Architecture
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Inside A Philly Architect’s Mission to Revive Market East Through A Rethinking of Retail
Market East, like many commercial corridors in Philadelphia and throughout the nation, has seen an increasing amount of empty storefront. With e-commerce becoming a more prevalent entity, it’s forcing those in the retail industry to find new ways of thinking about retail. This summer, six pop-up storefronts will be opening up at Market East as…
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Adaptive Reuse Gives Older Chadds Ford Buildings New Life
Older structures that may be neglected are getting a second life through something called adaptive reuse, writes Roger Morris for The Hunt. That process is utilized by some architects and builders in the Brandywine Valley. The region has more older buildings so adaptive reuse is an approach more often seen here. “Some people think no…
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Restored Lansdowne Theater Set to Open This Month with Aug. 22 Show
Forty years and millions of dollars later, the Lansdowne Theater, completely restored and refurbished, will open once again be open for business this month, writes Molly McVety for PhillyVoice. The theater’s nonprofit owner, Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation, and its tenant, BRE Presents, announced the theater will reopen Friday, Aug. 22, with Academy Award-nominated actor Chazz…
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Chester Firefighters Now Get an Early Warning of an Unsafe Building
Chester firefighters have an early warning system to tell them if a vacant building is too structurally dangerous to enter, writes Madeleine Wright and Rory Hardenstine for CBS News Philadelphia. Placards will now mark vacant and structurally compromised buildings so firefighters will be alerted to potential dangers inside. It’s an initiative paid for with a…
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Upcycled Soccer Ball at Chester’s Subaru Park Symbolizes Zero Landfill Status
The unveiled sculpture in Chester’s Subaru Park is emblematic of the stadium’s status as the first in Major League Soccer to be zero landfill. Through a partnership between Subaru and the Philadelphia Union, the stadium has diverted more than one million pounds of waste. The sculpture, appropriately in the shape of a giant…
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Chadds Ford Architecture Firm Will Rehab First Bank of the U.S. Into Museum
A Chadds Ford architectural firm will participate in the rehabilitation of the First Bank building in Philadelphia’s Old City, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. John Milner Architects focuses on historical preservation and design. The bank, which opened in 1795 to unite the economies of the 13 independent states, is registered as…
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The OMNIA Group Architects Take New Hope by Storm
The OMNIA Group Architects, founded in 1993, has an extensive and wide range of portfolio builds in both residential and commercial projects. Partners Gene Grimaldi and Brian Mann, along with their experienced and talented staff, are committed to bringing top-notch architectural design and beauty to the places you call home and work And now, the…
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Local Woman Dispatches Berwyn Designer to Add Unique Amount of Structures to Home Property
After buying a new home with her husband in Villanova in 2016, Julieann Shanahan hired Berwyn-based Peter Zimmerman Architects to help her renovate the structure and fulfill her pavilion dreams, writes Nancy Keates for The Wall Street Journal. The family purchased the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom stone home for $2.8 million. It was constructed in 1999 on…
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Upper Darby Singer Jim Croce’s Lyndell Home Restored
James and Julie Pook, who own Pook & Pook, an auction and appraisal house in Downingtown, recently restored the Lyndell home of Jim Croce, the famous American folk and rock singer and songwriter, writes Dan Sullivan for Lancaster Farming. Croce died tragically at only 30 years old in a plane crash in 1973, at the…
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Broomall Home Redesigned by the Woman Who Grew Up There
Diane Pinelli had long since left the Broomall home where she grew up but she hasn’t forgotten it. In fact, she’s partnered with Larisa McShane to redesign her childhood home into a cutting-edge locale for suburban entertaining, writes Paul Jablow for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pinelli is a creative director in New York for a women’s…
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Modern Conversion of 1850 Media Bank Barn Lists for $2.4M
An 1850 bank barn in Media is seeing new life as a completely refitted modern home listing for $2.389 million, writes Lisa Dukart for Philadelphia Business Journal. The former barn, at 10 Pineview Drive, is 5,031 square feet and has 35-foot-tall ceilings and stairs and catwalks from a major rock band’s former stage. Current owner…
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Llanerch School Apartments Leaves Mementos of the School It Once Was
The Main Line region is filled with hidden architectural gems with a rich history that were successfully preserved by being repurposed for modern-day use, including the Llanerch School Apartments in Havertown, writes Paul Jablow for the Main Line Today. A former school building, this Havertown institution was converted into apartments once it had outlived its…
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Woodburne Mansion in Darby ‘Mothballed’ While Council Looks at Options
It’s still unclear what should be done with the 1906 Woodburne Mansion in Darby Borough so Delaware County Council has decided to preserve the structure of the building while it considers the problem, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Council is extending a contract with J&M Preservation Studio of Swarthmore to come up…
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The 50 Most Beautiful Colleges in America Includes 1 from Delaware County
As one of the nation’s older communities, Delaware County hosts unique and historic buildings, many of them found at places like Swarthmore College. One is the stately Parrish Hall that was once the only building at Swarthmore College. Dormitories, classrooms, and the library, writes Stefanie Waldek for architecturaldigest.com. The campus is also home to the…
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St. Joseph’s University Built Residence and Chapel With Unique Brick Designs
A new residence hall for Philadelphia’s Jesuit priests was completed, named Arrupe Hall, on St. Joseph’s University campus in the spring of 2021, writes Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The residence will house 15 priests that work at the university, St. Joseph’s Prep School, and at other locations in the area. While many other…
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