ISA creates skinny metal-clad apartment building in Philadelphia
American studio ISA has used a range of strategies to maximise space, light and views in the metal-clad Signal House, which rises from a slender urban lot. More
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Sergio Mannino enlivens Philadelphia pharmacy with mauve and silver
Brooklyn-based designer Sergio Mannino has chosen a palette of purple and silver for a Philadelphia pharmacy that helps patients affected by the opioid crisis. More
Shiftspace brings IM Pei rowhouse in Philadelphia back to "original vision"
US studio Shiftspace has renovated a rowhouse in Philadelphia originally designed by Chinese-American architect IM Pei, restoring its original qualities after decades of alterations. More
Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf unveil designs for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf have teamed up to create Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, which will house works by American sculptor Alexander Calder. More
Deborah Berke Partners renovates and expands historic buildings at University of Pennsylvania
US studio Deborah Berke Partners has overhauled a pair of Victorian-era townhouses at the University of Pennsylvania and added a terracotta-clad extension that is meant to be contextually sensitive. More
Local Projects uses light to guide visitors at Faith and Liberty Discovery Center
Design studio Local Projects has created an interactive exhibition space for the American Bible Society, which aims to present itself as a "beacon of light" along Philadelphia's Independence Mall. More
Foster + Partners completes hospital with striped facade for University of Pennsylvania
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed an inpatient facility for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is intended to serve as an example of a "hospital of the future". More
The 2021 SEGD Conference Experience Philadelphia focusses on reconnecting, rethinking and refueling
Dezeen promotion: the 2021 edition of SEGD Conference Experience Philadelphia provides a chance to explore experiential design through a three-day conference with a programme of workshops, talks and tours. More
Frank Gehry unveils renovation and extension of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has designed new galleries and public spaces as part of a revamp of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. More
ISA builds Philadelphia apartment complex XS House with "extremely narrow footprint"
Architecture studio ISA has built a slender housing complex in Philadelphia by making the most of a plot of land about the width of a parking spot. More
Frank Gehry restores entrance and vaulted corridor at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Frank Gehry has completed work on the first stage in the major renovation of Philadelphia's Museum of Art, over a decade after he was first enlisted to design the project. More
Today's innovations could be "redundant in five years" says curator of Designs for Different Futures
The Designs for Different Futures exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art collates projects to tackle some of today's biggest issues – including an arched pavilion for harvesting crickets, clothes that grow and a font illegible to computers. More
Foster + Partners completes Philadelphia's tallest building
Foster + Partners' Comcast Technology Center skyscraper in Philadelphia contains "Silicon Valley-style" work spaces topped with a 12-storey Four Seasons Hotel. More
Snøhetta designs Temple University's Charles Library with "unusual geometry"
Curved wooden entrances are carved into this university library that Snøhetta has completed for Temple University in Philadelphia. More
Morris Adjmi creates homey atmosphere within Roost East Market hotel in Philadelphia
Potted plants, bespoke light fixtures and Persian rugs are among the details in guest rooms at a residential hotel in the heart of Philadelphia, which was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. More
ISA's Tiny Tower residence fills leftover plot in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania architecture studio ISA has designed a slender five-storey house in a developing Philadelphia neighbourhood, as a housing prototype for tiny vacant lots. More
Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates Patricia Urquiola with retrospective exhibition
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is tracing 16 years of work by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, from lamps shaped like whisks to chairs covered in felt flowers. More
Plywood staircase extends up through centre of Philadelphia townhouse by ISA
American firm Interface Studio Architects has built an all-white townhouse in a gentrifying part of Philadelphia, with a plywood core running up its middle. More
Brickwork facade modelled on "abstract menorah" fronts Jewish community centre by Natoma Architects
Stanley Saitowitz's firm Natoma Architects has created a Hillel House for Philadelphia's Drexel University, with a red brick facade designed to reference the branched lampstands used in Jewish homes and temples, as well as the striated garments worn during prayer. More
James Corner Field Operations adds circular landscaping to Philadelphia Navy Yards Central Green
A+Awards: landscaped circles accommodate different activities at the centre of the redeveloped Navy Yards in Philadelphia, designed by James Corner Field Operations and a winner at the 2016 Architizer A+Awards. More