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NPR Looks at Penn State's Carbon-Cutting Success

October 4, 2019

Since 2004, Pennsylvania State University—which is as big as a city—has cut its carbon emissions in half. NPR's Dan Charles investigates whether actual cities could follow the school's lead.

Benchmark School Innovation Lab by SHoP

Media, Pennsylvania

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

June 7, 2019

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Outside of Philadelphia, a new facility gives students who learn differently opportunities to collaborate and to choose their own approach to open-ended problems.

Visual Culture, Arts, and Media Building by MSR Design

Haverford, Pennsylvania

Josephine Minutillo

February 1, 2019

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At Haverford College in Pennsylvania, the interior of a century-old gymnasium is transformed into VCAM, a dynamic center for the arts.

High Street Residence Hall by Deborah Berke Partners

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Alex Klimoski

November 1, 2018

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A dormitory brings a contemporary edge to a Pennsylvanian campus of traditional stone.

Longwood Gardens Renovation by Beyer Blinder Belle and West 8

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Suzanne Stephens

July 24, 2017

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In late May, a splashy fanfare heralded the first stage of a major renovation of the historic Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Interview with BCJ's Patricia Culley on Achieving Green-Building Standards

Laura Raskin

October 19, 2016

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson associate Patricia Culley describes the rigors of designing Pittsburgh’s Frick Environmental Center to meet the highest green-building standards: LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge Certification.

House Equanimity

October 16, 2010

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Situated in a nondescript subdivision of Eastern Pennsylvania, this 3,100-square-foot house is surrounded by other single-family houses of all shapes and sizes.

Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute

A building's design expresses and supports its client's mission of blending research and treatment.

Clifford A. Pearson

October 16, 2010

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Health-care facilities typically use isolation as a strategy for dealing with infection control, creating buildings that work as sets of departments closed off from one another.

Unbuilt Houses 2007

Nazareth House

John Gendall

July 2, 2007

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NYC architects export their speculations to suburban Pennsylvania.

Synygy World Headquarters

June 1, 2007

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In 1982, the Pennsylvania Electric Company abandoned use of the historic Chester Waterside Station on the Delaware River, a 1916 coal-fired electrical power plant.