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KSS created “Just Another Philly Beer Garden” for PARKing Day 2018. The beer garden has become part of Philadelphia’s summer landscape - a place of social interaction with a playful atmosphere. Using the essential...KSS recently welcomed four business and architecture entrepreneurs from Africa who engaged with our design leaders to discuss the different approaches to business management in the AEC industry. Check out our...#Biophilic #design is a powerful tool for transforming the learning environment for students with #autism—KSS Partner, Merilee Meacock shares how and why these design considerations resonate with the students at the...We are excited to welcome Angelo Capobianco, Jingwen Luo, Mariela Hernandez, Madison Murray, Katie Giminaro and Peter Maffei (left to right) to the team as part of our Summer Internship program! KSS is a home to...Famed as the former Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas site, 2505 Bruckner Blvd still can’t avoid stardom! The multi-story property in the #Bronx will play a leading role in urban logistics as “the new face of this...KSS efforts go beyond designing for communities—we initiate conversations about design to inspire the future generation. Check out our blog covering our Philly office mentoring local high school students as part of...Don't miss out on #innovation at AIA '18! Learn how #architecture enables innovation and stewards community transformations. Join us in #NYC and engage with leaders from KSS Architects, @hollwichkushner and @uofpenn...Where's the fun in always being bogged down at your desk? KSS took to the streets of #Philadelphia for a Material "Pub Crawl" to some of Philly's prestigious tile showrooms! Thank you @daltile @gardenstatetile and ...Our firm is overjoyed that the month of May is dedicated to celebrating #preservation! KSS cares about the relationships people have with places, and sensitivity to the historic integrity of a building is one method...Discover why KSS explored #biophilic #design for the newly opened Bancroft Mount Laurel campus while reading what KSS Partner, Merilee Meacock, AIA, PP, LEED AP, says about our approach to a design scheme that...Feed your industrial chic addiction with the offices we designed for BioVid! See how KSS supported the adaptive reuse of a 19th century mill into one of 2017’s coolest places to work in the Philadelphia area. Check...One of our architects is starting off 2018 in a big way! A huge congratulations to Kyle Rendall for his appointment to Fire Chief of Princeton! We're so proud of you! Full article: http://bit.ly/KSS-Kyle-Rendall...Peace on Earth. Happiest of holidays from all of us at KSS Architects! — The design for Bancroft's new campus expresses the human value and dignity of each individual, celebrating neurodiversity & inclusivity....Today is the grand opening ceremony at Bancroft’s new Mt. Laurel campus! As the building’s residents continue to move in, we’re thrilled to hear that the campus is already becoming a home — as one resident put it, ...The gig economy. Workplace culture. Technology-richness. Knowledge workers. Today’s business world is about much more than what is done—it’s about how and why. — 🔗To read the full article, "How A Workplace Should...
AeroFarms is a gamechanger in fighting the global food crisis. With state-of-the-art aeroponic technology 390 times more production than traditional farming practices, AeroFarms has the ability to reframe the global...As Newark’s Hahne & Co. Building sees more and more developments, we’d like to #throwback with this historic view of the original atrium and remark upon the incredible journey this building has undergone. In light...Thank you to @acementorepa for the shout out of Team 13 mentors, @meeshsloan and @jdmangin, and mentors, including @beth2122b, @cferoce, and @illabobilla, all from KSS. We’re so proud of all the participants and so...How can a four-story building honor an activated urban community without overwhelming the residential neighborhood context? How can a school focused on elevation the academic success of its students devote resources...Newark is a part of a new movement in social impact - one that derives it’s value from the arts. . . . Follow KSS on Medium to find out more about how Express Newark at Rutgers University, Newark, is “transforming a...Today’s higher education campus is a neighborhood, a bubble, a living lab, a work of art. It comes as little surprise that the college campus has come a long way... . . . Check out our latest on Medium, “Designing...We’re excited to announce that Lafayette College’s Film and Media Studies building received a Land Development award at the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s