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Gehry unveils plan for renovation, expansion of Philadelphia Museum of Art [slideshow]

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In a special exhibit to open this summer, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will display the comprehensive plan that Frank Gehry has created for the renovation and expansion of its home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Body Image: read more.

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Project Team Erects Complex Philadelphia Mass Timber Project

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Designing and building the first mass timber commercial office building in the Philadelphia metropolitan area required intense coordination to combine mass timber with multiple structural systems.

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Comcast to build second Philadelphia skyscraper, with Norman Foster-designed tower [slideshow]

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Comcast Corporation announced last week its plan to build a second skyscraper in Philadelphia, adjacent to its current global headquarters, the 58-story, 973-foot Comcast Center. Body Image: read more.

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Robert A.M. Stern sent back to drawing board for Revolutionary War museum in Philadelphia

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The Philadelphia Art Commission has weighed in somewhat unfavorably on Robert A.M. Stern''s design for the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

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What Is Everyone Looking At?

Constructonomics

The Philadelphia chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors met to tour the building and observe a demonstration of the Skyspace designed by contemporary light artist James Turrell. Check it out – it’s cool.'

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Stadium architect Populous designs largest esports arena in Western Hemisphere

Construction Dive

' $50 million Fusion Arena in Philadelphia may herald a wave of construction of high-tech venues specifically built for competitive electronic gaming. Developers Comcast and Cordish Cos.'

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Philadelphia to enforce building energy benchmarking in October

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The City of Philadelphia has begun to send out compliance notices regarding its Building Energy Benchmarking Law. The benchmarking law is designed to reduce citywide building energy use by 10% in 2015. Enforcement is expected to begin in October. Regulations Codes and Standards'