Architecture & Design

The $300 million police HQ will be called the Philadelphia Public Safety Building.

In 2016, it was the ...

Funding is in place, preliminary engineering is done, and a survey asking about current and future waterfront uses is linked on the park’s website.

Hidden in plain sight behind shadowy trees along the Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum is so unique that it’s basically priceless.

Rashida Ali-Campbell just won a three-year court battle over the control of the West Philly lot she wants to turn into an eco-home and oasis.

Philadelphia Contemporary tapped Sharon Johnston to design its first building. Here’s what we know so far about the organization’s first permanent home.

The $420 million remake of The Gallery aims to reinvent the shopping mall’s relationship to Center City.

The most significant of Philly’s new code reforms could help lower construction costs that are among the highest in the nation.

Philly is home to two of the oldest carillons in North America, but these one-of-a-kind bell instruments are “hidden in plain sight.”

Two thirds of Philadelphia public schools don’t have playgrounds, and until now, there were none in the 19120 zip code.

Virginia Kerr’s whole perfect gallery, with floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors and a beautiful front door, lives inside a cigar box.

A measure allowing these “accessory dwelling units” (ADUs) on historically designated properties won approval Tuesday from the city’s Planning Commission.

Is it "row house" or "rowhouse"? Why the question of a single space is so contentious, so steeped in Philly history, and so wrapped up in our city's identity.

Nothing gets Philadelphia grammarians riled up more than a question of local dialect. Enter: the debate over Philadelphia’s most common building.

Kensington residents want a developer to put $1 million towards removing a wall they say divides the neighborhood.