aia philadelphia's 2010 annual yearbook

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AIA Philadelphia Yearbook2010 Awards for Design Excellence

3 Foreword

4 2010 Awards for Design Excellence

5 Gold Medal

6 Honor and Merit Awards

20 Exhibitors

28 Center for Architecture

29 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture

30 Design on the Delaware

31 Canstruction

32 Community Design Collaborative

33 Charter High School for Architecture and Design

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The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects presents this publication as a record of the

achievements in design, planning, and execution of architectural projects made by its member firms.

This year’s volume gathers together the award-winning and exhibited projects featured in the

Chapter’s 2010 Awards for Design Excellence, which are presented annually to recognize significant

achievements in architecture. Within these pages you will find a snapshot of the hundreds of projects

that were submitted to the Design Awards. They include a diverse range of buildings, including houses,

government buildings, places of worship, museums, schools, university buildings, healthcare facilities,

restaurants, corporate headquarters, and professional offices.

These projects reveal the dramatic way in which architecture impacts the physical environment and how

members of the American Institute of Architects are making great strides in creating more valuable, healthy,

secure, and sustainable communities and cityscapes. The work of AIA Philadelphia members appears both

at home and abroad, advancing the future of the built environment in places as far away as Asia and the

Middle East, a testament to their commitment to good design.

On the cover: Qb3's Split Level House. Photography by: Halkin Photography LLC.

Foreword

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At the 2010 Awards for Design Excellence, held October 13,

2010, at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 16 architectural projects

received Honor and Merit Awards. The Gold Medal was

presented to Metcalfe Architecture & Design for Out on a Limb

at the Morris Arboretum. In addition, the following awards

were given by AIA Philadelphia for individual achievement:

AIA Philadelphia John Harbeson Award, for lifetime achievement

of the highest standards of professionalism, accomplishment,

and regard for the development of his younger colleagues

Paul M. Hirshorn, AIA

AIA Philadelphia Young Architects Award, for demonstrated

excellence and exceptional contributions to the field of

architecture

Karen Blanchard, AIA, LEED AP

Wallace Roberts & Todd

Design Awards Jury:

Cesar Pelli, FAIA

Pelli Clarke Pelli, New Haven, CT

Herbert Newman, FAIA

Newman Architects, New Haven, CT

Hilary Sample, AIA

MOS Architects, New Haven, CT

Lisa Gray, AIA

Gray Organschi Architecture, New Haven, CT

2010 Awards for Design Excellence

PLATINUM SPONSOR CLEMENS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

GOLD SPONSORS GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES POWELL TRACHTMAN LOGAN CARRLE & LOMBARDO, PC

SILVER SPONSOR O’DONNELL & NACCARATO

BRONZE SPONSORS DIENER BRICK COMPANY IMS AUDIO/VISUAL

COPPER SPONSORS EVOLVE IP KEAST & HOOD CO. LANGAN ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES NASON CONSTRUCTION RIDGWAY’S S&S RESOURCES TORCON, INC.

DESIGN COMMITTEE LONNY H. ROSSMAN, AIA, CHAIRMAN MARIO GENTILE, AIA PAT GOURLEY THOMAS F. KIRK, AIA JAMES OLEG KRUHLY, AIA KENNETH D. MITCHELL, AIA ROLAND NOREIKA, AIA JOSHUA OTTO, AIA MAUREEN WARD, AIA JAMES GORDON WINKLER, AIA

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The 450-foot tree canopy walk at Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylva-nia transports visitors from walking on the ground to walking in the treetops five sto-ries above the forest floor without steps or ramps. “Out on a Limb” features a pavilion, suspension bridge, giant hanging bird’s nest, two rope netting “wading pools in the sky,” and dramatic vistas that change season-ally. The firm used steel, wood, and netting throughout the structure’s 4,138 square feet to create a series of architectural experiences compressed entry, forced vistas, linear move-ment, various forms of enclosure, manipula-tion of natural light, and rhythm—50 feet in the air.

Morris Arboretum, a 92-acre public and research garden in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill section, wanted to increase family at-tendance. The tree canopy walk attracts children and adults with its sense of thrill and perceived danger. It has been a huge success; Arboretum attendance increased 30 percent in “Out on a Limb’s” first year.

The project’s goals were to celebrate the human experience using play, discovery, and social interaction, and to give families the unique experience of being “up in the trees.” We created visceral sensations—the thrill of height, unique juxtapositions, sway and vibration, and combined a gradual fall-ing away of the ground below with the structure’s lace-like transparency.

The structure is built on a hill in the mid-dle of a “museum” of trees. The delicacy of the collection made it imperative that the

firm not attach the structure to the trees or disturb their root systems. The firm used mi-cro-pile foundations, 150 feet deep and six inches in diameter, threaded through roots systems located by using a giant leaf blower. Most components were constructed off-site and boomed into place by a 150-ton crane to minimize site impact.

The ever-changing forest required a sus-tainable and changeable design. Trees fall and perish. All sections are structurally inde-pendent, and can be relocated by crane to new stands of trees if necessary.