fourth annual Planning + Development Gala. ✨ To read...We’re excited to announce that the GRAMMY Museum Experience opens to the public today! The Newark museum is full of interactive, engaging, and inspiring exhibits, like a New Jersey Legends exhibit that features...The KSS Eames Chair design for Herman Miller’s Modern Classic & Solent Auction in Philadelphia. • • • The hand painted and modge podged chair, titled “Journey’s End” is a look into the varying layers of Philadelphia...We’re so excited for the Behind The Scenes: Bok Bar Furniture Design Panel, moderated by Guillio Cappellini from the world renowned Italian furniture company Cappellini, which is coming up next Friday, 10/13 at Bok...Happy Park(ing) Day 2017! We're so excited to share our installation, a collective and super creative effort in which KSS staff participants got to design their own box using 100% recycled materials. If you're in...At times like these, we are reminded of the true importance of our work. We hope that everyone who was affected by Hurricane Irma is safe and we send our love as recovery and rebuilding begins. #sendinglove ...#grammymuseum #newarknj @kssarchitects Coming Soon! #Repost @chmuraj . . . #architecture #museum #grammys #music #heritage #culture #community #newark #njKSS had a blast helping to build a #fun, new #playground for Foundation Academies Kids and Families. The amazing project was sponsored by @drinkbai and @drpeppersnapple and provides an #adventurous, safe, and secure...Kicking off our week bright and early in the #philly office #mondaymotivation #monday #architecture #design #teamwork #collaboration #leadership #office #workplace #hardatwork #brightandearly
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School: raising roofs and lifting spirits. The renovation of the annex transforms the existing field house into a community haven of play, discovery, security, and wellness. #newark ...At @rowanuniversity Rohrer College of Business, things are looking up. #conference #glassboro #business #highered #university #learning #rohrer #rowan #architecture #design #details #light #sky #glass #wood #ilookupWe're so proud of the fantastic keynote presentation given by our very own @edmund.klimek at this year's @bisnow 7th Annual Philadelphia Industrial & Logistics event. Industry transforms, and as the global economy...At KSS, any space can become a #design workshop #popupshop. Today, our #princeton office dives into the city of #trenton in the upstairs hallway. #culture #handson #office #architecture #teamwork #collaboration ...Where #Newark can express itself. 🖌 Thanks to: @rutgersu @runewark @expressnewark @newarkprintshop @newarkarts @newarkhappening and L+M #rutgersnewark #arts #express #makers #studio #printshop #culture #njEducation matters, and at the heart of good education is an authentic sense of community. That's why we believe in Teachers Village. A community that learns together and thrives together. bit.ly/2rnOpwi ...#Repost @natgeo #farm #food #newark ・・・ Photograph by George Steinmetz @geosteinmetz They call it The Garden State, but who would suspect that an old industrial facility in Newark, New Jersey is home to the latest...Kicking off with a special #SummerHappyHour, @bok_bar officially opened for the season with a debut of our custom #furniturdesign collaboration with @_studioron - a unique, #handmade set of beach-inspired, pool...@lafayettecollege's arts campus is forging town & gown relations in Easton. The result? Vibrant community, inclusive expression, and a true living-learning college experience. The new William C. Buck Hall houses a...#transformationtuesday #revive #rethink #realizeWe had the pleasure of an extra special model on our #photoshoot at @teachersvillage Building 8 today... Alfonso, the half #germanshepherd, half #chowchow bear of a #dog! He lit up the #twobedroom corner #apartment...A #headquarters for @rowanuniversity's Rohrer #College of #Business. Newly opened this semester and already bustling with life, the building is a proud home to: #innovation forums, #entrepreneurship hatcheries, ...#architects or #bespoke #furniture makers? The @_studioron and KSS collaboration to add some custom #summertime pizzazz to @bok_bar's rooftop is just TWO WEEKS away from its opening night. Here's another ...A big congratulations to KSS Architects Jesse Wilks, Alicia Weaver, and Vin DiMaria on passing their licensing exams and achieving their status as officially registered architects! We couldn't be more proud. ...Had a blast hosting @drexelaias on their educational firm crawl last Friday. Our staff shared our efforts to foster #philly #community, firm culture, and meaningful #design. Thanks for stopping by and joining our ...
