Louis Kahn was a man of many talents: a gifted artist. A playful pianist. And in the words of Philip Johnson, one of the most influential and “beloved architects of all time.” Frank Gehry, speaking ...

A long-vacant and blighted school in West Poplar has reopened its doors with a new purpose. Spring Garden School, built between 1927-1928 at 845 N. 12th Street, celebrated its grand opening on ...

Trump Plaza was the first casino resort in Atlantic City owned by Donald Trump. Courtesy of Flickr users Anthony Quintano and natalie419.. Trump Plaza (1984-September 2014) Trump Plaza opened on May ...

Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School just broke ground on a $40 million, seven-acre campus in Tioga. Renderings by Blackney Hayes Architects An abandoned warehouse and an adjacent vacant lot in North ...

1,121 feet. The second $1.5 billion Comcast tower has already staked its place in the Philly skyline. When it's completely built in 2018, the 60-story tower will be the tallest building in the city, ...

Here's a map of ninety-nine Philadelphia hotels of yore, plotted throughout the city. A handful, like the Latham and the Morris House Hotel, operate as hotels today. Most of the hotels still standing ...

PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building is considered one of Frank Furness’s most iconic works. Courtesy of Library of Congress By all accounts, the modern movement in architecture in the U.S. is typically ...

Describing the project as a “bitter pill to swallow,” the Civic Design Review committee asked the design and development team behind a proposed two-tower project on the Schuylkill to make a long list ...

New York-based artist Jake Berman wants cities to start examining ways to bring their public transit systems into the future—by looking at the past. And for Philly, that means an oft-forgotten ...

Thompson and Woods are planners at the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DWRC), a nonprofit that was founded to be, in its own words, “the steward of the waterfront.”In June, DRWC announced that ...

“Modernism” is not a term that immediately leaps to mind when considering Philadelphia. Yet from the PSFS building—the nation’s first International Style skyscraper—to environment-altering ...

In order to meet its growing demand, Philly will need to add 38,407 new apartments by 2030. Problem is, Philadelphia is one of the toughest cities to add necessary households for renters. The ...