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Philadelphia    
     
01- Barnes Foundation – proposed new building, Merion
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects
02- Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park
1954 Frank Lloyd Wright
03- Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, Pittsburgh
1987-89 Peter Eisenman
     
04- Central Library - Renovation & expansion, Philadelphia
Moshe Safdie Architects
05- Erdman Hall Dormitories & Cafeteria, Bryn Mawr
1960-65 Louis Kahn
06 - Esherick House, Chestnut Hill
1959-61 Louis Kahn
     
07 - Frank House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 1939 Marcel Breuer Architect 08 - Gettysburg Cyclorama Center, Gettysburg
1962 Richard Neutra Architect
due for demolition
09- Gettysburg Museum & Visitor Center,
2008 LSC Design Inc.
Conceptual design : Cooper Robertson & Partners
     
10- Giovannitti House, Woodland Drive, Pittsburgh
1979-83
Richard Meier Architects
11- Holiday Home, ICA, Philadelphia
2006
UN Studio Architects
12- Jewish History Museum, Philadelphia
2007-
Polskek Partnership Architects
     
13- Kentuck Knob, Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania
1954
Frank Lloyd Wright
14- Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
-
Rafael Vinoly Architects
15- Lehigh Valley Hospital - expansion, Muhlenberg
2005
Freeman White, Inc. with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.
     
16- Mellon Hall of Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
1968
Mies van der Rohe, Architect
17- Milford Library, Pike County
2007-
Frederic Schwartz, Architect
18- Norman Fisher House, Philadelphia
1960
Louis Kahn
     
19- O'Reilly Theater and Agnes R. Katz Plaza, 621 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
1996-99
Michael Graves
20- The Philadelphia Museum of Art new galleries
2007
Gluckman Mayner Architects
21- PPG Place, Pittsburgh
1981-84
Philip Johnson and John Burgee
     
22- Penn State University - Materials & Life Sciences II Building, University Park
2010
Rafael Vinoly Architects
23- Philadelphia mixed-use development – proposal
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ShoP Architects
24- Pittsburgh Riverparc, Pittsburgh
2007-
Behnisch Architekten
     
25- Richards Medical Center, Philadelphia
1957-61
Louis Kahn
26- University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center
2008
Maki And Associates
27- University of Pennsylvania Health System - Penn Medicine, Philadelphia
2008
Rafael Vinoly Architects
     
28- University of Pennsylvania Women’s Dormitory
1960
Eero Saarinen
29- Washington Plaza Apartments, 1420 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh
1964
I.M. Pei and Partners
30- Barnes Foundation – proposed new building, Merion, Pennsylvania
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Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects
     
31- Central Library - Renovation & Expansion
-
Moshe Safdie Architects
32- Cherry Lane House, East Falls
-
Richard Neutra
33- Esherick House, Chestnut Hill
-
Louis Kahn
     
34- University of Pennsylvania Health System - Penn Medicine
2008 Rafael Vinoly Architects
35- Holiday Home, ICA
2006
UN Studio Architects
36- Institute for Scientific Information
1979
Venturi Rauch Scott Brown
     
37- Jewish History Museum, Philadelphia
2007-
Polskek Partnership Architects
38- Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
-
Rafael Vinoly Architects
39- Norman Fisher House
1960
Louis Kahn
     
40- Philadelphia mixed-use development – proposal
-
ShoP Architects
41- The Philadelphia Museum of Art new galleries - Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building 2004-07
Gluckman Mayner Architects
42- Richards Medical Center
1957-61
Louis Kahn
     
Pittsburgh    
     
44- Carnegie Mellon Research Institute
1987-89
Peter Eisenman
45- Frank House
1939
Marcel Breuer Architect
46- Giovannitti House, Woodland Drive
1979-83
Richard Meier Architects
     
47- Mellon Hall of Science, Duquesne University
1968
Mies van der Rohe, Architect
48- O'Reilly Theater and Agnes R. Katz Plaza, 621 Penn Avenue
1996-99
Michael Graves
49- PPG Place Pittsburgh
1981-84
Philip Johnson and John Burgee
40 storey tower + 5 other buildings
     
50- Pittsburgh Riverparc
2007-
Behnisch Architekten
51- Washington Plaza Apartments, 1420 Centre Avenue
1964 I.M. Pei and Partners 24 storeys
52- PPG Place, Pittsburgh
1984
Philip Johnson Architect
     

 

 

pennsylvania historical architecture 
Philadelphia
001 Philadelphia City Hall 002 Philadelphia Museum of Art 003 Wanamaker's Department Store
004 Fisher Fine Arts Library 005 30th Street Station 006 Barnes Foundation
007 Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) 008 Kaufmann Residence (Fallingwater) 030 St. James The Less
012 Christ Church 013 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 014 Provident Life and Trust Company
015 A. Newton Richards Medical Building, U. of Penna. 016 Guild House 017 Vanna Venturi house, Chestnut Hill
023 "The Woodlands," William Hamilton house 024 Bank of Pennsylvania 025 Second Bank of the United States
026 Eastern State Penitentiary 027 Girard College 028 Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
     
Pittsburgh, PA and Baltimore, Maryland.
010 Oriole Park at Camden Yards Baltimore, Maryland 011 Gettysburg National Park and Cemetery Gettysburg PA 018 Richard L. Ashhurst house, Overbrook, PA
019 Saal (chapel) and Sharon (sisters' house), Ephrata, PA 020 Chase-Lloyd house, Annapolis, MD 021 Hammond-Harwood house, Annapolis, MD
035 Chatham Village, Pittsburgh, PA 009 Allegheny County Courthouse Pittsburgh, PA 029 Baltimore Cathedral/Cathedral of the Assumption Baltimore, Maryland
031 Designs by A.J. Downing 032 "Lyndhurst," William Paulding house, near Tarrytown, NY 033 Arthur Newbold house, Laverock, PA
   
036 Greenbelt, MD    
     
Notes- Philadelphia architectural history.
 
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