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Maintaining the open floor plan to allow the diffused daylight to penetrate through the space from the south-facing entrance was balanced with creating a private living/sleeping area for the owners by adding a second story to the existing one-story building. “Much of my work focuses on responding to the specific context of a project’s site–in a way that respects the past, acknowledges the present, and gestures toward the future,” Lisa Armstrong, AIA, explains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581440149541-N7RGFFW8XFM52FI9BVK2/view+thru+kitchen+to+entrance.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581456963215-3XI5G6UG7A8BZNTKIHQU/Glen+Foerd+Water+View+II-min.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581457085317-VLP7BZP8CATURTAJHSGI/9x16+Glen+Foerd+Water+View+I.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579987908590-BVXL486EU9XFO409WRKT/9x16+Glen+Foerd+Side+View+copy.png Home - Glen Foerd Boathouse Design and construction of a non-combustible interpretation of the historical boathouse which sat on the same seawall foundations before being destroyed by fire in the late 1980's. This building, on the grounds of the historic Glen Foerd Mansion Estate on theDelaware Riverin northeast Philadelphia, is an important destination on the estate’s riverside promenade, affording visitors the opportunity to walk out over the river on the roof deck above the club room and lower boat storage bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718299877-1GBEH5HX4EIZ4ZWI7Q75/WOOLSTON+009.jpg Home - The first phase of construction was the renovation ofthe ground floor of the East Baptist Church to accommodate four accessible child care classrooms, a full-service kitchen for serving hot meals to the children, and office space. The second phase of construction maintains the open character of the large second floor volume of space with its cathedral ceiling while still providing functional office space for 22 staff and classroom space for 54 children. Sub-spaces layered within the large open space include: a computer lab, an art classroom, a kitchenette, a resource room, a younger school-age classroom which is also used as a parent/child playgroup space, and a room used both as a classroom for school-age children and as space for adult workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718523662-KCJUC2S7DA3EOZMJC0ZR/WOOLSTON+013.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718439974-BYR5QMIOCEGU3YVB6DKO/WOOLSTON+014.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718087178-46WI280GEAU9QFWZQZ6A/image-asset.jpeg Home - Woolston Family Center The Woolston Child and Family Center (North Philadelphia, PA) is a transformation of a vacant church into a vibrant child care and family education center. This once empty space is now full of active children and parents coming to learn. The design of Woolston Child and Family Center is featured in the book, EXPANDING ARCHITECTURE, edited by Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford, as an example of how to adapt an underutilized place of worship to be a vibrant community hub–engaging residents of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720295545-7RP0PBZ9BPXLJ8L880NO/9x16.+Vesper+Boat+Club+Riverside+After.png Home - Like the high-tech design of the modern rowing shells, the addition to the boathouse strives to improve upon an inherently beautiful structure. New spaces include a skylit entry vestibule/ stair hall, women’s locker rooms and training space, kitchen, office, and riverside deck. This project is leading to the establishment of a community rowing program pairing Vesper oarsmen with local high school athletes. The final phases of this project, re-installation of a flagpole on the original waterside gable, and installation of the clock on the new waterside gable, were completed in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720113471-4UABYH17WHWUAUSMH4A2/9x16+vbc15_120dpi.png Home - Vesper Boathouse Addition and renovation to a historic building on Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row. This project received the Preservation Alliance’s 2016 Grand Jury Award. The new construction projects the club’s strong tradition of rowing into the 21st century with equal facilities for men and women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720421917-Y4K2E5JUOLA1CWJS3EPZ/image-asset.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720433809-GPK9M0LQTD5SGBX61V1V/image-asset.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720641007-G64RPTLLED7684VDWYOQ/COmmunity+Concern+front+facadeJan2017-11.png Home - Community Concern Center The Community Concern Multi-Purpose Learning Center (Brewerytown, Philadelphia) is a transformation of an existing child care center housed in a former grocery store into a state-of-the-art vibrant early education center focused on children’s whole well-being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720651686-1OV9IF438K51PEJIEG50/COmmunity+Concern+InfantsJan2017-2.png Home - The design includes an addition that allowed the classroom layout to be reconfigured to add one pre-kindergarten classroom for a total of three pre-kindergarten classrooms, and to customize the infant room and the toddler room to the specific needs of these age groups. AKA led an intensive existing condition assessment which provided the information needed to stabilize the building’s structure and to replace the building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581369754604-X7JBFK6Q3WOWOO89GG7V/COmmunity+Concern+ToddlersJan2017.