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We pride ourselves on our vibrant company culture and we’re committed to sustaining it while we all #workfromhome. We took our weekly in-office happy hours online and caught up via #zoom—seeing each other’s faces...Now more than ever, we appreciate the power of architecture to bring people together. We’re #socialdistancing and #workingfromhome for now, but we’re driven to continue creating spaces that foster community and...KSSers spent the weekend in Manchester, VT for our annual ski trip. It was a wonderful weekend of skiing @bromleymountain, small town exploring, delicious food, and great company! #manchestervt #bromley ...#tbt to the construction of the Barbara Walters Campus Center at @sarahlawrencecollege. It’s amazing to see our design come to life through the work of our partners at @consigliconstruction and @lifeatcummingcorp ...KSS took a field trip to our Tangen Hall project at @uofpenn where the colored glass facade is nearing completion. After checking out the design team's precast and glass mock-up, KSSers from all three offices toured...Aeroterm’s 346,000-square-foot Air Cargo Facility, designed by KSS Architects, is a landmark building in the redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport’s transportation hub. This facility is the first to...KSS Architects is honored to receive @cdesigncphl’s Volunteer Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team alongside @olininsta, @kimleyhorn, @chrislandau, and Decus Construction. Our team was credited with...Collaboration is key. We have so many exciting projects on the boards at KSS!KSS Architects joined @rowanuniversity for a beam signing ceremony to celebrate structural steel completion at Discovery Hall, a 67,560 sf academic and research building under construction on Rowan’s Glassboro...“A perfect perch in the Campus Center” Seeing our work being utilized and enjoyed by the @sarahlawrencecollege community fills us with pride and gratitude to have been part of this groundbreaking project for the...KSS is proud to have our work at @aerofarms’ innovative indoor vertical farming facility featured by @natgeo in a forthcoming cover story! Stunning video by @lucalocatelliphoto. • Repost from @natgeo: Endless rows...Trendy & sleek 👌🏼 Would you work at our newly designed workplace that boasts stylish amenities, productivity, and wellness? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ . 📸: @brianmichaellauer @jeffreytotaro #interiordesign #workplacedesign ...Colored glass installation is underway at @uofpenn’s Tangen Hall! Once complete, the glass will form a playful, vibrant color gradient that will act as an emblem of the vibrant and dynamic nature of the building’s...Peace on earth and happy holidays from all of us at KSS Architects! Sarah Lawrence College is where Barbara Walters learned to ask questions, where she cultivated her curiosity and confidence. The new Barbara...@bancroftorg‘s Mount Laurel Campus is an @aianewjersey 2019 design award-winner! 🏆The 80-acre, 178,000-square-foot project designed by KSS Architects is an expression of sensory-based experiential design that...
At yesterday’s @bisnow Philadelphia Industrial & Logistics Summit, Ed Klimek spoke alongside developers on trends and strategies in industrial development and design. A key takeaway: amenities and labor are driving...Milestone alert🚨Structural steel is complete at @uofpenn’s Tangen Hall! This seven-story vertical community will be a hub for collaboration between the @whartonschool, @pennengineering, and the @weitzman_school....78 Trade Center, a one million-square-foot #LEED Silver distribution center in Hamburg, PA, received the 'Exceptional Implementation of Sustainable Technologies' Award at @usgbc_cpa Forever Green Awards 🌿 KSS...How can design thinking advance social justice? KSS Architects Partner Ed Klimek, AIA, NCARB is exploring the link between the two as he pursues a masters in global development and social justice at @stjohnsu. Head...✨Inspiring engagement✨ Join KSS Architects Partner Pamela Rew, FAIA who is speaking at the @acuiregionvii Conference at @rowanuniversity on building meaningful engagement of campus community through the design of...Connect • Create • Celebrate KSS Architects joined @sarahlawrencecollege to celebrate the conclusion of the $200 million Campaign for Sarah Lawrence at a gala at the KSS-designed and donor-funded Barbara Walters...Squad ghouls 👻Kingsland Meadowlands has officially broken ground! Phase I consists of two buildings totaling 1.2M SF—all located in the shadow of the NYC skyline with access to 10 million people within 15 miles. In partnership...Everyone deserves a place to call home. For individuals with autism, housing affordability is often an obstacle in making this a reality. At the 37th annual @autismnewjersey Conference, KSS Partner Merilee Meacock...