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# VSBA

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- [NEWS](https://www.vsba.com/news/) - VSBA news
- [Happy Holidays from VSBA!](https://www.vsba.com/happy-holidays-from-vsba-2/) - VSBA:
- [Happy Thanksgiving!](https://www.vsba.com/3721-2/) - VSBA: VSBA Architects & Planners wishes a joyful Thanksgiving to you and yours!
- [Vote VSBA!](https://www.vsba.com/vote-vsba/) - VSBA: VSBA has three nominations in this year’s DesignPhiladelphia Awards! Voting is open through Friday, September 5th – please vote for VSBA today!: https://app.rankedvote.co/rv/dpawards2025/vote VSBA is nominated in three categories: Local Community / Social Impact: VSBA’s South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center has had such a tremendous and positive impact in shaping the health, education,
- [VSBA is Hiring Project Architects](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-is-hiring-project-architects/) - VSBA: VSBA seeks project architects to participate in the design of college and university buildings, cultural facilities, health care institutions, and other project types in our diverse portfolio of architectural and planning work. See our full job listing and apply!: https://www.vsba.com/employment/
- [VSBA Creates Light and Life at Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-creates-light-and-life-at-penns-annenberg-center-for-the-performing-arts/) - VSBA: VSBA has just completed renovations at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts to create a home for the new Sachs Program for Arts Innovation. Formerly an underused space without much comfort or amenity, the new Arts Lounge is now a wonderful place to view art, attend a concert, study, practice a
- [Grand Opening!](https://www.vsba.com/grand-opening/) - VSBA: "Combining 'health care, literacy, and recreation' is 'a real breakthrough'..." Here it is! -- VSBA is delighted to announce the grand opening of the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center! http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20160510_South_Philly_center_combines_health__literacy__recreation.html
- [Congratulations to Denise and Bob for receiving the AIA Gold Medal this past weekend!](https://www.vsba.com/congratulations-to-denise-and-bob-for-receiving-the-aia-gold-medal-this-past-weekend/) - VSBA: Denise and Bob were officially awarded the AIA's highest honor at this year's national Convention. To view the AIA's video tribute, click here!
- [Welcome Home VSBA Alumni and Friends](https://www.vsba.com/welcome-home-vsba-alumni-and-friends/) - VSBA: It was wonderful to see so many VSBA alumni as we celebrated Bob and Denise winning the Gold Medal! Dinner at Bob and Denise's house Party at the University of Pennsylvania'a Fisher Fine Arts Library Friends!
- [Our Hotel in Korea is Underway](https://www.vsba.com/our-hotel-in-korea-is-underway/) - VSBA: VSBA recently designed a new hotel in Seoul, Korea, and construction is now underway! For more info, check out the project page at Steven Song Design Lab, who partnered with us on the project: http://www.stevensongdesignlab.com/#!wseokyo/czuf VSBA's design Excavation is complete.
- [VSBA @ DesignPhiladelphia](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-designphiladelphia/) - VSBA: Here's your chance to tour the new South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center! -- a joint venture by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia. As part of this year's DesignPhiladelphia, VSBA architects Dan McCoubrey and Seth Cohen will be giving a tour of the building on Thursday, October 6, 2016
- [VSBA @ Design on the Delaware](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-design-on-the-delaware-2/) - VSBA: Going to Design on the Delaware? Join us for a tour of the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center! Presenters will include architects Dan McCoubrey and Seth Cohen of VSBA and Douglas Carney of CHOP. Our tour (Program # DD16T02) is Wednesday, November 9th from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. For more information, check
- ["When Robert Venturi and Jane Jacobs upset the modernist apple cart" by Inga Saffron](https://www.vsba.com/when-robert-venturi-and-jane-jacobs-upset-the-modernist-apple-cart-by-inga-saffron/) - VSBA: Check out Inga Saffron's wonderful article on Bob Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Jane Jacobs! http://www.philly.com/philly/living/After-50-years-Robert-Venturi-gets-due-for-shaking-up-architecture.html
- [Dan @ the AIA's Build America Summit](https://www.vsba.com/dan-the-aias-build-america-summit/) - VSBA: VSBA’s Dan McCoubrey will be a panelist for “Philadelphia Hybrids: Bringing Together Constituencies to Create New Civic Places” as part of the AIA’s Build America Summit! Moderated by Inga Saffron, architecture critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer, the event is November 29th at 1:15 pm in the New York Times Building, NYC. For more info, check
- [VSBA Designs New Residence Hall at University of Alabama](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-designs-new-residence-hall-at-university-of-alabama/) - VSBA: VSBA recently programmed, planned, and completed Schematic Design for a new freshman residence at the University of Alabama! Check out the link for sketches and more info: http://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-alabama-freshman-residence-hall/
- [Viva Joy!](https://www.vsba.com/viva-joy/) - VSBA:
- [VSBA in Hidden City Philadelphia](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-in-hidden-city-philadelphia/) - VSBA: Hilary Jay for Hidden City Philadelphia named this one of Philly's "Most Intriguing Projects of 2016"! Thanks!
- [Denise Scott Brown Wins Jane Drew Prize](https://www.vsba.com/denise-scott-brown-wins-jane-drew-prize/) - VSBA: Congratulations, Denise, for winning the 2017 Jane Drew Prize! You rock! https://www.dezeen.com/2017/02/07/denise-scott-brown-wins-jane-drew-prize-2017-women-architecture-awards/
- [VSBA @ Liberty Place](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-liberty-place/) - VSBA: The next time you're in Philly's quaint Center City, stop by Liberty Place to see the AIA Philadelphia Architecture Exhibit -- featuring VSBA's latest work!
- [LEED Silver for the SPCH&LC](https://www.vsba.com/leed-silver-for-the-spchlc/) - VSBA: VSBA's South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center has been awarded LEED Silver certification! Congratulations to CHOP, the City, and our design and construction teams!
- [VSBA Has Moved!](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-has-moved/) - VSBA:
- [We're ULI Finalists](https://www.vsba.com/were-uli-finalists/) - VSBA: The South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center has been named as a finalist in the Urban Land Institute’s Awards for Excellence! The new building-- housing health care facilities for both the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and City of Philadelphia, as well as a city branch library and recreation center -- is one of 14
- [VSBA Project Wins ULI Award for Excellence](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-project-wins-uli-award-for-excellence/) - VSBA: We won! VSBA's South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center won the ULI Philadelphia's Willard G. "Bill" Rouse Award for Excellence! Our project was one of seven winners. Congratulations to everyone on the team and thank you, ULI!
