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March 2023

• • 1 March 2023
  • Public Programs

  Theresa Hyuna Hwang to be Honored at the Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Awards

  Meet the winners of the 2023 Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Awards, community-engaged architect Theresa Hwang and teams of students from the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Desig...

October 2022

• • 4 October 2022
  • DesignPhiladelphia

  DesignPhiladelphia Festival Returns October 12-23, 2022

  In its 18th year, DesignPhiladelphia once again takes over Cherry Street Pier with dozens of exhibitions and installations.

February 2022

• • 14 February 2022
  • Public Programs

  Author, Professor, and Designer, Toni L. Griffin to be Honored at the Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Awards

  Urban designer and professor of Urban Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Toni L. Griffin, will be the 2022 recipient of the Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Award. The ceremony will be ...

January 2022

• • 12 January 2022
  • Member News

  AIA Philadelphia Announces 2021 Individual Award Winners

  Individuals honored for achievements in the architecture industry.

December 2021

• • 14 December 2021
  • Member News

  AIA Philadelphia Announces 2020 Design Awards Winners

  Local architects honored for projects world-wide.

• • 14 December 2021
  • Architecture and Design Education

  Michael Spain, Associate AIA, NOMA Set to lead Architecture in Education Program

  Michael Spain takes architecture and design education to local K-12 city schools.

September 2021

• • 22 September 2021
  • Member News

  Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake Named 35th Louis I. Kahn Award Recipients

  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 ...

August 2021

• • 11 August 2021
  • Architecture and Design Education

  Architecture and Design Education Update

  As fall approaches, Michael Spain, the Center’s director of architecture and design education, prepares partner schools and volunteer design educators to launch the Center’s Architecture and Design...