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582949573907-5TE2I7A138X8X24ZQTT5/Screen+Shot+2020-02-28+at+11.12.05+PM.png Home - Phase 1-3 Construction Documents for Phase 1 are complete, and construction will start in Spring, 2020. Phase 2 includes the renovation of the attached Phipps Building. Phase 3 will be the renovation of the Main Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582950668387-WTU63CPNXMCKJS3S3DZ8/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-28%2Bat%2B11.30.11%2BPM.jpg Home - On the Boards: Philadelphia Health Center 3 The Philadelphia Health Center #3 project includes three phases of improvements to this Mid-Century Modern building. Phase 1 is the New Public Elevator Project which will make the building’s split levels and second floor accessible. Interior renovations will create a new Elevator Lobby and Corridor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582949631270-8E671CMJN7XR4LAM36UG/Screen+Shot+2020-02-28+at+11.13.23+PM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969900872-N9RPN4W4XOC020G6WQ81/UpperLobbyFull1.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969871186-95NM7PJHJVTETITPOAPW/Lloyd+deckview.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581372456606-6W17UVWQ6D425ZLTE97R/Lloyd+West+View.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969925888-YE3JQCLG09HKJHC9XB67/Lloyd+Cafe.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581372990949-14VCU9RFA0M1PACR227L/image-asset.png Home - AIA PHILADELPHIA PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Lloyd Hall faces the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park and is built on the site of the former historic Plaisted Hall at Number One Boathouse Row. It houses the most active recreation center in the City of Philadelphia-providing after school programs, and basketball and volleyball leagues for local youth, while also serving the greater Philadelphia region with a juggling club, folk dancing, and as the headquarters for Philadelphia City Rowing (PCR). A café, information office, and outdoor gathering spaces including plazas and terraces, rentable event spaces, and a roof deck have established Lloyd Hall as a popular meeting and gathering place. The building includes a large multipurpose room/gymnasium with accompanying locker rooms and restrooms, an upper lobby meeting space overlooking the river, and a staff/information office. 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The new buildings will accommodate the privacy needed for gender-neutral shower house/bathroom facilities while providing enclosed gathering places large enough for the campers to shelter-in-place during storm events. Construction is scheduled for 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1628016424467-7NV4334HA8F66UY3HGP0/07-13-21+Floor+Plan+-+22x34_CS0-1_B_Presentation+Floor+Plan.jpeg Home - Design Plan The floor plan for the two buildings will be identical (except for their siting) since they are designed to be non-genderspecific. The design optimizes natural ventilation and daylight harvesting. Each new shower house will be 1350SF, (approximately twice the size of the existing houses), and each will have eleven toilet fixtures, twelve sinks, and eleven showers, plus two water fountains, a utility sink, a mop sink and hose bibs to accommodate 100 campers on each side of the camp. 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https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-11-06 https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/about daily 0.75 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581451522034-OT6R6C2ZL376N6JH5CIJ/Photo+Oct+22%2C+10+06+04+AM.jpg About - A K Architecture listens carefully to its clients’ and end-users’ visions and needs, and brings them to reality in the final built product. Each project is uniquely fit to its site and suited to its function. Since A K Architecture was formed in 1991, the firm has designed award-winning multi-use community and recreation facilities, education centers, health and medical facilities, exterior public spaces, affordable housing, and private residences. A K Architecture’s (previously known as Armstrong Kaulbach Architects) design services include acting as facilitators in early program development and site selection, feasibility studies, master planning, preliminary design through design development, construction documentation and construction administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581452429691-2ZI7IV15YP39YHMPJ0CS/AKA+Logo_RED.jpg About - Contact Us. AKA-Rchitecture 2011 Walnut Street, Floor 2 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Email lisa@aka-rchitecture.com Phone (215) 977-8516 And follow our Instagram and LinkedIn for the latest news & announcements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581451394349-HNSLZQX0M5RNLEBOD7AJ/Photo+Oct+22%2C+9+21+00+AM+copy.jpg About - Lisa Armstrong, Principal, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C Lisa is an architect with more than twenty-five years of project design and management experience. Lisa founded A K Architecture, previously known as Armstrong Kaulbach Architects, in 1991. Lisa approaches each project with a multi-disciplinary perspective, seeking design solutions that balance project goals - maximize energy efficiency, satisfy long term sustainability objectives, and find the right fit between design priorities, schedule, and budget constraints. Lisa has designed environmentally sustainable public facilities, multi-use community centers, childhood education centers, and affordable housing developments; many of which have won design awards such as Lloyd Hall - Number One Boathouse Row, Calcutta House III AIDS Hospice, and Columbus Square Recreation Center. Lisa specializes in working with complicated stakeholder structures, unusual siting constraints, and historic and/or complex contexts. Much of Lisa’s work focuses on adaptive reuse of historic structures. Facilitating community engagement through charrettes is an integral part of the creative process Lisa leads at AKA. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University, Lisa has served on many boards including the Philadelphia AIA Chapter, Community Design Collaborative, the Preservation Alliance, PennDesign Alumni Association, and Greening Greenfield. https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/contact-aka daily 0.75 2019-11-06 https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/chinatown daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969746139-EPD43VJH6XG3L08GUVS6/Chinatown+Render+I.png Chinatown Community Center (Crane Center) - Chinatown Community Center (Crane Center) The Crane is a landmark identifying Chinatown North as a vital part of the established Chinatown neighborhood in Philadelphia. Responding to Chinatown’s traditional mix of ground floor retail with other uses above street level, the Chinatown Community Center is a new kind of hybrid facility-mixing commercial, residential, and public recreationuses in one place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581456362899-S32NMCHDF0JI08FWPT6Y/image-asset.png Chinatown Community Center (Crane Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581456257323-VPNTN1CRDHDT3T1ROHJ2/image-asset.png Chinatown Community Center (Crane Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969752149-9B5OFH1S3A3BDS681L0P/Chinatown+Site+I.png Chinatown Community Center (Crane Center) - Cultural education and performance programs co-exist within a double size gymnasium/banquet hall and a floor of commercial tenant offices. The perspective and space plans explore the potential of this site to be a new anchor attracting and promoting future development to Chinatown North. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581456685519-2489EAX07DG8PCH6VR6K/image-asset.png Chinatown Community Center (Crane Center) https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/lloyd-hall daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969900872-N9RPN4W4XOC020G6WQ81/UpperLobbyFull1.jpg AIA People's Choice Award: LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969925888-YE3JQCLG09HKJHC9XB67/Lloyd+Cafe.png AIA People's Choice Award: LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581372990949-14VCU9RFA0M1PACR227L/image-asset.png AIA People's Choice Award: LLoyd Hall - AIA PHILADELPHIA PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Lloyd Hall faces the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park and is built on the site of the former historic Plaisted Hall at Number One Boathouse Row. It houses the most active recreation center in the City of Philadelphia-providing after school programs, and basketball and volleyball leagues for local youth, while also serving the greater Philadelphia region with a juggling club, folk dancing, and as the headquarters for Philadelphia City Rowing (PCR). A café, information office, and outdoor gathering spaces including plazas and terraces, rentable event spaces, and a roof deck have established Lloyd Hall as a popular meeting and gathering place. The building includes a large multipurpose room/gymnasium with accompanying locker rooms and restrooms, an upper lobby meeting space overlooking the river, and a staff/information office. In 2016, the Lloyd Hall Advisory Council commissioned A K Architecture to lead community stakeholders in a design charette process to rethink the vision for Lloyd Hall’s future with the goal of optimizing the public’s enjoyment of this well-used modern landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969871186-95NM7PJHJVTETITPOAPW/Lloyd+deckview.png AIA People's Choice Award: LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581372456606-6W17UVWQ6D425ZLTE97R/Lloyd+West+View.png AIA People's Choice Award: LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969886396-IE7TOHWEOR5AK6YVJF2O/gym.png AIA People's Choice Award: LLoyd Hall https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/columbus-square daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581367924302-SZ8KO6QEPF12UZ22X9AP/image-asset.png Columbus Square Recreation Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581367451562-DHATXXR5PPVVCVX875QO/9x16+col+sq+long+view+from+southwest.png Columbus Square Recreation Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579981578418-4MRT8RG3NSL03NX631T4/columbus-square-9x16.png Columbus Square Recreation Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581367552991-UO26NQ3D4YYCYMTJ265Y/9x16+pro+south+elev.png Columbus Square Recreation Center https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/glen-foerd-1 daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581457085317-VLP7BZP8CATURTAJHSGI/9x16+Glen+Foerd+Water+View+I.png Glen Foerd Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581456963215-3XI5G6UG7A8BZNTKIHQU/Glen+Foerd+Water+View+II-min.png Glen Foerd Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579987908590-BVXL486EU9XFO409WRKT/9x16+Glen+Foerd+Side+View+copy.png Glen Foerd Boathouse - Glen Foerd Boathouse Design and construction of a non-combustible interpretation of the historical boathouse which sat on the same seawall foundations before being destroyed by fire in the late 1980's. This building, on the grounds of the historic Glen Foerd Mansion Estate on theDelaware Riverin northeast Philadelphia, is an important destination on the estate’s riverside promenade, affording visitors the opportunity to walk out over the river on the roof deck above the club room and lower boat storage bay. https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/woolston daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718523662-KCJUC2S7DA3EOZMJC0ZR/WOOLSTON+013.jpg Woolston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718087178-46WI280GEAU9QFWZQZ6A/image-asset.jpeg Woolston - Woolston Family Center The Woolston Child and Family Center (North Philadelphia, PA) is a transformation of a vacant church into a vibrant child care and family education center. This once empty space is now full of active children and parents coming to learn. The design of Woolston Child and Family Center is featured in the book, EXPANDING ARCHITECTURE, edited by Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford, as an example of how to adapt an underutilized place of worship to be a vibrant community hub–engaging residents of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718439974-BYR5QMIOCEGU3YVB6DKO/WOOLSTON+014.jpg Woolston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718299877-1GBEH5HX4EIZ4ZWI7Q75/WOOLSTON+009.jpg Woolston - The first phase of construction was the renovation ofthe ground floor of the East Baptist Church to accommodate four accessible child care classrooms, a full-service kitchen for serving hot meals to the children, and office space. The second phase of construction maintains the open character of the large second floor volume of space with its cathedral ceiling while still providing functional office space for 22 staff and classroom space for 54 children. Sub-spaces layered within the large open space include: a computer lab, an art classroom, a kitchenette, a resource room, a younger school-age classroom which is also used as a parent/child playgroup space, and a room used both as a classroom for school-age children and as space for adult workshops https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/vesper daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720433809-GPK9M0LQTD5SGBX61V1V/image-asset.png Vesper Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720113471-4UABYH17WHWUAUSMH4A2/9x16+vbc15_120dpi.png Vesper Boathouse - Vesper Boat Club Addition and renovation to a historic building on Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row. This project received the Preservation Alliance’s 2016 Grand Jury Award. The new construction projects the club’s strong tradition of rowing into the 21st century with equal facilities for men and women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720295545-7RP0PBZ9BPXLJ8L880NO/9x16.+Vesper+Boat+Club+Riverside+After.png Vesper Boathouse - Like the high-tech design of the modern rowing shells, the addition to the boathouse strives to improve upon an inherently beautiful structure. New spaces include a skylit entry vestibule/ stair hall, women’s locker rooms and training space, kitchen, office, and riverside deck. This project is leading to the establishment of a community rowing program pairing Vesper oarsmen with local high school athletes. The final phases of this project, re-installation of a flagpole on the original waterside gable, and installation of the clock on the new waterside gable, were completed in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720421917-Y4K2E5JUOLA1CWJS3EPZ/image-asset.png Vesper Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720477040-JK09VQVTDOOBNZMPN2QK/9x16.+Vesper+Boat+Club+Riverside+After.png Vesper Boathouse https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/stanton daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581956366916-6YTWNTSJCX3UZNZ35QV2/TG+Stanton+PG+Final+View+2.png EM Stanton Schoolyard - EM Stanton Schoolyard Starting in fall of 2015, A K Architecture with ThinkGreen and Durkin Associates designed green schoolyard stormwater infrastructure improvements at the E M Stanton School for the Trust for Public Land and two partners: The Philadelphia School District and the Philadelphia Water Department. E M Stanton School is a K-8 public school located at 17th and Christian Streets in Philadelphia. The design and bid documents were completed March 2017 and the construction was completed that year. The construction budget is $425,000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581956534756-DPQ3IJ6FV3U1XI3G8KV1/Stanton+Color+Plan.png EM Stanton Schoolyard https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/calcutta-house daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579980338731-MNZMKWJ8QBQ45Y46KS3U/night+shot+9-16.png AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582156335900-DXAJO977W2GQK5515KA7/CALCUTTA%2BHOUSE2%2Bcopy.jpg AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581714709490-QALR85AJX0VKGU4TNPM3/exterior+sign+and+ramp.png AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581714716996-08D1EI2V278SG212BQYW/exterior+ramp+up.png AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579980135779-1D0FIIW9VAGPABUECKZ9/courtyard+day.png AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581714207828-GJPF3DOB3EG7DRFTKWB9/living+space.png AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581716045748-PSIZLQMW8EIGWUV2COJU/confrence+room.png AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581715060189-EDYXMV43H5XAYBV9IG6K/frontdesk+to+courtyard.png AIA Philadelphia Public Choice Award: Calcutta House https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/community-concern daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720651686-1OV9IF438K51PEJIEG50/COmmunity+Concern+InfantsJan2017-2.png The Community Concern Learning Center - The design includes an addition that allowed the classroom layout to be reconfigured to add one pre-kindergarten classroom for a total of three pre-kindergarten classrooms, and to customize the infant room and the toddler room to the specific needs of these age groups. AKA led an intensive existing condition assessment which provided the information needed to