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Out on a Limb Tree Canopy Walk Metcalfe Architecture and Design

Owner/Developer: Morris ArboretumStructural Engineer: CVM Structural EngineeringElectrical Engineer: Marvin Waxman Consulting EngineersCivil Engineer: Hunt Engineering CompanyLighting Designers: Grenald Waldron AssociatesGeneral Contractor: CVM ConstructionExhibit Fabricators: Sparks Exhibits & EnvironmentsCustom Wood Fabricator: Stauffer WoodworkingPhotography: Paul Warchol

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The Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) was established in 1994 at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania. The Center con-ducts research, holds lectures, and convenes conferences and roundtable discussions on media, communication, and public policy. Among its better known programs are the National Annenberg Election Survey, Fact-Check.org, and the National Public Radio show “Justice Talking.”

The University of Pennsylvania was founded in the 1740s by Benjamin Frank-lin, and transformed into a private university

in 1791. The campus, a green oasis in the middle of urban West Philadelphia, is a loose patchwork of buildings from different eras, mostly in red brick and stone.

The APPC site is near the center of this campus along 36th Street Walk, a major pe-destrian thoroughfare. Its exterior material palette of layered glass and wood comple-ments nearby buildings, while still presenting a modern, open image befitting a program dedicated to public policy. The resulting ef-fect of this layering has been dubbed “a warm transparency.” Deference to adjacent building volumes and eave lines further inte-grate this modern vocabulary with the scale and spirit of its surroundings.

The interior design of the APPC extends these themes of transparency and open-ness, striving for connectivity and flexibility amongst the various research interests. Open and private offices and the stair towers ring

the perimeter of the building. The core con-tains kitchenettes, bathrooms, storage, and mechanical spaces. A three-story atrium links all spaces of the building, from the 200 per-son capacity multi-purpose “agora” space on the first level, to a skylit lounge on the fourth. This atrium is crowned with a faceted metal and glass roof, adding to the sense of dynamism and tying the rectangular massing of the building to its surrounding context of peaked roofs.

The exterior skin of the APPC is an alu-minum and glass curtain wall with operable awning units on all four sides. Argon filled double glazing with low-e coating was se-lected to ensure proper insulation from the elements while maintaining transparency. A second layer of operable wooden screens and fixed single glazing is located 18” be-hind the glass curtain wall, creating a con-tinuous double-skin around the building pe-rimeter. The layered wood and glass system is the primary aesthetic motif of the project, and is also engineered to enhance comfort and energy performance.

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Annenberg Public Policy Center Maki and Associates / Ballinger

Owner/Developer: University of PennsylvaniaStructural Engineer: BallingerElectrical Engineer: BallingerMechanical Engineer: BallingerLighting Consultant: The Lighting PracticeGeneral Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction GroupPhotography: Jeffrey Totaro, exterior; Barry Halkin, interior

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art serves an average of 3,000 visitors per day, with peaks as high as 10,000 visitors per day dur-ing major exhibitions. The existing facility had only 325 parking spaces. In conjunction with ongoing efforts to improve mass-transit service to the site, the Museum worked with the City of Philadelphia and Fairmount Park (which owns the land that the Museum sits on) to locate as large a parking facility as

possible, without compromising the historic landscape or views to and from the Museum.

The Landscaped Parking Facility and Sculpture Garden adds a 442-car garage beneath an existing hillside. The surface of the garage is an intensive green roof open to the public. The green roof and adjacent area house a sculpture garden for both per-manent and temporary exhibitions. Two ter-races open new views to the Schuylkill River, the Waterworks, Kelly Drive, and Boathouse Row. The landscape and paths are designed to connect the Museum to the sculpture gar-den and beyond to the existing Reilly Memo-rial and Azalea Garden.

The substantial gravity loads generated by the intensive green roof, large trees, and future sculpture loads could not be managed with a typical 60’ clear-span garage structure. To resolve this problem an innovative cast-in-place concrete structure, with 15’ cantilevers at the perimeter edges of the garage, was developed to efficiently handle the loads and minimize the impact of columns within the parking bays. The garage was constructed over an existing 13’ diameter combined sew-er outflow tunnel. The tunnel was reinforced to allow it to provide temporary storage of overflow during storm events.

honor awardbuiltHA

Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden and Parking FacilityAtkin Olshin Schade Architects

Owner/Developer: Philadelphia Museum of ArtStructural Engineer: CVM EngineersElectrical Engineer: Spectra EngineeringMechanical Engineer: Spectra EngineeringLandscape Architect: OLINGeneral Contractor: LF Driscoll CompanyPhotography: Jeffrey Totaro

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The residents of the southern portion of Delaware County are in dire need of new, affordable, sanitary and spacious rental units for the elderly population. Pentecos-tal Square helps to alleviate the problems of the county’s elderly community. This 70-unit development caters to the very-low income elderly population of southern Delaware County by providing high-quality, low-cost housing to the portion of county with the greatest need. Pentecostal Square’s location in the heart of Chester will provide easy ac-cess to the surrounding communities and allows its residents to maintain their connec-tions to the region.