@greatoakslegacy opened a 1,500 sf expansion yesterday, completing the “piazza” that is their high school campus! Thanks for the share @chmuraj 🙌🏼We believe that design can only achieve greatness when built upon human relationships—the transformation of the former M.H. Stanton Elementary School into a vibrant elementary and middle school academy for ...How can the built environment support individuals with special needs? KSS Partner Merilee Meacock explores this question and more as a guest on the Parenting Special Needs podcast. Click the link in our bio to...KSS is excited to be working with Shift Capital and the Ertz Family Foundation to transform a vacant industrial building in Philadelphia into a reactivated space for community. We can’t wait to share more details...Supporting student needs, all in one stop. KSS Architects is repurposing an administrative building at Rutgers —New Brunswick campus into a “single point of service” encompassing admissions, registrar, financial aid...Run for it! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️This past weekend KSSers ran in the Bancroft One World 5K at the KSS-designed Mount Laurel Campus. It was a beautiful day to reconnect with the @bancroftorg family, see our work in use, and...
Newly renovated and expanded, Foundation Collegiate Academy High School in Trenton, NJ is officially open! 🎉 An extended Information Commons serves as a transition space from the outside world into this community of...Architecture + Psychology = built environments that support human wellness. KSS Partner Merilee Meacock spoke at last week’s @aiaphiladelphia Forum on Architecture + Design alongside clinical psychologist and...This morning in the Bronx—KSS joined Neighborhood Charter School and American Dream Charter School in celebrating their new home—Congratulations! #ribboncutting ✂️ . #charterschool #design @ncschoolsA new home for TJU Alumni exists in the Center of Philly. Check out the Alumni Center, an inviting space that brings together TJU graduates and immerses them with the institution's rich history. TJU alumni, don't...Congratulations to our very own Dan Van Dyk who recently became a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD), making KSS one of 456 entities across the US capable of designing and certifying Passive House buildings. We...“Surreal Streetscapes” manipulates the street fabric with visual effects that transform the atmosphere from mundane hardscape ➡️ lush garden 🌿 When we shift our perspective, triggering imagination and creative...We’re still basking in the glow of our Golden Cone Award win from last year’s (PARK)ing day. Come see this year’s #PARKingDAYPHL installation—Surreal Streetscapes—tomorrow from 9 to 4 on Walnut Street between 6th &...An exemplary career, an extraordinary leader. KSS Principal Sheila Nall is retiring after 45 years, the past 21 of which we have been lucky enough to have her as a vital member of our KSS family 🧡 A full Q&A with...Here’s the scoop—The Barbara Walters Campus Center at Sarah Lawrence College is officially open! The BWCC welcomed new students last week, marking the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year. The 35,000-square-foot...We can’t wait to be back in Bay Head, NJ this weekend for our 2019 Summer Party! It’s shore to be a weekend filled with delicious food, good conversation, and lots of fun activities with our KSS family. 🌊🐚☀️ #tbt ...Can I get an “S” for school spirit? 🙌🏼 KSSers are all about sporting their pride for National College Colors Day! #collegecolorsday #casualfriday #miamiuniversity #nyu #tcnj #viginiatech #scadCongratulations to KSS’s Bri Dazio for achieving her WELL AP credential! ✅ For Bri, “Being a WELL AP allowed me to expand my knowledge base and to learn that my lofty goal of making a difference is possible. WELL...Opportunity zone developments have found a new star tenant: co-working spaces. A recent @nytimes piece contemplates the relationship, noting that developers have found that co-working spaces act as “centers of...#mondaymood 💃 courtesy of the #GRAMMYMuseumExp at the @prucenter & inspired by the @vmas taking place in #Newark tonight! Fingers crossed our design of this 10,000-square-foot experiential exhibit space wins a ...Tilt-up titan 10Edison is now under construction! 🚧 @rockefellergroup broke ground this week on the 900,000-square-foot distribution center designed by KSS Architects. This spec project—one of only a few projects in...