KSS and @_studioron's #furnituredesign masterpiece for @bok_bar's rooftop #bar is coming together - literally! Conceptualized as fun seating at the #intersections of #beach and #boardwalk, this playful and noodly...Art incubator, community media center, studio and design hub, historic landmark. Rutgers, KSS, and the project team had a unique vision for the adaptive re-use of this vacated Hahne & Co. department store that has...A space for innovative thinking of all kinds, the Doerfler Innnovation Center at @fduwhatsnew puts learning on display. #FDU students can't wait to start using the room for everything from environmental...On the boards: #watercolor paintings of @sarahlawrencecollege's Barbara Walters Campus Center. Set on a beautifully wooded landscape, the building #design activates campus pathways with purposeful architectural...Celebrate 50 years of #jazz with @runewark: check out a real #milesdavis trumpet, read pages from #duvivier's scrapbook, and learn about the Institute of Jazz Studies biggest display of treasures ever. Only at ...@runewark's newly opened Express Newark space is not only open to the community... It's teeming with local residents, students, and businesses all day long. Check out @newarkprintshop's weekly Wednesday club, where...We are so excited to announce that the @pennovationctr designed by KSS Architects and @hollwichkushner has received the Preservation Achievement Grand Jury Award from the @presalliancephl. . . . A new hub at the ..."Leadership can happen in different forms: one is to inspire the people around you and another is to take initiative on things that matter to you," said KSS Principal, Mayva Donnon, to the eager and impassioned...Happy #weekend, all, from our #princeton office. #shadows #sunlight #office #architecture #architects #logo #saturday #happyweekendSaving the latest and greatest for the last day of @acui_gallery #acui2017: accelerating a campus culture of entrepreneurship. Don't miss this exciting panel with @uofpenn, @hollwichkushner, and KSS - featuring ...KSS is @acui_gallery READY for #acui 2017 in #philly this year! Come by our booth #607 to say hi, and come learn about 'accelerating a campus culture of #entrepreneurship' with @uofpenn, @hollwichkushner, and KSS...Whether we can get into the office or not, good work is never done... even during a blizzard. This is how we #weatherthestormtogether. Hope everyone is staying safe, staying warm, and having some fun on this ...While in Vermont, the vast and beautiful landscape reminded us of how important it is to always strive for sustainable solutions and enforce mindfulness of our environment in our practice. At KSS, #Stewardship is a...Whether we hit the Bromley slopes, the Appalachian Trail, or the Manchester shops, the KSS family had a blast on our getaway trip to @bromleymountain this past weekend. #bromley #vermont #skiing #hiking #manchester ...Over lunch from Cross Culture in #princeton, the KSS Digital Practice Group presented insights on industry best practices in #visualization and architecture #workflow. From producing sophisticated V-Ray renderings...
KSS was delighted and proud to be represented by our own Christina Marconi and Dave Friedman at last week's @uofpenn #PennDesign Career Connection Day. Sporting blue #alumni ribbons, the two got the chance to speak...#tfw you're powering through your workweek and it's time for a yoga break. #wellnesswednesday #officeyoga #breaktime #throwbackthursday . . . #engagement #cooloffice #funky #industrial #legacy #fresh #modern ...Happy Valentines Day from everyone at KSS! #speadthelove #loveandarchitecture #happyvalentinesday #princeton #phillyCongratulations to our own Sara Nordstrom for receiving the Community Design Collaborative's Outstanding Volunteer Award in recognition of her amazing commitment to community design. Well done and thank you for...A rejuvenated haven for connection, acceptance, and inclusiveness, the William Way Community Center has grown rapidly to better serve the local community. Check out our interview on Medium with our own Vincent...KSS’s “Just Another Philly Beer Garden” recently won a coveted Golden Cone Award for “Best-Designed Interactive Parklet” at this year’s Park(ing) Day PHL. Inspired by the playful atmosphere of beer gardens, our team...KSS created “Just Another Philly Beer Garden” for PARKing Day 2018. The beer garden has become part of Philadelphia’s summer landscape - a place of social interaction with a playful atmosphere. Using the essential...KSS recently welcomed four business and architecture entrepreneurs from Africa who engaged with our design leaders to discuss the different approaches to business management in the AEC industry. Check out our...