Furthermore, Pentecostal Square allows former Chester residents and others looking for an urban location a housing choice that is currently unavailable. The single building contains 70 units and is fitted with the mod-ern amenities needed by the elderly. Each unit has bathrooms fitted with shower grab-bars and lever-style faucets for easier and safer use. Each unit is 100 percent handicap adaptable and all hallways have handrails to help residents stay mobile. All of these age-specific amenities are provided in addi-tion to all the standard amenities expected in a modern apartment building. Units have central air conditioning, dishwasher and gar-bage disposals.

Pentecostal Square has a complete so-cial service package to be provided on site. These services include: health and wellness screenings, health care education, flu vac-cinations as well as other services aimed at improving resident’s quality of life including transportation services and the use of an on-site social worker (overseen by Community Action Agency of Delaware County). These social services are specially designed for the elderly.

honor awardbuiltHA

Pentecostal Squarehaley.dononvan

Owner/Developer: Ingerman ConstructionStructural Engineer: Bevan LawsonElectrical Engineer: Schooley ElectricMechanical Engineer: Summit EngineersAdditional Consultant: Penoni Associates General Contractor: Ingerman ConstructionPhotography: Erin Avery

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In Campbell’s ongoing efforts to repre-sent innovation, progression, and a stimula-tion of local economic growth, the company plans to construct a cutting edge, ecologi-cally friendly structure to house employee services and act as the new “front door” to the corporate campus. The 100,000-square-foot structure will highlight the world head-quarters while welcoming visitors to the cor-porate campus. The desire for a functional service area and representation of Campbell Soup as a market leading food company led us to create a contemporary, aestheti-cally pleasing design rooted in the Campbell brand and rich company history.

The Campbell Employee Center con-sists of two levels and a partial basement. The lower level houses a cafeteria, servery, kitchen, employee store, mail room, print room, as well as training and fitness areas. The lobby/reception area, security central, and storage areas are also located on this lower level. Conference rooms and office

space are incorporated into both lower and upper levels.

Site and civil design on the corporate campus address such issues as storm water management, site placement, traffic flow, and parking. Visitors, employees, and service deliveries will follow designated paths upon entry into the campus, while pedestrian walkways will be organized to facilitate safe, direct access to building entrances. Keeping these issues in mind, the longitudinal mass that sits in the center and front of the exist-ing buildings was selected through a num-ber of studies to increase the frontage of the building that functions as a main entrance to

the campus. The building mass of the Em-ployee Service Building is clearly divided into three large sections - public, semi-public, and private area.

A double story high Exhibition Hall stands in front of all functions as a truly public open space and the face of Campbell’s campus. Some of the major amenity services shown as semi-public, such as credit union and company store, open up to this public cor-ridor on the ground level.

Behind these two areas are private spac-es, which include cafeteria, servery on the first floor, and Campbell’s University and of-fices on the second floor.

merit awardbuiltMA

Campbell Employee CenterKlingStubbins

Owner/Developer: Campbell Soup CompanyStructural Engineer: KlingStubbinsElectrical Engineer: KlingStubbinsMechanical Engineer: KlingStubbinsConstruction Manager: GreyhawkVertical Transportation: VDAFood Service: Cini-Little InternationalAcoustics and A/V: Shen Milsom WilkeHardware: Jack Soeffing CompanyBuilding Envelove (to CSC): Edwards & CompanyBuilding Simulation/Energy Studies: PennPraxisGeotechnical (to GSC): Langan Engineering and Environmental ServicesGeneral Contractor: Torcon, Inc.

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Sited on a vacant corner in the North-ern Liberties section of Philadelphia, this 3,000-square-foot house for a growing family stitches itself into the neighborhood by responding to local cues. Curved brick corners negotiate the irregular street grid, while the cadence of typical rowhouses and a palette of brick volumes and stone bases are translated into a new vocabulary.

An interior palette of bleached and black-ened oak, polished concrete and patinaed steel contrast the rich wood, hammered concrete and brick of the exterior.

The split creates open spaces that are scaled appropriately to their functions, adding definition without the use of divid-ing walls. The split also necessitates verti-cal movement through the house, bringing awareness to the tranisition of everyday events and rituals.

Floating just above the streetscape, the interior spaces wrap around the three-story glass entry, framing views out and back into the house. The brick skin shelters the interior and becomes the roof garden parapet, cre-ating a sense of complete privacy.

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Split Level HouseQB3, LLC

Owner/Developer: PrivateKitchen and Millwork: James van EttenGreen Roof: David Brothers Landscape ArchitectsStair Fabrication: Bill Curran DesignMetal Siding: Walton Contracting General Contractor: McCoubrey/OverholserPhotography: Todd Mason


The client’s program required a replicable framework of design and construction that would be extremely cost effective. The ap-proach provides affordable, starter homes that take advantage of Philadelphia’s abun-dance of well located vacant lots. All of the homes are designed to meet Energy Star, LEED for Homes, and in some cases Pas-sivhaus standards.

The recent housing bubble has driven American houses to extreme sizes and ex-urban locations. Too often, housing value has been determined through complicated equations based on square footage and mar-ketable features, rather than spatial, mate-rial, or environmental quality. Even in cities like Philadelphia, low-cost mortgages have helped to foster a culture of “bigger is bet-ter.”