- [VSBA's BuildingSuccess](https://www.vsba.com/vsbas-buildingsuccess/) - VSBA: Check out this upcoming BuildingSuccess event on Thursday, July 20 at 6:30pm at the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center. VSBA’s Seth Cohen and other team members will talk about the project’s public / private partnership and design process. There’ll be tour of the Center, a panel discussion, and refreshments! To RSVP, go to:
- [VSBA at GSI Partners Quarterly Meeting](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-at-gsi-partners-quarterly-meeting/) - VSBA: Please join VSBA's Seth Cohen and other project team members for a presentation of our South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center at the GSI Partners Quarterly Meeting. They’ll be talking about the project’s public / private nature and how it can serve as a model for other neighborhoods and communities. The presentation will be
- ["What Was The Philadelphia School?"](https://www.vsba.com/what-was-the-philadelphia-school/) - VSBA: "What Was The Philadelphia School?" Find out at the Center / Architecture + Design in Philadelphia where this special exhibition highlights work by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, VSBA Architects & Planners, and many other groundbreaking Philly designers. Check out beautiful models, photos, books, and texts. The show runs through September 28, 2017 -- and
- [Look What's In Healthcare Design Magazine](https://www.vsba.com/look-whats-in-healthcare-design-magazine/) - VSBA: We're so happy that Healthcare Design Magazine is featuring the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center! Jennifer Jackson Salopek (@jsalopek) wrote a fantastic article describing the Center's features and impacts. Thanks, Jennifer!
- [HH from VSBA](https://www.vsba.com/hh-from-vsba/) - VSBA:
- [VSBA Renovates Venturi, Scott Brown at Princeton](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-renovates-venturi-scott-brown-at-princeton/) - VSBA: VSBA is helping to transform Princeton University's Fisher / Bendheim / Corwin complex -- which Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates designed in 1990! Keep checking back to watch the renovation take shape. And for more info, head to VSBA's project page. 3/19/18: Renovation of the lounge is really coming along! 3/19/18: Choosing an orange
- [VSBA Completes PCOM’s Meta Christy House Residence Hall](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-completes-pcoms-meta-christy-house-residence-hall/) - VSBA: VSBA recently completed the transformation of this 1970s apartment tower into PCOM's first campus residence. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) teaches graduate students holistic approaches to medicine, “treating people, not just symptoms.” Lacking on-campus housing, PCOM was a commuter school with limited campus life accommodations. So when Overmont House -- a 1971 apartment
- [Creating the New Sachs Arts Innovation Hub at UPenn](https://www.vsba.com/creating-the-new-sachs-arts-innovation-hub-at-upenn/) - VSBA: We’re delighted to announce that VSBA is now collaborating with the University of Pennsylvania to create a home for the recently created Sachs Arts Innovation Hub! The SAIH is the result of a million gift from Keith L. and Kathy Sachs -- the largest gift for the arts ever made to the University. The
- [Planning for Living at PCOM](https://www.vsba.com/planning-for-living-at-pcom/) - VSBA: VSBA has begun an exciting new project with the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine! We’re planning for the creation of the College’s first on-campus residence -- a major milestone in PCOM's evolution. To accomplish this, we'll help to transform an early 1970s apartment building at the campus's edge into a modern facility with revamped interiors,
- [Kathleen Fights Floods](https://www.vsba.com/kathleen-fights-floods/) - VSBA: VSBA architect Kathleen Scanlon recently helped to fight flooding in Bradford County, PA. Here’s her story: “After the extraordinary hurricane season of 2017, I decided I needed to find out what I could do to use my knowledge and skills to help people and communities affected by natural disasters. I found the AIA New York’s
- [Viva Bob Venturi](https://www.vsba.com/viva-bob-venturi/) - VSBA: Robert Venturi, our founder and collaborator and mentor and friend, has died. The family has released this statement: Last night, Robert Venturi passed away peacefully at home after a brief illness. He was been surrounded by his wife and partner Denise Scott Brown and his son Jim Venturi. He was 93. The family is planning
- [Merry Emojis!](https://www.vsba.com/merry-emojis/) - VSBA: [Happy] [Holidays] [Love] [VSBA] !
- [Sainsbury Wing Wins AIA 25 Year Award](https://www.vsba.com/sainsbury-wing-wins-25-year-award/) - VSBA: Congratulations to the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London for winning the AIA's Twenty-Five Year Award! The Sainsbury Wing was completed in 1991 by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, their design team, and associated architect Sheppard Robson. As the AIA's announcement says, "the Sainsbury Wing demonstrates the architects’ sophisticated but ironic acknowledgement of
- ["Your Guide" to Denise!](https://www.vsba.com/your-guide-to-denise/) - VSBA: Introducing Your Guide to Downtown Denise Scott Brown! Published in conjunction with a life-spanning retrospective at the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna), Your Guide... is a travel companion to the world of Denise Scott Brown. It's a riot of photos and stories, a timeline, a reference glossary, and a major never-before-published interview. The book was written and
- [A Celebration of Bob](https://www.vsba.com/a-celebration-of-bob/) - VSBA: At last -- A CELEBRATION OF ROBERT VENTURI at the University of Pennsylvania! We'll spend an afternoon talking about Bob's brilliance, kindness, wit, and spirit. You're invited to join Bob's family, friends, and colleagues to remember how much he shaped our lives. The event is public, space is very limited, and registration is required. See
- [Working Through The Coronavirus](https://www.vsba.com/working-through-the-coronavirus/) - VSBA: As a staff, VSBA Architects & Planners has been discussing together the impact of the coronavirus on how we work. We’re been talking about the right things to do, for our staff as well as our clients and collaborators. Whether we work from home or the office, we remain focused on getting our work done
- [HH from VSBA!](https://www.vsba.com/hh-from-vsba-2/) - VSBA:
- [VSBA in Topos Magazine](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-in-topos-magazine/) - VSBA: Thank you so much to Topos Magazine of Munich for featuring Denise, Dan, and Seth -- "Talents and Masterminds"! -- in their latest issue: https://www.toposmagazine.com/talents-masterminds-topos113/
- [Pete Exley on Venturi, Scott Brown](https://www.vsba.com/pete-exley-on-venturi-scott-brown/) - VSBA: Peter Exley, AIA President and formerly with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, speaks beautifully about Denise and Bob's influence and fostering equity in our practice: https://www.architectmagazine.com/aia-architect/aiaperspective/vaulting-beyond-minimum-standards_o?fbclid=IwAR2mCBifNOEu7NmTMnDArqUARWM9QpIjNqrdOqCONvLNkSE2VxYPZatsp20
- [VSBA Makes Wonderful Music at the Community College of Philadelphia](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-makes-wonderful-music-at-the-community-college-of-philadelphia/) - VSBA: VSBA Architects & Planners are delighted to announce we've completed two new music teaching spaces at the Community College of Philadelphia. Working within the context of the College's historic main building, we completely transformed both live practice and control rooms. Click here to see more photos and learn how we did it!
- [VSBA in "Context" Magazine](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-in-context-magazine/) - VSBA: https://issuu.com/aia_philadelphia/docs/final_context_summer2017_forweb/28 VSBA is in the current issue of Context magazine! The AIA Philadelphia publication has a great profile on our South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center. The article focuses on the Center's urban connections. Check it out!