stabilize the building’s structure and to replace the building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581369754604-X7JBFK6Q3WOWOO89GG7V/COmmunity+Concern+ToddlersJan2017.png The Community Concern Learning Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720641007-G64RPTLLED7684VDWYOQ/COmmunity+Concern+front+facadeJan2017-11.png The Community Concern Learning Center - Community Concern Center The Community Concern Multi-Purpose Learning Center (Brewerytown, Philadelphia) is a transformation of an existing child care center housed in a former grocery store into a state-of-the-art vibrant early education center focused on children’s whole well-being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581721035417-GHQBUH12F6HEHOTH7U5O/COmmunity+Concern+ToddlersJan2017.png The Community Concern Learning Center https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/wilmot-meadow daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581955542574-3MQX5LOOL3HWKL4CON1T/Wilmot+Render+Gillham.png Wilmot Meadow Affordable Housing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581955553470-3RESIK28DN6POZQKBIOG/image-asset.png Wilmot Meadow Affordable Housing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581955511287-WTF2JINOVDHK95S9Z7DX/image-asset.png Wilmot Meadow Affordable Housing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581955501479-MONNBE8MR8PVEDK5CR98/9x16+Wilmot+Image+1.png Wilmot Meadow Affordable Housing https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/urban-dwelling daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581440149541-N7RGFFW8XFM52FI9BVK2/view+thru+kitchen+to+entrance.jpg Urban Dwelling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581440407434-9QLD7O1XQX17KE733O5H/1213393._UY630_SR1200%2C630_.jpg Urban Dwelling - Featured in DREAMHOMES Showcasing Philadelphia’s Finest Architects Published by PANACHE PARTNERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581440196053-L5XGQ6MUDENJQ36ZUPUI/stair.jpg Urban Dwelling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581439242234-CIFZ1RT70ROX44CLNPZJ/Wenger+courtyard.png Urban Dwelling - Urban Dwelling A K Architecture’s respect for Philadelphia’s historical context fuels sensitive restoration and adaptive reuse projects, such as this conversion of a former architecture office, once a plasterers’ union hall, into a private residence. Maintaining the open floor plan to allow the diffused daylight to penetrate through the space from the south-facing entrance was balanced with creating a private living/sleeping area for the owners by adding a second story to the existing one-story building. “Much of my work focuses on responding to the specific context of a project’s site–in a way that respects the past, acknowledges the present, and gestures toward the future,” Lisa Armstrong, AIA, explains. https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/patterson daily 0.75 2020-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582950404453-M4TOXC673Q20UAK1KEL0/IMG_20181105_085912.jpg JM Patterson Schoolyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581956719798-0UO8TRIV10PV109FZJ6J/JMPatterson+Plan.png JM Patterson Schoolyard - JM Patterson Schoolyard Starting in fall of 2015, A K Architecture with ThinkGreen and Durkin Associates designed green schoolyard stormwater infrastructure improvements at the J M Patterson School for the Trust for Public Land and two partners: The Philadelphia School Districtand the Philadelphia Water Department. J M Patterson School is a K-4 public school located at 70th and Buist Streets in southwest Philadelphia. The design and bid documents were completed spring 2017 and the construction is scheduled to start summer2017. The construction budget was $547,000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582950382415-5YB9GTFJ8716LNM0SILG/002.jpg JM Patterson Schoolyard https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/calcutta-house-2 daily 0.75 2020-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579980135779-1D0FIIW9VAGPABUECKZ9/courtyard+day.png Copy of Calcutta House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579980338731-MNZMKWJ8QBQ45Y46KS3U/night+shot+9-16.png Copy of Calcutta House https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/lloyd-hall-1 daily 0.75 2020-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969863230-SE122EWXM2UBTGVWFKA5/ElevationEntranceView1.jpg LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969925888-YE3JQCLG09HKJHC9XB67/Lloyd+Cafe.png LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969918938-BP6L32E7IJ50G2WKUXAQ/TerraceView1.jpg LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969871186-95NM7PJHJVTETITPOAPW/Lloyd+deckview.png LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969900872-N9RPN4W4XOC020G6WQ81/UpperLobbyFull1.jpg LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969886396-IE7TOHWEOR5AK6YVJF2O/gym.png LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969894794-5S1JQ23U4JYHRWPK5HZJ/FrontView1.jpg LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579981536840-GQVCV0E9080RUX7020LP/Lloyd+deckview.png LLoyd Hall https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/lloyd-hall1 daily 0.75 2020-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969871186-95NM7PJHJVTETITPOAPW/Lloyd+deckview.png AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969900872-N9RPN4W4XOC020G6WQ81/UpperLobbyFull1.jpg AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969863230-SE122EWXM2UBTGVWFKA5/ElevationEntranceView1.jpg AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969886396-IE7TOHWEOR5AK6YVJF2O/gym.png AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969894794-5S1JQ23U4JYHRWPK5HZJ/FrontView1.jpg AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969918938-BP6L32E7IJ50G2WKUXAQ/TerraceView1.jpg AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579969925888-YE3JQCLG09HKJHC9XB67/Lloyd+Cafe.png AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581366913527-697U30A7UD30IK6C5M9C/gym.png AIA People's Choice & Preservation Alliance Grand Prize WInning- LLoyd Hall https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/health-center-3 daily 0.75 2020-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581954310105-HO023BOV6EX50WUDXYD6/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+10.43.46+AM.png On the Boards: Philadelphia Health Center 3 - On the Boards: Philadelphia Health Center 3 The Philadelphia Health Center #3 project includes three phases of improvements to this Mid-Century Modern building. Phase 1 is the New Public Elevator Project which will make the building’s split levels and second floor accessible. Interior renovations will create a new Elevator Lobby and Corridor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581954337081-58XYH833QGFVNOYB3ATV/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+10.43.21+AM.png On the Boards: Philadelphia Health Center 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581953975287-65CYROW3PGNFT763QWTP/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+10.38.56+AM.png On the Boards: Philadelphia Health Center 3 - Phase 1-3 Construction Documents for Phase 1 are complete, and construction will start in Spring, 2020. Phase 2 includes the renovation of the attached Phipps Building. Phase 3 will be the renovation of the Main Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581954437028-XY2WLA1RYK8URWIPFJVK/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+10.43.21+AM.png On the Boards: Philadelphia Health Center 3 https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/vesper-2 daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720113471-4UABYH17WHWUAUSMH4A2/9x16+vbc15_120dpi.png Vesper Boathouse - Vesper Boathouse Addition and renovation to a historic building on Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row. This project received the Preservation Alliance’s 2016 Grand Jury Award. The new construction projects the club’s strong tradition of rowing into the 21st century with equal facilities for men and women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720295545-7RP0PBZ9BPXLJ8L880NO/9x16.+Vesper+Boat+Club+Riverside+After.png Vesper Boathouse - Like the high-tech design of the modern rowing shells, the addition to the boathouse strives to improve upon an inherently beautiful structure. New spaces include a skylit entry vestibule/ stair hall, women’s locker rooms and training space, kitchen, office, and riverside deck. This project is leading to the establishment of a community rowing program pairing Vesper oarsmen with local high school athletes. The final phases of this project, re-installation of a flagpole on the original waterside gable, and installation of the clock on the new waterside gable, were completed in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720433809-GPK9M0LQTD5SGBX61V1V/image-asset.png Vesper Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720421917-Y4K2E5JUOLA1CWJS3EPZ/image-asset.png Vesper Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581720477040-JK09VQVTDOOBNZMPN2QK/9x16.+Vesper+Boat+Club+Riverside+After.png Vesper Boathouse https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/woolston-family-center-featured-in-design-as-activism daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718439974-BYR5QMIOCEGU3YVB6DKO/WOOLSTON+014.jpg Woolston Family Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718523662-KCJUC2S7DA3EOZMJC0ZR/WOOLSTON+013.jpg Woolston Family Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718087178-46WI280GEAU9QFWZQZ6A/image-asset.jpeg Woolston Family Center - Woolston Family Center The Woolston Child and Family Center (North Philadelphia, PA) is a transformation of a vacant church into a vibrant child care and family education center. This once empty space is now full of active children and parents coming to learn. The design of Woolston Child and Family Center is featured in the book, EXPANDING ARCHITECTURE, edited by Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford, as an example of how to adapt an underutilized place of worship to be a vibrant community hub–engaging residents of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718299877-1GBEH5HX4EIZ4ZWI7Q75/WOOLSTON+009.jpg Woolston Family Center - The first phase of construction was the renovation ofthe ground floor of the East Baptist Church to accommodate four accessible child care classrooms, a full-service kitchen for serving hot meals to the children, and office space. The second phase of construction maintains the open character of the large second floor volume of space with its cathedral ceiling while still providing functional office space for 22 staff and classroom space for 54 children. Sub-spaces layered within the large open space include: a computer lab, an art classroom, a kitchenette, a resource room, a younger school-age classroom which is also used as a parent/child playgroup space, and a room used both as a classroom for school-age children and as space for adult workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581718748071-KW6ED44K5RN2IF3CV0SS/WOLLSTON+001.jpg Woolston Family Center https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/university-city-swim-club daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582155867182-HLEUBED4TBMGLRQTIXPX/9x16+IMG_1077+III.png University City Swim Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582155899748-633S78D80VFFPVYYXO5Y/image-asset.png University City