The 100K Houses were conceived as a response to this unsustainable approach to housing. Small, efficient, and super-green, the 100K Houses provide sustainable options for first-time Philadelphia homebuyers.

Small: the average single-family home in the U.S. has ballooned in size over the past few decades. Oversized homes are largely the result of cheap materials, poor-quality

design, and unrealistic economic expecta-tions. Small is the new normal.

Simple and flat: the firm defines efficient, cost-effective construction and exploits that position for design opportunities. The 100K Houses riff on simple material and flush fa-cades, employing texture, pattern and color as low cost, high impact treatments.

Super green: the 100K Houses employ a passive strategy focused on envelope rather than systems. This strategy yielded LEED for Homes Platinum certification and HERS rat-ings between 42 and 24 (performing 58% to 76% better than homes designed to baseline energy code).

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100K HousesInterface Studio Architects

Owner/Developer: PostgreenStructural Engineer: Larsen & LandisGeneral Contractor: Hybrid ConstructionPhotography: Sam Oberter, Nic Darling


Stewardship of the environment is an im-portant part of Germantown Friends School’s educational mission; therefore, the building and site design embraces opportunities to demonstrate environmental responsibility. Throughout, the didactic green building is integrated with the school’s science peda-gogy to create a facility that fosters indepen-dent thinking.

The landscaped central courtyard forms an active outdoor classroom surrounded by a series of planted raingardens. This raingar-den system directs the path of the stormwa-ter from its source at the roof downspouts and paved courtyard areas, along the can-tilevered overhang, and through a series of natively planted swales.

Roof areas that are not directed to the raingardens supply two above-ground cis-terns that provide the building with non-potable water for use at the water closets. Stormwater is also managed through veg-etated roofs at two roof levels, the lower of which is directly accessible to students for outdoor seminars and experiments.

The design clearly articulates the facility’s program through its organization of class-room “building blocks” for Biology, Chemis-try, and Physics with transparent glazing for the circulation spaces, meeting rooms and shared office areas.

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Sustainable Urban Science CenterSMP Architects

Owner/Developer: Germantown Friends SchoolStructural Engineer: CVM EngineersElectrical Engineer: Vanderweil EngineersMechanical Engineer: Vanderweil EngineersLandscape Architect: Viridian Landscape StudioGeneral Contractor: Wolfe Scott Associates Photography: Barry Halkin


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Owner/Developer: Philadelphia Housing AuthorityStructural Engineer: Earl F. Buser, P.E.Electrical Engineer: Mark Ulrick EngineersMechanical Engineer: Mark Ulrick EngineersGeneral Contractor: TN WardPhotography: Naquib Hossain

Dilapidated row houses and empty lots make up the 800 block of Markoe Street in West Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Housing Authority, the owner of the bulk of the prop-erties, commissioned a master plan to create an affordable rental housing community on the land. The strategy parted with the Hous-ing Authority’s typical approach of razing and rebuilding.

More than just wasting materials and money, demolishing historic buildings liter-ally creates piles of waste. The master plan renovates the existing buildings along the street to prevent tons of debris from enter-ing a landfill.

As cultural assets, historic facades serve as witnesses to history, linking diverse times and peoples. A nuanced beauty born of lay-ers of age burnishes old brick – a complexity which can be approximated, but never fully captured in new construction.

The strategy:Recycle the existing buildings. Clean and

reuse the existing facades, foundations, in-tact joists, and party walls but redesign the interior layouts for greater comfort and en-ergy efficiency.

Carefully knit new homes into the empty lots to complete the gapped street edge. Al-low for street level commercial units at the block corners. Taking cues from the existing houses, build the new homes to last, of du-rable materials with careful construction de-tailing. Integrate a clerestory into an efficient daylighting, heating, and cooling system. Highly insulate both the new homes and the renovations.

Reduce construction waste through de-sign standardization and attentive materials estimating.

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The development of Sister Cities Park is part of an ongoing effort to promote pub-lic use of the parkway’s open-space and en-hance the pedestrian connection between the urban core of Philadelphia and the cul-tural institutions which line the parkway and form the gateway to Fairmount Park.

The project site is located at the east-ern edge of Logan Circle at the center of Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Parkway was conceived during the City Beautiful movement as the ceremonial bou-levard extending the largest urban park in the United States directly into the heart of Center City Philadelphia.

The intent of this project is to attract a di-

verse population of all ages to a prominent, yet underused open space along the Park-way while strengthening the link between the urban parkland and the natural diver-sity of Fairmount Park which includes the Schuylkill River and spectacular Wissahickon Valley.

Sister Cities Park, is bounded by 18th Street, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Vine Street between Logan Square and the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The revitalization of this prominent park space begins with the development of new programmatic elements including a cafe,

multi-purpose community room, a children’s discovery garden, and the intensive re-design of the plaza commemorating Philadelphia’s international “sister cities.”

Inspired by Fairmount Park’s rich geologi-cal character, the substantial cantilever of the pavilion’s vegetated roof forms a shelter set at the perimeter of the city’s vast and monu-mental urban space. The pavilion is con-ceived as a transition between the formal-ity and scale of the city and the naturalistic landscape of the garden and park beyond.

