphia, will receive the 2013 National Planning Excellence Award for an Emerging Planning and Design Firm from the American…
