Architecture & Design

Activists with Philly Thrive argue repairs help residents stay in their homes and adapt to climate change. At least one member of City Council is listening.

The city selected a developer to revamp the YWCA seven years ago, but the property remains vacant and crumbling. A judge could change that.

The orchestra will give the hometown concert debut of a piano with an ergonomically curved keyboard.

"We will finally be repairing a historic wrong,” said U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle.

Be a Gem Crossing offers deeply discounted rents in a neighborhood where the median household income is roughly half of the city’s.

More speed, more heights, more tumbling, more fun? We discuss a new study about the importance of risky play and a new playground at FDR Park that puts it to the test.

The long-discussed plans to reimagine the Benjamin Franklin Parkway moving ever-so-slightly forward.

More than a hundred designers, planners, professors and local residents came together Saturday to explore new visions for the Market Street corridor.

During Emanuel Kelly's long career, his firm Kelly Maiello worked on some of the city’s most prominent public buildings.

The 134-year-old structure in Society Hill will get $90,000 to rehab its intricately designed stained-glass windows.

The ZBA unanimously approved the city’s proposal despite opposition from some residents.

There’s a growing field of academic study where archaeologists study virtual worlds, or work with game developers to recreate historical sites.

Philadelphia plans to reunite a divided Chinatown by capping a section of the Vine Street Expressway.

Today, the debate over Norristown's historic Airy Street prison. And, the new HBO Max documentary "Stand Up and Shout," songs from a Philly high school.

The process isn’t the same as Philly, but as the Sixers press forward, it can be useful to understand how it happened.