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Sister Cities Pavilion and GardenDIGSAU

Owner/Developer: Center City District of PhiladelphiaStructural Engineer: CVM EngineersElectrical Engineer: BHG ConsultingMechanical Engineer: BHG ConsultingAdditional Consultant: Metropolitan AcousticsLandscape Architect: Studio Bryan HanesLighting Design: BEAM Ltd. Civil Engineer: Pennoni AssociatesKitchen Design: Space by SpielemanAdditional Consultant: Gallini & Hemmann


The reuse of industrial sites in older, ur-ban neighborhoods has been the focus of the third phase of Infill Philadelphia, an ini-tiative organized by the Community Design Collaborative. The designs explore how cities can restore the competitive edge of older, underused industrial spaces and create new neighborhood-based opportunities for em-ployment and innovation.

The goal for the Oxford Street site is to create a mixed-use industrial/residential facil-ity in collaboration with two nonprofit orga-

nizations who have been exploring the over-lap of their respective missions. Greenpoint Manufacturing & Design Center (GMDC) would develop the industrial portion by pro-viding spaces for light industrial and manu-facturing, and the Women’s Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) would develop the residential portion with the assistance of low-income tax credits.

The property examined in this proj-ect was, until recently, a lamp factory. This tightly packed complex of factory build-

ings has several narrow courtyards and a 22,000-square-foot parcel of vacant land at one corner. Its location at the nexus between industrial and residential districts adjacent to the elevated train make it a good candidate for a new brand of mixed-use development that combines small-scale industries with af-fordable housing.

Some of the more notable analysis obser-vations were the patterns created by the ma-sonry load bearing walls of the six buildings, the limited daylighting opportunities created by the cluster of five buildings on the west side of the site, the absence of any green space, and the approximately 40 decibel dif-ference between the east and west sides of the site while a train is passing.

merit awardunbuiltMA

Oxford Street Lamp FactoryDIGSAU

Owner/Developer: Greenpoint Manufacturing Design Center and Women’s Community Revitalization Project Structural Engineer: CVM EngineersElectrical Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks and AssociatesMechanical Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks and AssociatesVolunteer Organizer: Heidi Levy, Community Design Collaborative


The Academy of Music is the oldest continuously operating concert hall in the United States. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962. The first performance occurred on January 26, 1857 and was followed by an extravagant ball. Throughout its history, the Academy has hosted many of the most spectacular balls ever given in this country honoring Heads of State, Presidents, and the worlds leading musicians.

Years of continuous use had taken its toll on the Academy’s Ballroom and through the generosity of Lee Annenberg and the Acad-emy’s ongoing Restoration Fundraising ef-forts; the Academy was in a position to undo 152 years of alterations.

Hundreds of hours of design research re-constructed the original design intent for the room. The Academy maintains substantial archives containing documents pertaining to the design, construction and alterations of the opera house from 1852 through present day. Resources from The Philadelphia Histori-cal Commission, The Pennsylvania Historical Society, and The Athenaeum of Philadelphia were also invaluable in the research effort. The discovery of an 1860 photograph of the room provided extraordinary guidance. Advanced scanning technologies and image enhancement software allowed us to view the 1860 photograph to the point where the firm could count the number of crystals on each chandelier, see the intricacies of the

paint scheme, and corroborate door details to other archival sources.

The Ballroom is 40’ X 80’ with the central ceiling vault at 35’ in height and spatially re-mains unchanged from 1857. Unfortunately many other historic features of the room where changed over time. The gas light fixtures were removed in 1895. In the early 1900s the room’s only windows and doors to

the exterior were walled over. At its opening, the Academy of Music’s

Ballroom was described as the most beauti-ful room in all of Philadelphia and was the premiere reception space for the city.

The historic importance of the room and that legacy guided every design decision in the hopes of recreating these same senti-ments today.

preservation awardPR

Academy of Music Ballroom Restoration KlingStubbins

Owner/Developer: Academy of MusicStructural Engineer: Keast & HoodElectrical Engineer: PHY EngineersMechanical Engineer: PHY EngineersAdditional Consultant: John Canning PaintingMetalwork: Vintage MetalworksArchitectural Conservator: Arnold Wood ConservationCarpet: BrintonsMillwork: Artistic Doors and WindowsStained Glass: The Art of Glass Inc.Chandeliers and Sconces: Mathieu LustrerieStained Glass: Famenella & Associates, Inc.General Contractor: L.F. Driscoll CompanyPhotography: Tom Crane


The Church of the Redeemer, a Main Line landmark for the Episcopal Diocese, recently completed the restoration and improve-ments to its Sanctuary Building. Originally designed by Charles M. Burns in the Gothic-Revival style in 1881, the church underwent subsequent improvements and expansions in 1891 and 1912. This most recent construc-

tion activity was focused on reconfiguration of some aspects of the chancel to accom-modate current liturgical philosophy and ac-cessibility improvements; a new addition to the north side of the nave for accessible lava-tories; restoration of the interior finishes in the nave and other interior ancillary spaces; restoration of exterior masonry as required;

and rehabilitation of the slate roofing, porte cochere, and site walks, among others.