- [VSBA in The Architect's Newspaper](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-in-the-architects-newspaper/) - VSBA: VSBA -- and our transition from Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates -- is mentioned in the recent issue of The Architect's Newspaper:
- [Groundbreaking Family Care Center!](https://www.vsba.com/groundbreaking-family-care-center/) - VSBA: You're invited to a groundbreaking of an exciting new VSBA project! For more information on the project, see VSBA's website: http://www.vsba.com/projects/south-philadelphia-family-care-center/ Note: the RSVP for the groundbreaking ceremony is today, Friday, September 12th.
- [VSBA Completes Renovation of the Radcliffe Institute's Fay House](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-completes-renovation-of-the-radcliffe-institutes-fay-house/) - VSBA: VSBA has completed renovation of the beautiful and historic Fay House at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. Want to learn more? Download this brochure on the project! It features photos of the completed renovation and a description of our work. And please also visit our website page on the project.
- [Nancy Rogo Trainer Publishes In "Change Over Time"](https://www.vsba.com/nancy-rogo-trainer-publishes-in-change-over-time/) - VSBA: Check out Nancy Rogo Trainer's article "Drawing Identity from Change: Planning for Haverford College" in the latest issue of Change Over Time, a journal published by the University of Pennsylvania. To subscribe to the journal, go to http://cot.pennpress.org and select Subscribe.
- [Lenfest Hall Wins ENR's 2012 Best Project](https://www.vsba.com/lenfest-hall-wins-enrs-2012-best-project/) - VSBA: The Curtis Institute of Music's Lenfest Hall has won the 2012 best higher education / research project award from Engineering News-Record! It was awarded to INTECH Construction. Here's a link to ENR's article, "Best Overall: Lenfest Hall Team Hits a High Note." Also see ENR's blog: http://tinyurl.com/ats7hms And for more info on the building,
- [VSBA Projects Part of New Publication](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-projects-part-of-new-publication/) - VSBA: Several VSBA projects are included in the new edition of Building Type Basics for College and University Facilities by David Neuman, University Architect at the University of Virginia. Featured projects include campus master planning for Haverford College, the Life Sciences Institute complex at the University of Michigan, and Princeton's Frist Campus Center. The publisher says:
- [Fay House is US's Oldest LEED](https://www.vsba.com/fay-house-is-uss-oldest-leed/) - VSBA: Fay House of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard is the country’s oldest LEED certified building! VSBA completed a major renovation of the building in June 2012, and it was LEED Gold certified in April 2013. According to the US Green Building Council, in addition to being the oldest LEED certified building in
- [Community Health and Literacy Center: Construction Update, 8/4/15](https://www.vsba.com/community-health-and-literacy-center-construction-update-8415/) - VSBA: Throughout construction of the Community Health and Literacy Center, we'll be posting construction photos and updates. Here's where we're headed: http://www.vsba.com/projects/community-health-and-literacy-center/. And here's where we are so far:
- [Vanna Venturi House Is Timeless!](https://www.vsba.com/vanna-venturi-house-is-timeless/) - VSBA: Congratulations to the Vanna Venturi House for winning the AIA Pennsylvania’s 50 YEAR / 2015 TIMELESS AWARD!
- [VSBA @ Design on the Delaware](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-design-on-the-delaware/) - VSBA: As part of the AIA Philadelphia's Design on the Delaware, Dan McCoubrey and Seth Cohen gave a tour of our South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center:
- [South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center: Construction Update, 11/6/15](https://www.vsba.com/south-philadelphia-community-health-and-literacy-center-construction-update-11615/) - VSBA: Throughout construction of the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center, we'll be posting construction photos and updates. Here's where we're headed: http://www.vsba.com/projects/community-health-and-literacy-center/. And here's where we are so far: Curtainwall installation is underway along Broad Street. Brick is also going up fast!
- [In The News:  VSBA's South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center](https://www.vsba.com/in-the-news-vsbas-south-philadelphia-community-health-and-literacy-center/) - VSBA: VSBA's South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center is getting a lot of press lately!: Here’s a study and review of project, just released by the Build Healthy Places Network: http://buildhealthyplaces.org/community-health-and-literacy-center-south-philadelphia-pa And from the same site, here's an article highlighting the collaboration between CHOP and the City of Philadelphia: http://www.buildhealthyplaces.org/collaborate-easier-said-than-done-leaders-on-how-they-made-it-happen/
- [Bob and Denise win the Gold Medal!](https://www.vsba.com/bob-and-denise-win-the-gold-medal/) - VSBA: Tremendous congratulations to Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi for winning the 2016 AIA Gold Medal! Bob and Denise are the first partnership to ever win the prize, and Denise is the first living woman to receive the award. Here's the AIA's official press release and articles in Architectural Record, Architect Magazine, and Dezeen. Image
- [Urbanland Covers CHOP Project](https://www.vsba.com/urbanland-covers-chop-project/) - VSBA: Urbanaland -- the magazine of the Urban Land Institute -- has published a great article on our work for CHOP and the City of Philadelphia! http://urbanland.uli.org/industry-sectors/health-new-wealth-bringing-better-health-outcomes-south-philadelphia/
- [Dan Discusses Philly's Urban Grid](https://www.vsba.com/dan-discusses-phillys-urban-grid/) - VSBA: Here's an interesting article on Philadelphia's grid layout in today's Guardian: "Story of cities #7: Philadelphia grid marks birth of America's urban dream." VSBA president and principal Dan McCoubrey talks about the grid system's virtues and flexibility.
- [South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center: Construction Update, 3/25/16](https://www.vsba.com/south-philadelphia-community-health-and-literacy-center-construction-update-32516/) - VSBA: Throughout construction of the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center, we'll be posting construction photos and updates. Here's where we're headed: http://www.vsba.com/projects/community-health-and-literacy-center/. And here's where we are so far: View from Broad and Morris Streets View from Broad and Castle Streets
- [South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center: Construction Update, 4/15/16](https://www.vsba.com/south-philadelphia-community-health-and-literacy-center-construction-update-41516/) - VSBA: Throughout construction of the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center, we'll be posting construction photos and updates. Here's where we're headed: http://www.vsba.com/projects/community-health-and-literacy-center/. And here's where we are so far:
- [Bob Venturi Turns 90!](https://www.vsba.com/bob-venturi-turns-90/) - VSBA: Happy 90th birthday to Bob Venturi! Viva Bob! Photo by Ingrid von Kruse
- [Introducing David Hatton](https://www.vsba.com/introducing-david-hatton/) - VSBA: VSBA welcomes our new partner, David Hatton, AIA, NCARB. While participating in a range of VSBA’s projects, David will be leading our marketing and business development. In addition to campus master planning and the design of classroom and science buildings, David specializes in the creation of campus centers and student life buildings. At colleges and
- ["An innovation designed to make whole families healthier..."](https://www.vsba.com/an-innovation-designed-to-make-whole-families-healthier/) - VSBA: 6ABC has done this great feature on the Community Health and Literacy Center for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia​ and City of Philadelphia. Check it out!:
- [Community Health and Literacy Center: Construction Update, 4/9/15](https://www.vsba.com/community-health-and-literacy-center-construction-update-4915/) - VSBA: Throughout construction of the Community Health and Literacy Center, we'll be posting construction photos and updates. Here's where we're headed: http://www.vsba.com/projects/community-health-and-literacy-center/. And here's where we are so far:
- [Hidden History](https://www.vsba.com/hidden-history/) - VSBA: "The Community Health and Literacy Center is slated to open in December of this year at Broad and Morris on the former site of the Southern Home for Destitute Children orphanage. The 96,000 square foot, .5 million center, designed by VSBA, LLC​Architects and Planners, is a partnership between the Children’s Children's Hospital of Philadelphia​ and
- [President Dan McCoubrey -- FAIA!](https://www.vsba.com/president-dan-mccoubrey-faia/) - VSBA: CONGRATULATIONS to president and principal Dan McCoubrey -- a 2015 Fellow of the AIA!
