Central Delaware River Waterfront Masterplan in Philadelphia, United States

Designed by Editorial, Central Delaware River Waterfront Masterplan is located in Philadelphia, United States. While many cities are well along in the process of transforming their post-industrial waterfronts, Philadelphia is just beginning the next chapter in revitalising its storied waterfront along the Delaware River. This June, the City’s newly appointed Delaware River Waterfront Corporation unveiled [...]

Tags: Cooper Robertson, Delaware, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, Human geography, Kieran Timberlake, Olin Corporation, Philadelphia, Retail, The Waterfront, United States

Translational Research Center in Philadelphia, United States

Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects PC, Translational Research Center is located in Philadelphia, United States. The new research center consists of a 14-storey extension to the west wing of the Perelman Center. Despite its increased height, the placement of the lab building along the perimeter of the Perelman Center respects the central atrium as an [...]

Tags: limited design services, Perelman Center, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia, Rafael Viñoly, Roberts Proton Therapy Center, Translational research, Tsoi Kobus and Associates, United States

Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, California, United States

Designed by Leddy Maytum Stacy, Ed Roberts Campus is located in Berkeley, California, United States. When Roberts passed away in 1995, the CIL partnered with six other independent living and civil rights organisations to commemorate the international leader in disability rights with a stand-alone complex supplying services to the disabled. Every element of the quality [...]

Tags: Accessibility, California, Consolidated Infrastructure Group Limited, Disability, Disability rights movement, Ed Roberts, Ed Roberts Campus, Elevator, Health, Independent living, international leader, International Symbol of Access, Roberts, Social Issues, stand-alone complex supplying services, United States, Wayfinding, Wheelchairs

Forbes Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia, United States

Forbes Center for the Performing Arts that located in Virginia, United States, designed by local architect Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company with Performance Architecture and Theatre Projects, the new Center replaces an antiquated multipurpose auditorium and an experimental black box theatre with a single structure that houses five venues.  The highly flexible 186,000 sq [...]

Tags: Arts, Center for the Performing Arts, Dorothy Thomasson Estes Center, Entertainment, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas, local architect, Proscenium, Shirley Hanson Roberts Center for Music Performance, Theater, Theatre, United States, Virginia, WSU's Performing Arts Center

Artscape Opera House refurbishment in Cape Town, South Africa

Located in Cape Town, South Africa, Artscape Opera House refurbishment was designed by GAPP Architects & Urban Designers. Architecture has become the latest performance art to tread the boards of the 40 year old Artscape Opera House in Cape Town. With a production run of only 3 months, this challenging event will increase the capacity [...]

Tags: Artscape, Artscape Opera House, Artscape Theatre Centre, Artscape’s mission, Cameron Mackintosh, Cape Town, CEO, City, Entertainment/Culture, Geography of Africa, Gregor Forsythe, Michael Maas, Pieter Tourien, South Africa, United Kingdom