Construction occurred from March to De-cember 2009. The architects worked closely with the church’s building and liturgical com-mittees and vestry to realize an end result that achieved their objectives.

The reconfigured chancel used materials such as handmade tiles, limestone, brass, and wood that are compatible with, and sensitive to, the historic elements. The sten-ciled wood ceilings and interior brick and stone walls were restored, as were the terra cotta tile and floors.

The renovated porte cochere and new addition incorporate compatible materials in keeping with the building’s evolutionary history.

preservation awardPR

Church of the RedeemerJohn Milner Architects

Owner/Developer: Jay Einspanier, Church AdministratorStructural Engineer: Structural Design Associates, Inc. Electrical Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks and AssociatesMechanical Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks and AssociatesCivil Engineer: Momenee and AssociatesGeneral Contractor: W.S. CumbyPhotography: Tom Crane


Connelly House is an exciting and innova-tive joint venture between two Philadelphia non-profit organizations dedicated to serv-ing the needs of the homeless and low- and moderate-income residents.

Working with St. John the Evange-list Church, Bethesda Project and Project H.O.M.E. are developing a multi-use build-ing that will provide 79 units of affordable, supportive, and permanent housing for for-merly homeless adults with special needs, fa-cilities for their respective programs, and an expanded Parish Center for the church.

The dream for a shared facility began in 2005, but met several obstacles along the way. Eight potential sites under review were rejected due to neighborhood opposition. Despite the setbacks, Bethesda Project and Project H.O.M.E. continued their search and

discovered an ideal site for the project, locat-ed on the grounds of the St. John the Evan-gelist Church in downtown Philadelphia. The premium location will allow at-risk residents quick and easy access to transportation, education, employment, and recreational opportunities. The selected site gained over-whelming support from the surrounding

community and business leaders.Connelly House achieves the goals set by

Philadelphia’s Ten Year Plan to End Home-lessness and the Center City District’s East Market Street Plan. In addition to addressing the critical need for supportive housing in the city, Connelly House will greatly improve the pedestrian experience by redeveloping blighted property, increasing safety in under-used alleyways, and creating interesting mid-block connections.

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Connelly HouseBWA Architecture & Planning

Owner/Developer: Project H.O.M.E., Bethesda ProjectStructural Engineer: Hunt EngineeringElectrical Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks and AssociatesMechanical Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks and AssociatesPlumbing Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks and AssociatesCivil Engineer: StantecSustainable Design Consultant: Re:Vision Architecture Legal Consultant: Regional Housing Legal ServicesDevelopment Consultant: Diamond & AssociatedGeneral Contractor: J.J. DeLuca Company


Divine, not sacred … divine as in con-jure from minimal means. This restaurant, located in an active area of diverse dining, required a façade element that spoke to the menu inside.

Starting with a stepped, generic façade, the design had to be economical and be as-sembled with minimal skill, in short order. The solution embraced this along with the temporal nature of urban street facades, constantly changing in response to fashion and commerce.

Eastern white cedar, precut and prefin-ished, was used in a modular, overlapping fashion that does not rely on accuracy, but rather on modularity and a support system designed to modulate.

Assembled in five hours on a Saturday morning, the result was an immediate trans-formation for the restaurateur.

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Sampan RestaurantMichael Ryan Architects

Owner/Developer: Sampan RestaurantGeneral Contractor: Philadelphia 4 ConstructionPhotography: Rich Villa


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Hooper Shiles Architects, Shire Conference Center

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James Bradberry Architects, Addition to the Princeton Ivy Club

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Jacobs/Wyper Architects, LLP, Edward H. Rosen Center for Jewish Life at Temple University

JKR Partners, 777 South Broad

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KieranTimberlake, Multifaith Center and Houghton Memorial Chapel

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MGA Partners, Architects, Painting Studio and Gallery, Villanova

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Kruhly Architects, Connecticut Farmhouse

Matthew Millan Architects, The Mask & Wig Club Renovation

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Richard M. Cole & Associates, AT&T Store at Times Square

Partridge Architects, City Taphouse

Re:Vision Architecture, MWA River Resource Center

Samuel Gordon Architects, Treatman Residence

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SaylorGregg Architects, New Mexico History Museum

Space Design Incorporated, Offices for Studley

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Steven Verner Architects, River House

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UMJN Architects + Designers, PSEG Energy and Environmental Resource Center

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Tevebaugh Associates, Neumann University’s Miernda Center

Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Rockefeller Hall Renovation, Harvard Divinity School

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The Center for Architecture performs the charitable and educa-tional work of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and serves as the physical home for the Chapter in Center City Philadelphia. The Center offers programs that encourage public engagement, collaboration, and design excellence in the fields of ar-chitecture, urban planning, and design.

The Center actively seeks to engage other organizations and gov-ernmental agencies in collaborative projects to educate the public on and encourage debate about the built environment. As Philadelphia’s premiere place to share programs about architecture and urban de-sign, the Center encourages collaboration in developing exhibitions, symposiums, and other programs that engage our fellow citizens.