- [Community Health & Literacy Center:  Construction Update (1/7/15)](https://www.vsba.com/community-health-literacy-center-construction-update-1715/) - VSBA: Throughout construction of the Community Health and Literacy Center, we'll be posting construction photos and updates. Here's where we're headed: http://www.vsba.com/projects/community-health-and-literacy-center. And here's where we are so far:
- [Community Health and Literacy Center: Construction Update, 11/25/14](https://www.vsba.com/community-health-and-literacy-center-construction-update-112514/) - VSBA: Throughout construction of the Community Health and Literacy Center, we'll be posting construction photos and updates. Here's where we're headed: http://www.vsba.com/projects/community-health-and-literacy-center/ And here's where we are so far. This is demolition of the existing health center on the site.
- [Community Health and Literacy Center Groundbreaking](https://www.vsba.com/community-health-and-literacy-center-groundbreaking/) - VSBA: We've broken ground on Philadelphia's new Health and Literacy Center! Here's a photo from yesterday's event. From left to right: En Jung Kim, Chase Community Equity; CHOP board member Lynne Garbose; Brian Hudson, Commonwealth Cornerstone Group; John Grady, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC); CHOP president Madeline Bell; Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter; CHOP patient Courtney
- [Happy Holidays from VSBA!](https://www.vsba.com/happy-holidays-from-vsba/) - VSBA:
- [Vote Lenfest Hall for Philly's Phinest!](https://www.vsba.com/vote-lenfest-hall-for-phillys-phinest/) - VSBA: The AIA Philadelphia is asking you to vote for your favorite buildings in the city. We'd be very grateful if you would consider voting for VSBA’s Lenfest Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music! Before January 9, please email Elizabeth Paul, Director of Communications, at elizabeth@aiaphila.org to say: Dear Ms. Paul, I’d like to
- [VSBA Mixes It Up @ SCUP-49](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-mixes-it-up-scup-49/) - VSBA:
- [Lenfest Hall @ Curtis Honored By Urban Land Institute Philadelphia](https://www.vsba.com/lenfest-hall-curtis-honored-by-urban-land-institute-philadelphia/) - VSBA: Lenfest Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music has been honored by the Urban Land Institute Philadelphia! It has won an inaugural Willard G. “Bill” Rouse Award for Excellence. The music education and student residence hall was named a “truly exemplary” project. “A unique combination of both public and private uses, it incorporates the first
- [VSBA Has Plans for Wellesley](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-plans-for-wellesley-college/) - VSBA: VSBA recent completed an exciting planning project for Wellesley College. We worked closely with the College to develop a program plan that consolidated a number of ongoing studies. For campus photos, drawings, and a full description, check out our project page: http://www.vsba.com/projects/wellesley-college-consolidated-program-planning/
- [VSBA In Context](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-in-context/) - VSBA: VSBA's renovations and additions to the Allentown Art Museum have been featured as a Design Profile in the AIA's Context magazine. Check it out: http://issuu.com/aia_philadelphia/docs/context_issuu/32
- [Lenfest Hall in "Context"](https://www.vsba.com/lenfest-hall-in-context/) - VSBA: The Curtis Institute of Music's Lenfest Hall is featured in this month's Context, a publication of the AIA Philadelphia. Link. Photo by Tom Crane
- [Lenfest Hall Goes Gold](https://www.vsba.com/lenfest-hall-goes-gold/) - VSBA: We’re delighted to announce that our Lenfest Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music has achieved LEED Gold Certification! Lenfest Hall was designed to be sustainable, healthful, and smart. It minimizes environmental impacts, providing a safe and healthy environment for the students, teachers, and staff who spend so much time there. The building offers green
- [Viva Nancy!](https://www.vsba.com/viva-nancy/) - VSBA: For all our friends and colleagues, we have an important announcement: After 26 years at 4236 Main Street, Nancy Rogo Trainer has left VSBA to become Drexel University's Associate Vice President of Design and Planning! Nancy writes: "The opportunity to work for a rapidly changing institution in the city I love most is a once-in-a-career
- [Fay House Featured at Traditional-Building.com](https://www.vsba.com/fay-house-featured-at-traditional-building-com/) - VSBA: Traditional-Building.com features VSBA's renovation of Fay House at the Radcliffe Institute: http://www.traditional-building.com/Previous-Issues-13/OctoberGreenLights13.html Click here for a full description and photos of VSBA's work at Fay House.
- [Lenfest Hall Honored By 10,000 Friends](https://www.vsba.com/lenfest-hall-honored-by-10000-friends/) - VSBA: We’re happy to announce that 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania has given the Curtis Institute of Music’s Lenfest Hall a 2013 Commonwealth Award, one of thirteen granted statewide! 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania is an alliance promoting smart growth throughout the state. Lenfest Hall was honored as a Community Institution Project for contributing to its neighborhood and
- [VSBA Time Travels!](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-time-travels/) - VSBA: VSBA has designed a signage system for the West Jersey Time Traveler Initiative -- an exciting blend of technology and graphics highlighting a number of historical sites around Cumberland County, New Jersey. Each sign provides a QR code linking to an interpretive podcast for that particular site. Just scan with a smartphone or other device. Our
- [Woodmere Wins Award](https://www.vsba.com/woodmere-wins-award/) - VSBA: The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia's 20th Annual Preservation Achievement Awards Luncheon was held on May 15, 2013. An award was given to Woodmere Art Museum for its renovation of Founder’s Gallery -- a project to which president and principal Dan McCoubrey contributed. Congratulations!
