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  • Wright Enthusiasts to Explore PennDesign’s Architectural Archives, Rich History

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Design's Architectural Archives will offer attendees of Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy's Annual Conference the opportunity to explore Frank Lloyd Wright's work in relation to that of his east coast contemporaries and students.

  • Abigail Smith (MLA/MAR '12) wins the 2011 Connecticut ASLA Student Scholarship

    Connecticut ASLA Student Scholarships are funded in part from proceeds from the Chapter’s annual Golf Outing, and are awarded to encourage awareness and education in the field of landscape architecture. Congratulations Abigail!

  • Jane Irish, Brian Phillips Awarded Pew Fellowships

     

    Jane Irish, Brian Phillips Awarded Pew Fellowships

     

  • PennDesign: In Review (August 2011)

    News and updates from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.

  • PennDesign among Select Schools to Participate in Vertical Cities Asia

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Design is one of ten international universities invited to participate in the “Vertical Cities Asia” competition, hosted by National University of Singapore and the World Future Foundation from July 6-8. 

  • High School Students Experience PennDesign's Art and Architecture Camp

    High school students from around the world are exploring the School of Design's month-long Art and Architecture Summer Studios this summer.

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  • PennDesign's Fall 2011 Lecture Series

    “My aim is not to create particle-like works of architecture. I want to create a condition that is as vague and ambiguous as drifting particles. The closest thing to such a condition is a rainbow.” - Kengo Kuma

  • Bing Thom and Witold Rybczynski

    Join Bing Thom and Witold Rybczynski in conversation on October 19 for the Fall 2011 Lecture Series.

  • Kengo Kuma: "Anti-Object"

    Kengo Kuma comes to PennDesign as part of the Fall 2011 Lecture Series, Elevate.

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    Book Launch,"The Biography of Building"

  • Wang Shu

    "To Listen to the Principal of Nature"

  • John Tuomey

    Director, O'Donnell & Tuomey
    Professor of Architectural Design University College Dublin

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  • Support

    Information on how you can support the Architectural Archives.

  • Rights and Reproductions

    Information about our reading room, services, reproductions, and loans.

  • Collections

    The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania preserves the works of more than 400 designers from the 18th century to the present. The research collections in the Archives are available to faculty, students, and scholars for independent study as well as to support teaching in the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions.

  • Kroiz Gallery & Exhibitions

    The archives facility in the lower level of the Fisher Fine Arts Building houses the Kroiz exhibition gallery, a specialized library, reading room, and seminar room, as well as storage and processing facilities.

  • Louis I. Kahn at Penn

    The Louis I. Kahn Collection is on permanent loan to the University from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Over 200 projects are represented in the Archive. The collection consists of 6,363 drawings executed by Kahn, developmental and working drawings from his office, 100 models, photographs, slides, and 150 linear feet of his personal and office files and correspondence.

  • Overview

    The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design preserves the works of more than 400 designers from the 18th century to the present.