Programs• Ongoing and changing exhibitions• Architecture in Education provides hands-

on workshops for kids and teacher training workshops

• Emergence of a Modern Metropolis walk-ing tour explores the social and political forces that shaped Philadelphia’s built environment since the Industrial Revolution

• Building Philadelphia and Classical Archi-tecture lecture series led by engaging lecturers from local universities and architecture firms, these series educate the general public about architecture and the development of Philadel-phia

• Ongoing and changing exhibitions promote awareness of and understanding about the built environment

• The Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture continues a 20-year lecture series to honor the memory of noted Philadelphia architect Louis I. Kahn

• Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide to the City is the essential guide to the built environment in Philadelphia is available in the AIA Bookstore & Design Center

Partner OrganizationsThe following organizations work with the Center on an ongoing

basis to increase awareness of and education about our buildings, neighborhoods, and cities:

AIA PhiladelphiaAIA Bookstore & Design CenterCommunity Design CollaborativeCharter High School for Architecture and Design

Facility RentalThe Center’s sleek and modern facilities in the heart of Center City

Philadelphia are available to rent for private and public events, classes, receptions, and parties. The Center offers Philadelphia’s greenest pub-lic meeting space, with dimmable fluorescent and low-voltage light-ing, sustainably salvaged interior finishes, and highly efficient environ-mental control systems.

The Center for Architecture1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

CENTER INFORMATION WWW.PHILADELPHIACFA.ORG; 215.569.3186 HOURS: 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. MONDAY TO SATURDAY 12 TO 5 P.M. SUNDAYS


On May 11, 2010, Peter Bohlin, FAIA, presented the 2010 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture, titled The Nature of Circumstance, at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Peter Bohlin, FAIA, is the founding prin-cipal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and has been instrumental in establishing the firm’s consistent record of design achievement. Founded in 1965, with offices in Wilkes-

Barre, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, and San Francisco, the firm’s work is known for an extraordinary aesthetic, its responsiveness to particularity of place and user, and a quiet rigor that is both intellectual and intuitive. Award-winning civic, university, corporate and residential projects span the United States and the globe.

“... he makes great architecture for peo-ple. Peter moves from the log cabin to the glass box, from the initial conceptual sen-sibilities to the finely executed detail, from the abode to the civic center, with the same unassailable ethic. Peter Bohlin reconnects us to that sense of awe and wonder of ar-chitecture in the landscape - herein broadly defined ... His work captures the complex character, heritage and values of American culture,” so concluded James Timberlake’s presentation to the American Institute of Architects 2010 Gold Medal award Commit-tee, which selected Peter for this, its highest

honor for an individual’s contribution to the practice and theory of architecture.

In 1994 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson received the Architecture Firm Award, the AIA’s high-est honor recognizing an architectural prac-tice. The firm has been the recipient of nine national honor awards from the AIA and more than 425 regional, national, and inter-national design awards. Peter Bohlin contin-ues to lead conceptual design meetings and reviews design issues throughout the project.

Peter received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Peter received an honorary Doctorate of Arts from Rensse-laer Polytechnic Institute in 2006. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Peter served as Chairman of the AIA Committee on Design from 1984 to 1985 and has been a guest design critic and visiting professor at a number of leading schools of architecture. He frequently serves as a juror for national, regional and state design competitions.

Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture Presented by the Center for Architecture

SPONSORS DIENER BRICK COMPANY POWELL TRACHTMAN LOGAN CARRLE & LOMBARDO P.C. THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY


Design on the Delaware is an annual event that con-venes design and building pro-fessionals, and business and public leaders throughout he Greater Philadelphia region for two days of professional edu-cation, crossboundary explora-tion, social engagement, and networking.

Hundreds of professionals attended the 2010 conference and trade show, gaining new

perspectives from related fields, a deeper knowledge of their own profession, information from industry suppliers, a view into the public realm, and, most of all, contacts and experiences that will enhance their capabilities. Design on the Delaware offers many programs in seven tracks: Practice Management, Community Design, Green/LEED, Design, Planning, Preservation, and Tours. Keynote speakers were Alan Greenberger, FAIA, executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Matthias Hollwich, SBA, co-founder of HWKN, and Drew Becher, President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

Collaborating organizations:AIA Bucks CountyAIA Central PAAIA DelawareAIA Eastern PAAIA New JerseyAIA PhiladelphiaAmerican Institute of Graphic Arts American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Phila ChapterAmerican Society of Landscape Architects, Pennsylvania Delaware ChapterAssociated Builders & Contractors Inc.Community Design CollaborativeConstruction Management Association of AmericaDelaware Valley Green Building Council Electrical Association of PhiladelphiaEngineers Club of PhiladelphiaGeneral Building Contractors Association Greater Philadelphia Building Professionals AssociationIlluminating Engineers SocietyIndustrial Designers Society of America Innovation PhiladelphiaInternational Interior Design Association Pennsylvania Planning Association Phila National Organizaton of Minority ArchitectsSociety for Environmental Graphic Design Urban Land Institute, Philadelphia Chapter