- [LEED Gold for Fay House!](https://www.vsba.com/leed-gold-for-fay-house/) - VSBA: What could be more appropriate for Earth Day 2013 than to announce that VSBA’s renovation of Fay House at the Radcliffe Institute has been awarded LEED Gold!! Fay House is the original home of Radcliffe College, built in 1807, and it’s now the administrative building for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. VSBA
- [Help Save the Camden Children's Garden](https://www.vsba.com/help-save-the-camden-childrens-garden/) - VSBA: The Camden Children's Garden is an important and beautiful civic place designed by Steven Izenour and others with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. It’s one of the last and greatest examples of Steve’s love for bold graphics, playful architecture, and engagement with the arts. The State of New Jersey has announced that it's taking the
- [New Firm = New Site!](https://www.vsba.com/new-firm-new-site/) - VSBA: As we've changed our firm structure, we've also totally redesigned VSBA.com. The site now features better graphics, more current projects, handy project-sorting navigation, an improved site-wide search, and more ways to contact us. We've also given you more ways to access VSBA.com, including mobile devices. The site is cross-browser friendly and compatible with RSS feed readers.
- [Introducing VSBA, LLC!](https://www.vsba.com/welcome-to-vsba-llcs-new-website/) - VSBA: We’re very pleased to announce Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc. has become VSBA, LLC! Our noted architectural planning and design firm is now under the leadership of president and principal Daniel McCoubrey. Dan, together with principal Nancy Rogo Trainer, will continue to build on our founders’ values — bringing creative design, thoughtful analysis, and responsive service to our clients. After over
- [VSBA Designing Hotel in Seoul, Korea](https://www.vsba.com/vsba-designing-hotel-in-seoul-korea/) - VSBA: VSBA, in association with Steven Song Design Lab, has been asked to design a new hotel at the edge of a bustling entertainment and commercial neighborhood in Seoul, Korea. It features a range of uses, including retail, and it incorporates large-scale LED graphics at both the top and base of the building to connect with
- [The Penn Gazette Features VSBA "Passing the Vernacular"](https://www.vsba.com/the-penn-gazette-features-vsba-passing-the-vernacular/) - VSBA: Want to learn more about our transition from Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates to VSBA, LLC? Check out "Passing the Vernacular" by JoAnn Greco, just published in The Pennsylvania Gazette: http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1112/arts04.html.

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## Portfolio

- [Guild House, Sign Restoration](https://www.vsba.com/projects/guild-house-sign-restoration/) - VSBA: After years of weather and wear along Philadelphia’s Spring Garden Street, it was time to restore the iconic “GUILD HOUSE” sign on Robert Venturi’s historic 1964 building. VSBA collaborated with Vitam Signs to renovate the main sign above the entry as well as the balcony guards. We created full size templates to replicate the existing
- [Pembroke North Condominiums](https://www.vsba.com/projects/pembroke-north-condominiums/) - VSBA: VSBA designed the Pembroke North luxury condominiums along Philadelphia’s historic Main Line in Wayne, PA. Each of the three buildings is three stories; together they contain a total of 54 units. The site sits at the nexus between residential and commercial contexts. Our design addresses this using traditional domestic architectural details and materials with simple
- [University of Kentucky, Biomedical / Biological Sciences Research Building](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-kentucky-biomedical-biological-sciences-research-building/) - VSBA: The Biomedical / Biological Sciences Research Building is the University of Kentucky’s major new home for science on campus. Designed by VSBA in association with A. M. Kinney and HERA, the building is the first increment of our 2001 plan for UK’s Limestone-Virginia precinct -- a burgeoning research, education, and health care center. The facility
- [Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Donor Recognition Signage](https://www.vsba.com/projects/philadelphia-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-donor-recognition-signage/) - VSBA: PCOM asked us to very quickly design building signage to honor the donation of a prominent alumnus. Our work was to adorn exterior as well as interior surfaces and span a wide variety of types and sizes -- including signage to rededicate two major campus buildings. Signage and communication has always been fundamental to VSBA’s
- [St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Entry Pavilion and Improvements](https://www.vsba.com/projects/st-marys-episcopal-church-new-entry-pavilion-and-improvements/) - VSBA: St. Mary’s is a noted historical church whose origins relate to “plans for a cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania that would rival those of Europe.” The church is located along a busy residential and commercial corridor in the city’s northwest Roxborough neighborhood. In 1979, the Cathedral Village retirement community was established on the
- [University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-pennsylvania-annenberg-center-for-the-performing-arts-the-sachs-program-for-arts-innovation/) - VSBA: VSBA worked with the University of Pennsylvania to create a home for The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation (SPAI) at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. SPAI’s goal is to stimulate advances in the study, teaching, and development of the arts. Formerly an underused space without much comfort or amenity, the new Arts Lounge
- [Princeton University, Fisher / Bendheim / Corwin Hall Renovations](https://www.vsba.com/projects/princeton-university-fisher-bendheim-corwin-hall-renovations/) - VSBA: VSBA was recently hired to design extensive renovations to Princeton's interconnected Fisher, Bendheim, and Corwin Halls, which will provide space for the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as well as politics, gender and sexuality studies, and computer sciences. Our work -- including programming, design, furnishings, signage, and window replacement -- is helping
- [Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meta Christy House](https://www.vsba.com/projects/philadelphia-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-meta-christy-house/) - VSBA: The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) teaches graduate students holistic approaches to medicine -- utilizing a whole person approach, “treating people, not just symptoms.” Lacking on-campus housing since the school moved to its present location on Philadelphia’s City Line Avenue in 1957, PCOM existed as a commuter school with limited campus life accommodations. The
- [Community College of Philadelphia, Live and Control Room Music Renovations](https://www.vsba.com/projects/community-college-of-philadelphia-live-and-control-room-music-renovations/) - VSBA: VSBA was retained by the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) to renovate its music education, practice, and recording facilities. CCP’s music department is located in its historic main building, a gorgeous turn-of-the-century currency mint. The building -- constructed of steel, stone, concrete, terracotta, and plaster -- was effective for its original machinery and operations. But
- [Princeton University, Frist Campus Center](https://www.vsba.com/projects/princeton-university-frist-campus-center/) - VSBA: VSBA renovated and expanded Palmer Hall, Princeton University’s original physics laboratory, to house the new Frist Campus Center. The University first proposed a campus center in the 1920s, but the project wasn’t undertaken until the 1990s. Palmer Hall, historically significant though deteriorated and underutilized at the periphery of the traditional campus core, over time became