Swim Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582155890976-BCCGN086DJ7MJTKSHWKC/image-asset.png University City Swim Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582155592313-N2VKMPAUPUVQQ8UH2V6G/IMG_1088+II.png University City Swim Club - University City Swim Club Located in West Philadelphia, the University City Swim Club is anon-profit club with a proud history of diversity. It was the first integrated pool in the United States. The Club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014. The interiors and one corner of each of the buildings were fully removed and replaced including the slabs-on-grade and utilities. Sight lines and visual access are controlled through careful placement of new walls and openings so that the spaces feel open but comfortably secure. Custom detailing and fabrication of sink counters, showers, and locker areas celebrate the idea of playing with water as a way to build community. These pavilion buildings at the historic University City Swim Club provide spacious changing areas which blur the edge between inside and outside while maintaining privacy. A K Architecture’s design of the renovation of the facilities doubles the locker and shower capacity for the growing membership of over 1,500 individuals, while updating the buildings and amenities to be fully accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582155913156-KSP9QZ5LO8WDCWEOPUY8/image-asset.png University City Swim Club https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/cape-cod-house daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970260054-LKQWVBQ2EOE4AA6EUI1X/image-asset.png Cape Cod House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970283811-9VHRS9OLAQUY6QYRMF1N/IMG_4096+%282%29.jpg Cape Cod House - Originally a Cape Cod Methodist Meeting House that was moved piece by piece from a nearby hilltop, and rebuilt as a painter’s studio and gallery on a perch overlooking the tidal Pamet River, this unusual adaptive reuse to a family home began with an intensive analysis of the site and building. Views of the river and sun orientation were the primary factors guiding the decisions of how to respectfully and incrementally alter the exterior and interior order by introducing new windows and openings. A portion of the existing dividing wall between the large living/dining room and the new eat-in kitchen was carefully removed, providing transparency and connection through the house to the afternoon light and sunset. The existing enclosed stairs to the second floor were removed and reconfigured to create an open vertical communication between levels, bringing daylight from the upper windows down to the first floor, transforming the quality of space with changing light throughout the day. Existing wood trim, cladding and millwork was salvaged and reused throughout – including the existing stair treads and risers with their beautiful patina of age and wear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970480605-I8RW63QH2FRYWNMUWNV0/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.14.10+PM.png Cape Cod House https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/salem-training-center-for-the-old-building-arts daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581974645587-FNJ62Z9GCR4DGSQP5BMB/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+4.21.22+PM.png On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581974773461-AT4ODLRB2H7KNAEZYSW8/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+4.20.51+PM.png On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581974659627-GZBPOOUNRYWHBPU4RCJG/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+4.21.06+PM.png On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1582155011799-ODGF45D05JXYEVNS5OTM/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-17%2Bat%2B4.21.50%2BPM.jpg On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581974677067-EV56WVG5DKXE0DIT1H2D/image-asset.png On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581974693986-CTD07J30QRJ156FEUCI1/image-asset.png On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581974628118-PK7K96S4LIS475R6MB1O/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+4.21.35+PM.png On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581974610621-ALD18W106WK9VNCJYD2J/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+4.22.05+PM.png On the Boards: Salem Training Center for the Old Building Arts https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/glen-foerd daily 0.75 2020-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1579987908590-BVXL486EU9XFO409WRKT/9x16+Glen+Foerd+Side+View+copy.png Glen Foerd Boathouse - Glen Foerd Boathouse Design and construction of a non-combustible interpretation of the historical boathouse which sat on the same seawall foundations before being destroyed by fire in the late 1980's. This building, on the grounds of the historic Glen Foerd Mansion Estate on theDelaware Riverin northeast Philadelphia, is an important destination on the estate’s riverside promenade, affording visitors the opportunity to walk out over the river on the roof deck above the club room and lower boat storage bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581456963215-3XI5G6UG7A8BZNTKIHQU/Glen+Foerd+Water+View+II-min.png Glen Foerd Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581457085317-VLP7BZP8CATURTAJHSGI/9x16+Glen+Foerd+Water+View+I.png Glen Foerd Boathouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581717785043-Y71DD65ZSDIZGXSZW0S6/9x16+Glen+Foerd+Side+View+copy.png Glen Foerd Boathouse https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/rittenhouse-square-townhouse-1 daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970019477-IDROB8STAP24DI53HMVG/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.05.49+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970040401-3M1DURYK07KP8USK2BRB/image-asset.