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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!

“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

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

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/

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/

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:

Image courtesy of Brooks E. Brooks and Associates.

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:

A view from the northeast corner of Broad and Morris Streets

The roof superstructure is complete — and offers a great view of Center City

A view from the southeast corner of Broad and Castle Streets

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 universities across the country, he has collaborated with academic administrators, teachers, staff, and students to understand their needs and shape their educational environments.

David has led the planning and design of over 50 campus and dining center projects. His clients have included Virginia Tech, Penn State, the University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, the University of Iowa, the University of Mary Washington, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the Community College of Philadelphia, and many other schools.

David is also experienced with the planning and design of student residences, for which his clients have included Saint Joseph’s University, Rowan University, East Carolina University, Marist College, and many SUNY campuses.

David frequently publishes and speaks at national conferences, sharing his experience in design for academic campuses.

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:

Drilling piles in the basement area

Digging trenches for concrete foundation

Steel reinforcement for concrete footings

CONGRATULATIONS to president and principal Dan McCoubrey — a 2015 Fellow of the AIA!