- [University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Quadrangle, Irvine Audiorium](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-pennsylvania-irvine-audiorium/) - VSBA: The Perelman Quadrangle expands the original functions of Houston Hall across Penn Commons into parts of the surrounding Irvine Auditorium and College, Claudia Cohen, and Williams Halls. In the process each is preserved and adapted and helped to reestablish the importance it once held, on an augmented and replenished Quadrangle. The central space, Penn Commons,
- [Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Cor Unum Center](https://www.vsba.com/projects/stuart-country-day-school-of-the-sacred-heart-cor-unum-center/) - VSBA: VSBA designed this multipurpose venue for the private Roman Catholic Stuart Country Day School. The program combines four disparate uses: chapel, auditorium, performance space, and communal center. For such a multi-use facility, our design required thoughtful compromise and balance -- mediating requirements for staging options, seating configurations, acoustics, site lines, and daylight control for various
- [Swarthmore College, Tarble Student Center](https://www.vsba.com/projects/swarthmore-college-tarble-student-center/) - VSBA: When Swarthmore’s Sharples Student Center, located in a beautiful old building that had once been the library, burned down, the College began to consider various alternatives for replacement: rebuilding on the burned site; making alterations to another distinguished and treasured Collegiate Gothic Building, Clothier Hall; or building an entirely new structure. VSBA was retained to
- [Curtis Institute of Music, Organ Studio](https://www.vsba.com/projects/curtis-institute-of-music-organ-studio/) - VSBA: VSBA created this new organ studio for the Curtis Institute of Music. We renovated and adapted spaces in Curtis’s historic main building to create the practice facility. The new chamber accommodates a custom-designed pipe organ while offering open studio space for the organ console and its users. The instrument itself was designed and installed by
- [Harvard University, Memorial Hall Restoration and Renovation](https://www.vsba.com/projects/harvard-university-memorial-hall-loker-commons-and-sanders-theatre-restoration-and-renovation/) - VSBA: We restored and renovated Harvard University’s Memorial Hall as a campus and dining center. Designed by Ware and Van Brunt between 1865 and 1870 to commemorate Harvard's Civil War dead, Memorial Hall is one of the finest examples of Ruskinian Gothic architecture in the nation. The renovated Memorial Hall contains the soaring Annenberg Hall, restored
- [Curtis Institute of Music, Rubenstein Centre](https://www.vsba.com/projects/curtis-institute-of-music-rubenstein-centre/) - VSBA: The Curtis Institute recently acquired 1620 Locust Street, which neighbors VSBA’s earlier Lenfest Hall. We helped transform it into the Rubenstein Centre, a new administrative facility, by converting over 20 offices and supporting spaces.
- [Curtis Institute of Music, Rock Resource Center](https://www.vsba.com/projects/curtis-institute-of-music-rock-resource-center/) - VSBA: The Rock Resource Center library is an important study center and repository for the Curtis Institute’s printed and audio materials, archives, and digital collections. VSBA led the reprogramming and complete renovation of the building in two phases to improve reader services, study areas, collection storage, and staff offices. Building systems were replaced and a new
- [Curtis Institute of Music, Main Building Master Plan](https://www.vsba.com/projects/curtis-institute-of-music-main-building-master-plan/) - VSBA: VSBA has worked with the renowned Curtis Institute of Music to expand its urban campus, from design of the new Lenfest Hall education, performance, and residence building through a series of renovations to different buildings. This renovation feasibility study was conducted for Curtis's historic Main Building, which incorporates three structures -- the George W. Childs
- [Curtis Institute of Music, Lenfest Hall](https://www.vsba.com/projects/curtis-institute-of-music-lenfest-hall/) - VSBA: VSBA designed this major new multi-use music education and student residence building for the renowned Curtis Institute of Music. The expansion -- on a historic block of Philadelphia’s Locust Street -- provides state-of-the-art facilities for practice and teaching, an orchestral rehearsal room, and student residences, all in close proximity to existing facilities on Rittenhouse Square.
- [South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center](https://www.vsba.com/projects/south-philadelphia-community-health-and-literacy-center/) - VSBA: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) joined with the City of Philadelphia in a public-private partnership to create the new South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center. This innovative facility combines a City Health Center, a CHOP primary care practice, a branch of the Free Library, and a City recreation center with playground. The Center
- [Wellesley College, Consolidated Program Planning](https://www.vsba.com/projects/wellesley-college-consolidated-program-planning/) - VSBA: Wellesley College’s leadership undertook a series of planning initiatives to assess different academic and student life systems. Working groups were charged with envisioning the future of programs in the arts and media, the humanities, science and the environment, the student residential experience, and wellness and sports. Wellesley asked VSBA to synthesize the results from these
- [University of Alabama, Freshman Residence Hall](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-alabama-freshman-residence-hall/) - VSBA: VSBA was retained to provide program validation and schematic design for a new 5-story, 400-500 bed freshman residence hall at the University of Alabama A major goal was to promote social integration among first year students living on campus. We began by reviewing UA's preliminary building arrangement concepts. We validated residential unit plans by testing
- [Fabric Workshop and Museum, Multimedia Storefront Window Displays](https://www.vsba.com/projects/fabric-workshop-and-museum-storefront-window-permanent-displays/) - VSBA: Since the 1970s, the Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) has been a world-renowned gallery and studio for artists working in all media. After relocating to an historic building adjacent to the Philadelphia Convention Center and the Reading Terminal Market, FWM retained us to create a permanent storefront display. But for an arts institution offering ever-changing
- [Guild House Rehabilitation](https://www.vsba.com/projects/guild-house-rehabilitation/) - VSBA: VSBA rehabilitated the landmark Guild House, one of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates' earliest built works, designed nearly 45 years prior as housing for the elderly. While Guild House was originally built for wheelchair access, we modified five apartments to meet current accessibility requirements and we equipped two units for hearing and visually impaired residents.
- [Dumbarton Oaks, New Library Building](https://www.vsba.com/projects/dumbarton-oaks-new-library-building/) - VSBA: In 1920, Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss acquired the Dumbarton Oaks property for their noted Pre-Columbian and Byzantine collections and library. Working with landscape architect Beatrix Ferrand, they transformed the grounds into a series of noted gardens. In 1940, they created the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection to be managed by Harvard University. VSBA
- [Dumbarton Oaks, Main House Renovation](https://www.vsba.com/projects/dumbarton-oaks-main-house-renovation/) - VSBA: The Dumbarton Oaks estate dates to the 18th century. In 1920, Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss acquired the property and, over the next 45 years renovated and expanded it to house their noted Pre-Columbian and Byzantine collections and library. Working with landscape architect Beatrix Ferrand, they transformed the grounds into a series of noteworthy gardens.
