Design
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Five Outstanding Local Projects Honored with Montgomery Awards
Five outstanding local projects have been honored with the annual Montgomery Awards sponsored by Montgomery County Planning Commission and Montgomery County Conservation District, according to a staff report from The Pottstown Mercury. The program recognizes the best in planning and design, advocacy, and environmental stewardship in Montgomery County. It also acknowledges the high-quality work and…
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Field of Dreams Is Being Brought to Life, And Blue Bell-Based BrightView Will Help Do It
MLB is building the Field of Dreams, a new stadium that will replace the iconic ball field immortalized in the 1989 Kevin Costner movie of the same name, and Blue Bell-based BrightView is helping bring it to life, writes Thomas Friestad for The Gazette. BrightView has already started construction on the 8,000-seat stadium in Dyersville,…
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Overbrook Farms Near Lower Merion Border Awarded ‘Historic District’ Designation by Philadelphia Historical Commission
Overbrook Farms near the Lower Merion Township border has been designated as a historic district by the Philadelphia Historical Commission, granting protection from demolition to hundreds of century-old mansions and buildings, writes Caitlin McCabe for The Philadelphia Inquirer. With the unanimous vote, the commission ended a battle to obtain historic protection for more than 500…
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King of Prussia Mall To Be Dethroned As Biggest In Nation
While King of Prussia Mall is still the biggest mall in the nation based on square footage, that title is set to be taken over by a South Florida mall that’s moving forward with construction plans, writes Robert Smith for the Valliant News. Miami-Dade County officials recently considered a zoning proposal for a $4 billion…
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Billion dollar Coworking Office and Lab Campus Planned in King of Prussia
Capitalizing on the burgeoning specialty of life sciences real estate, The Discovery Labs is developing a $1 billion coworking office and lab campus in King of Prussia, writes Greg Isaacson for the Commercial Property Executive. “It’s a really exciting time for investors and developers in the market because of the growth in the market and…
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Here’s What’s Coming to the New Upper Darby Community College Campus at Prendie
In September 2019, Delaware County Community College agreed to buy the former Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School to create a new Upper Darby full-service campus. The Prendergast building at Garrett Road and Lansdowne Avenue will provide 30 classrooms with chemistry and biology labs, according to a release from the college. The campus will offer a…
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Two Wynnewood Colonial Homes Offer Unified Front with Vastly Different Interiors
Two stone Colonials that sit side by side in the Wynnewood section of Lower Merion are nearly identical on the outside but vastly different on the inside, writes Sally A. Downey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The two four-bedroom, two-story homes were built around 1939 and externally are mirror images of each other. Then last April,…
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Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Elkins Park Synagogue Hosts Artist David Hartt’s Exhibition ‘The Histories’
Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, the national historic landmark designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is currently hosting an exhibition by artist David Hartt, writes Jesse Dorris for the Metropolis. In The Histories, also known as Le Mancenillier, Hartt explores themes of diaspora and belonging through a blend of tapestry, drone footage, African-American…
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Architect Named to Develop Chester Waterfront
The Boston architect firm NBBJ has been hired to create a master plan to develop the area surrounding Talen Energy Stadium and the Wharf Building along the Chester waterfront. NBBJ is a nationally-recognized architecture and urban planning firm with expertise in waterfront planning. They will work with the Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County (RADC) in…
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Hamilton Lane Moving to Conshohocken from Bala Cynwyd So Employees Can Be in One Location
Hamilton Lane has signed a long-term lease to move its Bala Cynwyd headquarters to a yet-to-be-developed Seven Towers building in Conshohocken to get its employees under one roof, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company’s headquarters is currently housed in three buildings in Bala Cynwyd. In its search for a new home,…
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Oliver Tyrone Pulver Secures Anchor Tenant, Financing for Conshohocken $112M Office Building
With financing and an anchor tenant in place, Oliver Tyrone Pulver is now ready to start building Seven Tower Bridge, a $112 million office building in Conshohocken, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 14-story riverfront building will be anchored by Hamilton Lane, which will move from its current offices in Bala Cynwyd.…
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Enjoy a peaceful nature-lover’s getaway at Stoneleigh
Stoneleigh, near Villanova University and once coveted by public and private investors, is now a quiet attraction for nature lovers, writes Charles J. Adams III for The Reading Eagle. “Stoneleigh: a natural garden,” is located in a ritzy area and is protected behind stone walls and spiked gates, and while teeming with natural beauty, it’s…
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One of Vincent G. Kling’s most impressive designs destined to become a Topgolf location
What was once the ‘holy doughnut’ is soon to become what many will hopefully be able to claim as the place where they recorded their first ‘hole-in-one.’ Architect Vincent G. Kling is best known for designing the majority of big projects around Philadelphia’s City Hall in the 1960s and 1970s, but one of his most…
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Kahn-designed Weiss House in East Norriton on the state’s ‘At-Risk’ list
The Morton and Lenore Weiss House, designed by noted architect Louis Kahn with Anne Tyng, has been named to the Pennsylvania At Risk list. Since 1992, this list has been compiled and published by Preservation Pennsylvania, the statewide nonprofit historic preservation advocacy organization. While Louis Kahn is acclaimed for large-scale masterworks such as the Salk…
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Discover Montgomery County’s House of Peace
Considered by critics to be the “most expressive” design in the career of famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the iconic Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park is not only a National Historic Landmark, but also a culmination of the architect’s vision and continued evolution. Of the more than 1,000 structures Wright planned over 70…
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