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Nov. 2, 2021
Louis I. Kahn Award
By Tiffany Mercer-Robbins on Jan 26, 2022
Join the Center for Architecture and Design as we share how designers from all disciplines and backgrounds can get involved in our Architecture and Design Education (ADE) program. The ADE program introduces the design process to K-12 students through engaging hands-on learning experiences in the classroom. Learn how volunteering your time and talents can help expand students' access to quality design education while promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion and strengthening the industry pipeline for black, indigenous, and people of color throughout the City of Philadelphia. Want to learn more? Join us on February 2 for an Architecture + Design Education Information Session. more
By Rebecca Johnson on Oct 27, 2021
How Can Competition Center Community Voices and Perspectives? The Center for Architecture and Design has hosted the Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Competition (formerly the Better Philadelphia Challenge) for 15 years. Founded in 2006 in memory of Philadelphia’s iconic 20 th century city planner, Edmund N. Bacon [1910-2005], this annual program honors both professionals and students whose work epitomize excellence in urban design. The Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Committee has decided to pause the student competition for 2021, while still giving a 2022 Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Award to a professional. The announcement of the honoree is forthcoming... more
Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake in Cellophane House™, Museum of Modern Art, 2008. Photo © Peter Aaron/OTTO.
By Rebecca Johnson on Sep 22, 2021
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE. The founding principals of KieranTimberlake, Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake, designers behind the widely acclaimed U.S. Embassy in London, the transformation of Dilworth Park, the master plan for Central Delaware, and hundreds of other projects worldwide, will be honored by the Center for Architecture and Design with the 35 th Louis I. Kahn Award. The ceremony, which will include a presentation by the architects, will be held at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Anthropology and Archeology at TKTK pm on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. The annual Louis I. Kahn Award, founded in 1983, is Philadelphia's... more