- [Storm King Art Center, Conceptual Master Plan](https://www.vsba.com/projects/storm-king-art-center-conceptual-master-plan/) - VSBA: Storm King Art Center is a unique outdoor museum -- an expansive series of lawns, trails, fields, groves, and woodlands framed by the Hudson Highlands and set with monumental modern sculptures by notable artists. Each artwork’s context is defined by both immediate and distant landscapes; the ever-changing visitor experience encompasses the seasons and weather, as
- [West Jersey Time Traveler Signage](https://www.vsba.com/projects/west-jersey-time-traveler-signage/) - Signage for interpretive podcasts at fifteen historical sites in Cumberland County, New Jersey
- [University of Delaware, Trabant University Center](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-delaware-trabant-university-center/) - VSBA: As a whole, the typical student center is inevitably awkward. Because it must accommodate many uses on few floors, it can easily look like a low warehouse or shopping mall. For this reason VSBA concentrated the bulk of the new Trabant University Center within the interior of the site, thereby maintaining the fabric of the
- [RYSE Hotel](https://www.vsba.com/projects/ryse-hotel/) - VSBA: VSBA was retained to design a new hotel at the edge of a bustling entertainment and commercial neighborhood in Seoul, Korea. The mixed-use project places the hotel lobby and amenities above two levels of retail space and below-grade parking. We worked with a local associated architect and client representatives to devise several options, from which
- [Storm King Art Center, Visitor Map](https://www.vsba.com/projects/storm-king-art-center-visitor-map/) - VSBA: Storm King Art Center is a unique outdoor museum -- an expansive series of lawns, trails, fields, groves, and woodlands framed by the Hudson Highlands and set with monumental modern sculptures by notable artists. Each artwork’s context is defined by both immediate and distant landscapes; the ever-changing visitor experience encompasses the seasons and weather, as
- [Villanova University, Campus Master Plan](https://www.vsba.com/projects/villanova-university-campus-master-plan/) - VSBA: “From the day I was selected to serve in this role, people have been asking me to share my vision for the university. It is not complicated. I want Villanova to be Villanova....We know what we do well and we must strive to do it better…” -- from Father Peter Donohue’s inauguration speech “I have
- [Yale University School of Medicine, Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education](https://www.vsba.com/projects/yale-university-school-of-medicine-anlyan-center-for-medical-research-and-education/) - VSBA: The Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education at the Yale University School of Medicine is the centerpiece of the institution’s facilities plan for the next decade, providing state-of-the-art laboratory space for disease-based research, core facilities for mouse genomics and magnetic resonance imaging, and teaching facilities for anatomy and histology. It is the largest capital
- [Haverford College, Campus Master Plan](https://www.vsba.com/projects/haverford-college-campus-master-plan/) - VSBA: “...[W]e’ll remain true to our legacy (and our promise) as we grow and adapt in ways that are informed by who and what we are, and value.” -- College President Stephen Emerson, February 2008 “The master plan will serve as a living document and decision making tool, providing guidance for the development of the college
- [Narberth Avenue Bridge](https://www.vsba.com/projects/narberth-avenue-bridge/) - VSBA: VSBA is working with engineers Pennoni Associates on designs for replacing the Narberth Avenue Bridge in Narberth, PA, a borough just outside Philadelphia. The bridge crosses the Main Line commuter and Amtrak rails, connecting the lively downtown to a residential neighborhood. We began by mapping areas around the bridge to understand its relationship to uses
- [Philadelphia Zoo, George D. Widener Memorial Tree House and New Children's Zoo](https://www.vsba.com/projects/philadelphia-zoo-george-d-widener-memorial-tree-house-and-new-childrens-zoo/) - VSBA: When VSBA was commissioned to design the new Children's Zoo, part of the program called for a special exhibit area to create visitor understanding of and sympathy with the natural world of science. Traditionally this has been achieved through a teach/learn environment, but in this case the desire was to go beyond the usual constraints
- [Brown University, Planning for Campus Life](https://www.vsba.com/projects/brown-university-planning-for-campus-life/) - VSBA: VSBA worked with Brown University to strengthen the quality of student life on campus in order to help make students’ academic and educational experience better and their time at Brown more memorable. The University encourages involvement in a medley of activities outside classes because “the educational experience extends to all aspects of students’ lives and….
- [Bryn Mawr College, Concept Plan Update](https://www.vsba.com/projects/bryn-mawr-college-concept-plan-update/) - VSBA: Bryn Mawr’s campus core was shaped by Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmsted, Ralph Adams Cram, Cope and Stewardson, Louis Kahn, and others. The orthogonal pattern of the early Collegiate Gothic campus is set in beautiful contrast to the undulating topography of the Romantic valley landscape to its west. Outside its planned core, the College has
- [Dartmouth College, Rauner Special Collections Library](https://www.vsba.com/projects/dartmouth-college-rauner-special-collections-library/) - VSBA: VSBA’s challenge was to transform an underutilized building on an important site into an accessible, functional, and visually evocative library for rare books and manuscripts with a secure and carefully controlled environment. The scope of the renovation included a reading room, study and seminar rooms, offices, and technical support spaces. Our design preserves the monumental
- [Dartmouth College, Baker / Berry Library](https://www.vsba.com/projects/dartmouth-college-baker-berry-library-and-carson-hall/) - VSBA: Baker Library, the College's beloved humanities and social sciences library, has been the center of academic life at Dartmouth College. The Berry addition doubles the size of the existing facility and accommodates new public functions, technical services, reading areas, a café, and the computing services and History departments. The original Baker Library building, essentially unchanged
- [Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg and Mack Boulevard Building, Murals](https://www.vsba.com/projects/lehigh-valley-hospital-muhlenberg-and-mack-boulevard-building-murals/) - VSBA: When we designed a new hospital building for the Lehigh Valley Health Network at Muhlenberg, we incorporated a series of large decorative murals in the lobby and public circulation areas. Subsequently, we were asked to adapt these large-scale murals for two other locations -- elsewhere at the Muhlenberg hospital and also for their Mack Boulevard
- [Bryn Mawr College, Campus Center Renovations](https://www.vsba.com/projects/bryn-mawr-college-campus-center-renovations/) - VSBA: VSBA was asked to suggest ways of improving and enlivening the student-centered spaces on the first level of Bryn Mawr College’s Campus Center. The College wished to make the spaces more student and visitor-friendly and more emblematic of Bryn Mawr spirit. VSBA redesigned the Café and Main Lounge, converted an adjacent meeting room to a
- [Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Campus Plan](https://www.vsba.com/projects/harvard-university-radcliffe-institute-for-advanced-study-campus-plan/) - VSBA: The agreement between the governing boards of Harvard and Radcliffe that created the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study also established its mission: “The purpose of the Radcliffe Institute will be to create an academic community where individuals can pursue advanced work in the academic disciplines, professions, or creative arts. Within this broad purpose, and in
- [Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Schlesinger Library](https://www.vsba.com/projects/harvard-university-radcliffe-institute-for-advanced-study-schlesinger-library/) - VSBA: VSBA programmed and designed a renovation of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library for the History of Women in America, one of a group of buildings at the head of historic Radcliffe Yard. Built in 1907 and originally home to the Radcliffe College Library, the building became a research library in 1967. It’s now an
- [Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fay House Renovation](https://www.vsba.com/projects/harvard-university-radcliffe-institute-for-advanced-study-fay-house-renovation/) - VSBA: Fay House is the original home of Radcliffe College and now the administrative building for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. It was built in 1807 and expanded both horizontally and vertically over the years. Following an initial programming study and scoping analysis, VSBA embarked on a renovation to preserve the most important historic features