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970052028-URICHNCUFP97SMESY2N1/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.06.27+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581969850186-BG255KT5FB8S9U2TDNVY/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.02.46+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse The original center stair was restored and opened to the upper floor spaces with a new skylight bringing diffused day light to penetrate through the heart of the house. In the second floor front area facing Locust Street to the north, a modern kitchen with custom cabinetry, stone counters, and stainless steel accents converses with the original Pennsylvania blue marble fireplaces. Designing an open floor plan for the family living spaces was balanced with creating private sleeping rooms for the owners on the third and fourth story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581969875767-YS3SBXO97XILUCJB6SFC/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.03.01+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse - Rittenhouse Square Townhouse A K Architecture returned this historical townhouse in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood to its original grandeur, converting it from a mixed use street level commercial space with a dentist office and apartments above, to a large private residence with the owner’s violin shop in the street level retail space. https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/rittenhouse-square-townhouse-2 daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970040401-3M1DURYK07KP8USK2BRB/image-asset.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581969875767-YS3SBXO97XILUCJB6SFC/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.03.01+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse - Rittenhouse Square Townhouse A K Architecture returned this historical townhouse in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood to its original grandeur, converting it from a mixed use street level commercial space with a dentist office and apartments above, to a large private residence with the owner’s violin shop in the street level retail space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970019477-IDROB8STAP24DI53HMVG/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.05.49+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581970052028-URICHNCUFP97SMESY2N1/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.06.27+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1581969850186-BG255KT5FB8S9U2TDNVY/Screen+Shot+2020-02-17+at+3.02.46+PM.png Rittenhouse Square Townhouse The original center stair was restored and opened to the upper floor spaces with a new skylight bringing diffused day light to penetrate through the heart of the house. In the second floor front area facing Locust Street to the north, a modern kitchen with custom cabinetry, stone counters, and stainless steel accents converses with the original Pennsylvania blue marble fireplaces. Designing an open floor plan for the family living spaces was balanced with creating private sleeping rooms for the owners on the third and fourth story https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/on-the-boards-camp-onas daily 0.75 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1628016185582-78KROJWSEZ2BIJVCQCRS/07-13-21+3D+View+-+22x34_G_Presentation+Perspective.jpeg On the Boards: Camp Onas - On the Boards: Camp Onas Camp Onas selected A K Architecture in 2020 to design new accessible shower and bathroom houses. The new buildings will accommodate the privacy needed for gender-neutral shower house/bathroom facilities while providing enclosed gathering places large enough for the campers to shelter-in-place during storm events. Construction is scheduled for 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1628016852545-LB6H7TLJTIB0WTCSZ16D/00_+-+3D+View+-+22x34_Interior+View+looking+West+Copy+1.jpeg On the Boards: Camp Onas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1628016928280-WUJ8DLMKTA58UKLN998L/00_+-+3D+View+-+22x34_Interior+View+looking+East+Copy+1.jpeg On the Boards: Camp Onas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1628016424467-7NV4334HA8F66UY3HGP0/07-13-21+Floor+Plan+-+22x34_CS0-1_B_Presentation+Floor+Plan.jpeg On the Boards: Camp Onas - Design Plan The floor plan for the two buildings will be identical (except for their siting) since they are designed to be non-genderspecific. The design optimizes natural ventilation and daylight harvesting. Each new shower house will be 1350SF, (approximately twice the size of the existing houses), and each will have eleven toilet fixtures, twelve sinks, and eleven showers, plus two water fountains, a utility sink, a mop sink and hose bibs to accommodate 100 campers on each side of the camp. A changing area will be incorporated within each shower stall so campers can shower and change privately. The buildings will be composed of a slab-on-grade floor, concrete continuous footings, masonry block walls up to 8’-0” above finished floor, galvanized steel columns, wood post and beam roof framing with metal roofing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1628016674601-T8W9TIWIZU03I5CYW8TY/07-13-21+3D+View+-+22x34_B_Presentation+Perspective+2-01.jpeg On the Boards: Camp Onas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc20ac0d3d05d2b449de0af/1628017065261-P21O57EUTI5Z9KKVIY6U/07-13-21+3D+View+-+22x34_B_Presentation+Perspective+2-01.jpeg On the Boards: Camp Onas https://www.aka-rchitecture.com/about-avenue daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d4a125e707eb7a02e4055f/1456776682638-ETQYPR9PTECZWF5HLAON/image-asset.jpeg About