Herzog & de Meuron Piet Oudolf   United States   The design for a home for works of the American sculptor Alexander Calder has been unveiled. The location is Downtown Philadelphia and the budget is close to 70 million euros. This joint project of the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and the Dutch gar

Diébédo Francis Kéré Kéré Architecture   United States   Inspired by Philadelphia’s rich textile tradition, this installation shows how one single material can produce an extraordinary structure with the power to unite the community. This installation, in the Perelman atrium of the Philadelphia Museum of A

Carlos Jiménez   United States   Since the Tyler School of Art of Temple University was founded in the early 1930s, the school occupied a bucolic suburb in North Philadelphia. Tyler’s scattered residential-scaled buildings had, by 2003, fallen in disrepair leading the University to

Louis Kahn   United States   Entre 1954 y 1957, mientras desarrollaba el lento proceso de diseño del Centro Judío de Trenton, Kahn trabajaba simultáneamente en otros varios (los laboratorios RIAS de Baltimore, la Biblioteca de Washington y las casas Morris y Clever), elaborando

The Art Newspaper   Hilarie M. Sheets   Enlisting the creativity of Frank Gehry, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has completed a $233m renovation and reorganisation of the lower interior spaces at the heart of its landmarked 1928 Beaux-Arts building. The latest phase of a master plan for im