- [Historical Society of Pennsylvania](https://www.vsba.com/projects/historical-society-of-pennsylvania/) - VSBA: VSBA prepared a phased plan for extensive renovations to assist this venerable Philadelphia institution in achieving its goal: “To be the most important place for studying four centuries of Pennsylvania and family history with the best special collections library in its field.” Earlier additions and renovations resulted in inefficient and inappropriate use of spaces, labyrinthine
- [Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg](https://www.vsba.com/projects/lehigh-valley-hospital-muhlenberg/) - VSBA: VSBA, in collaboration with architects FreemanWhite, Inc., completed a major expansion of the Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg. After conducting master and organizational planning for the Hospital, we embarked on a million renovation of 100,000 square feet and creation of a new 265,000 square feet patient tower and clinical care units. The Hospital now
- [Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest](https://www.vsba.com/projects/lehigh-valley-hospital-cedar-crest/) - VSBA: VSBA designed a major expansion for the Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Cedar Crest Campus and oversaw construction of the final phase of its facility master plan projects. The Kasych Pavilion, centerpiece of the campus, includes: a 182-bed (all private) patient care tower 6 new operating rooms 3 30-bed medical / surgical units 2 intensive care units
- [Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, Center for Advanced Health Care, Neuroscience Center](https://www.vsba.com/projects/lehigh-valley-hospital-cedar-crest-center-for-advanced-health-care-neuroscience-center/) - VSBA: As a component of our work at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, VSBA planned, designed, and oversaw construction for the Center for Advanced Health Care, a LEED Silver certified facility whose mission is to create a personal, patient-centered and life-affirming experience for the patient. The 4-story, 132,000 square foot medical office building provides a
- [University of Kentucky, Limestone-Virginia Precinct Plan](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-kentucky-limestone-virginia-precinct-plan/) - VSBA: In parallel with the design of a new Biomedical / Biological Science Research Building (BBSRB) at the University of Kentucky, VSBA was asked to study possible sites for the building to make maximum use of the Limestone-Virginia precinct. It must serve its users well and meet the aspirations of the University while maintaining flexibility in
- [Harvard Divinity School, Rockefeller Hall](https://www.vsba.com/projects/harvard-divinity-school-rockefeller-hall/) - VSBA: The renovation of Rockefeller Hall and the construction of a new landscaped green in a decommissioned parking area -- the first increments of Harvard Divinity School’s (HDS) campus plan -- followed VSBA’s programming study for the campus, whose goals were to promote an enhanced sense of community at the School, strengthen connections between the Divinity
- [Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego](https://www.vsba.com/projects/museum-of-contemporary-art-san-diego/) - VSBA: VSBA, in association with David Singer, renovated and expanded the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Since 1941, this distinguished Museum has occupied the Scripps House, Irving Gill’s extremely significant 1915 villa. The building had been enveloped by subsequent additions. VSBA created a new facade in order to enrich the Museum’s image and civic presence,
- [University of Michigan, Campus Master Plan](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-michigan-campus-master-plan/) - VSBA: In a 1997 message to the University of Michigan community, President Lee Bollinger described a reassessment of the University’s physical campus, undertaken as it evolved at an unprecedented rate: “In 1837…not even the most visionary civic and academic leaders could have imagined the reach of the campus we now occupy. Today, our Ann Arbor Campus
- [Allentown Art Museum](https://www.vsba.com/projects/allentown-art-museum/) - VSBA: The Allentown Art Museum is housed in a former Presbyterian church on a busy downtown block, adjacent to the recently completed Allentown Arts Park. Built in 1901, the building was significantly expanded in 1937 and 1975. The museum needed extensive renovation and new space for galleries, visitor amenities, education, and collection storage. Of particular importance
- [University of Michigan, Palmer Drive Life Sciences Complex](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-michigan-palmer-drive-life-sciences-complex/) - VSBA: VSBA helped the University of Michigan create an evolving master plan for its 3,000-acre campus, whose fundamental goal was to identify opportunities to intellectually and physically link campus precincts. We discovered a critical need for users to cross from the Central Campus to the Medical Center Campus, separated by tricky topography and a busy state
- [University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Union, Facilities Master Plan Study](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-wisconsin-madison-wisconsin-union-facilities-master-plan-study/) - VSBA: The purpose of this study was to provide options for improving and expanding Memorial Union and Union South so that these buildings can continue to support the evolving mission and activities of the Wisconsin Union. Memorial Union, located at the intersection of “town and gown” on Lake Mendota, has provided a place for the University
- [Bayshore Center at Bivalve, Oculus Sign](https://www.vsba.com/projects/bayshore-center-at-bivalve-oculus-sign/) - VSBA: Bivalve is an historic fishing village on the bank of the Maurice River in southern New Jersey. The Bayshore Center at Bivalve combines active shipping docks with interpretive, educational, and environmental activities. For two hundred years, area residents told stories of a Revolutionary War skirmish on the Maurice -- which may or may not have
- [University of Virginia, Contemplative Sciences Center Programming Study](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-virginia-contemplative-sciences-center-programming-study/) - VSBA: VSBA prepared a program analysis and conceptual site capacity studies for a unique multidisciplinary center focused on practice and research in the contemplative sciences. Programming began with research into different paradigms for the center and included interviews with a broad array of stakeholders and academic disciplines. Work culminated in the preparation of detailed individual Room
- [University of Virginia, University Commons Study](https://www.vsba.com/projects/university-of-virginia-university-commons-study/) - VSBA: VSBA worked with the University of Virginia to develop a master plan and program for revitalizing the student activities precinct within the University's Central Grounds, adjacent to Thomas Jefferson’s historic Academical Village. The goal of the master plan was to create a new “university commons” complex integrating both academic and social functions and providing more

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- [Fabric Workshop and Museum](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/fabric-workshop-and-museum/)
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- [Philadelphia Zoological Gardens](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/philadelphia-zoological-gardens/)
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- [Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/museum-of-contemporary-art-san-diego/)
- [Cumberland County Cultural & Heritage Commission](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/cumberland-county-cultural-heritage-commission/)
- [Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/stuart-country-day-school-of-the-sacred-heart/)
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- [Princeton University](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/princeton-university/)
- [University of Alabama](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/university-of-alabama/)
- [Seokyo Hotel](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/seokyo-hotel/)
- [University of Pennsylvania](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/university-of-pennsylvania/)
- [University of Wisconsin Madison](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/university-of-wisconsin-madison/)
- [Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/philadelphia-college-of-osteopathic-medicine/)
- [Community College of Philadelphia](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/community-college-of-philadelphia/)
- [St. Mary's Episcopal Church](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/st-marys-episcopal-church/)
- [Jonathan Rose Companies](https://www.vsba.com/projects/client/jonathan-rose-companies/)