The University of Pennsylvania Music Building / Ann Beha Architects

Christopher Henry — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:00:00 +0000

Ann Beha Architects designed the award-winning Music Building at the University of Pennsylvania. The project consolidates distributed academic resources; revitalizes a prominent 19th century landmark; provides new community spaces for faculty and students, and serves as a model for the compatibility of historic and contemporary design expression. As the campus’ first LEED Gold building, this project demonstrates that preservation, new design, and program can together produce a sustainable result.

AD Classics: Exeter Library (Class of 1945 Library) / Louis Kahn

Adelyn Perez — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

In 1965 Louis I. Kahn was commissioned by the Phillips Exeter Academy to design a library for the school. The Academy had been planning the new library for fifteen years but were consistently disappointed with the designs that the hired architects and committee were proposing. The Academy was very particular in knowing the kind of building they wanted: a brick exterior to match the Georgian buildings of the school and an interior with the ideal environment for study. Kahn's sympathetic use of brick and his concerns for natural light met these specific principles that the Academy had in mind for the library, and thus the design fell in his hands.

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The University of Pennsylvania Music Building / Ann Beha Architects

AD Classics: Exeter Library (Class of 1945 Library) / Louis Kahn