Exhibitors:AIA Bookstore & Design CenterAssa Abbloy Door Security Solutions Tri-State AVCON Railings Modenfold/Styles Inc.AZEK Building Products Biddle & Company/Alexander J. Wayne & Associates Bostik Church Brick CM JonesConsolidated Brick Domus EDA Contractors Inc. EP Henry Evolve IP Fizzano Brothers Concrete Products Free Axez GAI Consultants, Inc General Building Contractors Association Graphisoft. Haverford Systems Hearthstone High Definition Interactive Workspace presented by Corbett, Inc I Sq Ft IMS Audio Visual JE Berkowitz Loewen Window Center Lutron Electronics Company Microsol ResourcesNew Holland Church Furniture New Holland Concrete Pella Window & Door Company Prime Design Architectural MillworkRoehrs & CompanyRoofscapes/Roofmeadow S & S Resources Shildan, Inc SimpleHome Skanska USA Stone Source The Blue Book: Building and Construction Network Unilock Wissahickon Stone Quarry

Design on the DelawareEighth Annual Regional Conference

SPONSORS O'DONNELL & NACCARATO KAPLIN STEWART ATTORNEYS AT LAW THE BLUE BOOK BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION NETWORK DOMUS KEAST & HOOD CO.


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Canstruction® is a charity design-build competition committed to ending hunger sponsored by the AIA Philadelphia Associ-ate Committee under the auspices of the Society for Design Administration. Locally, the competition benefits Philadbundance, the region's major food bank, which annu-ally provides 22 million pounds of food to those in need in our region. Congratula-tions to the teams of Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Designers; Philadelphia's annual Canstruction puts a visual spotlight on hunger while showcasing the design community's talent and commitment to our community.

Canstruction Committee: Angel M. Davis-Taylor, Event ChairAdam LeGrandBrandon SargentSheena ToomeyCassidy TouhillRyan Yockus

2010 Canstruction teamsAmerican Society of Civil Engineers - Young Members ForumArray Healthcare Facilities Solutions Bohlin Cywinski Jackson EwingColeHGA Architects and PlannersGilbane Building CompanyL.R. KimballSTV IncorporatedVenturi, Scott Brown & Associates

Canstruction® Sponsored by the Associates Committee

SPONSORS JUMBO CAN ($2,000+): CROWN HOLDINGS, HALKIN PHOTOGRAPHY, JEFFREY TOTARO PHOTOGRAPHER, NATIONAL REPROGRAPHICS, INC.

FAMILY CAN ($1,500-$1,999): ARTEMIDE

8 OZ. CAN ($500-$999): BALLINGER, INTECH, KNOLL, DERISORY DESIGNS

5 OZ. ($499 AND BELOW): INTERFACEFLOR, THE HARMAN GROUP, HERMAN MILLER

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The Community Design Collaborative is a community design center that provides pro bono preliminary design services to non-profit organizations, offers unique volunteer opportunities for architects and other design professionals, and raises public awareness about the importance of design in commu-nity revitalization.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Community Design Collaborative began in 1991 as a special initiative of AIA Philadel-

phia, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Ameri-can Institute of Architects.

Through its predesign service grants to nonprofits and special initiatives such as Infill Philadelphia, the Collaborative helps under-resourced communities have a say in the development and renewal of their neighbor-hoods and brings design into public conver-sations Philadelphia ‘s future.

In 2010 alone, the Community Design Collaborative provided over $900,000 and nearly 9,500 volunteer hours in pro bono de-sign assistance throughout greater Philadel-phia, helping 46 nonprofit and public agen-cies to strengthen neighborhoods through design.

Community Design Collaborative1216 Arch Street, Philadelphia I cdesignc.org

ABOVE: Visitability for Urban Neighborhoods, a design char-rette.

TOP, LEFT, AND BOTTOM: Left Infill Philadelphia yielded innova-tive designs for reusing industrial sites by Charles Loomis Chariss McAfee Architects, DIGSAU, and SMP Architects.


Curious students … engaged faculty … and a compelling mission: The Charter High School for Architecture + Design is a learning com-munity committed to providing an innovative program of study that integrates the design process with the mastery of a strong liberal arts education. The school offers each student the opportunity for success and the preparation for life-long learning and responsible citizenship. CHAD is a thoughtful academic environment that engenders a love of learning, intellectual curiosity, and new ways of seeing, while prepar-ing students for higher education.

Want to learn more about our fascinating school? Please visit www.chadphila.org or call 215.351.2900 for more information or a tour.

Peter J. Kountz, Ph.D., Head of SchoolEthan Bell, Director of Admissions and EnrollmentMichael Connor, Director of Operations and TechnologyDonna Costello, PrincipalMiguel Vazquez, Director of College PlacementCourtnay Tyus, Executive Director Development and Institutional Advancement

The Charter High School for Architecture + Design was founded in 1999 by the American Institute of Architects’ Philadelphia Chapter as the Legacy Project for the AIA National Convention held in Phila-delphia in May 2000.

105 South 7th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106

Charter High School for Architecture and Design Grades 9 through 12

aia philadelphia's 2010 annual yearbook

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