#TGIT got your Friday after work plans yet? #almostfriday #KSShappyhoursLandscaping has begun at our Barbara Walters Campus Center! @sarahlawrencecollege #construction #update Thanks for the share! @slcprezDistinguishing old from new featuring our NAI Hanson office building renovation! Swipe ➡️for before pic #TransformationTuesday #industrial #architecture #glowup #renovationKSS is on the move! 📦 It’s moving day for our Philadelphia employees who are settling into KSS’s newly renovated office space in the Public Ledger Building. #officemove #officerenovation #workplace🍦am I right or am I right? #ICYMI . @3form.newjersey @lexyliciousnjCongratulations Paul! KSS is thrilled the ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey has awarded one of our ACE students an academic scholarship to support his mechanical engineering studies at TCNJ. Special shout out to...Introducing our KSS #summer #interns! We are excited to have these enthusiastic young professionals join us in our mission to energize communities and connect people to place. At KSS we mentor and encourage our...KSS celebrated alongside Lester Long, founder of South Bronx Classical charter schools, and many other stakeholders at yesterday’s #groundbreaking for Classical Charter School at 757 Concourse Village! Our design...KSS cares about its community. See how we reinvigorated a local office building for the tenants at 214 Carnegie Center, a space designed to foster future success with an interior that promotes productivity,...We’re reminiscing about this #reslife revamp at @setonhall’s Aquinas Hall. KSS helped the University address an on-campus housing shortage of while repositioning this existing residence hall to provide a better...On the job at @sarahlawrencecollege for a “boulder ballet!” Master craftsmen facilitated the move of several boulders dug up from the site of the Barbara Walters Campus Center. Soon these repurposed beauties will...Being a kid today can be stressful—schedules packed with extracurriculars, constant social media updates, 24/7 access to the news. Rates of anxiety and depression are rising, particularly in young people, and so are...Happy #ThrowbackThursday! We’re taking a look back at the sustainability solutions we put in place at @stocktonuniversity’s LEED Gold Campus Center. From responsible site selection🌲 to stormwater management 💦 to...KSS journeyed to the Golden State for I.CON West to lead an interactive workshop on industrial urban solutions. Partnered with @waremalcomb and @dpsdesign , KSS conceptualized a solution for a struggling industrial...Breaking ground (in more ways than one) • @rutgersu broke ground on a new facility for the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS), designed by KSS. The Center, the first of its kind at a higher education...
The show will go on! @sarahlawrencecollege’s Remy Theatre is officially open! 🎭 This is the second home for the marble amphitheater, which was built in the 1930s by architect and sculptor Horton O’Neil at his home...Fusing automation into the workplace⚙️💼 . Witness the elegant combination of @alliedbeveragenj corporate needs and logistics technology 📦 that fosters a tailored workplace environment and sustainably powered...We design for impact—what’s more impactful than fighting climate change? KSS has joined the 2030 Commitment, the AIA’s framework for transforming the practice of architecture to ensure all new buildings,...Form + function ✅ 125 North embraces its angular site—mimicking the severity of its southeastern edge in a dramatic glass corner—without compromising on functionality. The corner houses office space, leaving the...Congratulations to Pamela Rew, FAIA and a heartfelt thank you for sharing 30 years of her life with KSS! As we celebrate our partner’s 30th anniversary with the firm, we reflect on her contributions and achievements...We pride ourselves on our vibrant company culture and we’re committed to sustaining it while we all #workfromhome. We took our weekly in-office happy hours online and caught up via #zoom—seeing each other’s faces...Now more than ever, we appreciate the power of architecture to bring people together. We’re #socialdistancing and #workingfromhome for now, but we’re driven to continue creating spaces that foster community and...KSSers spent the weekend in Manchester, VT for our annual ski trip. It was a wonderful weekend of skiing @bromleymountain, small town exploring, delicious food, and great company! #manchestervt #bromley ...#tbt to the construction of the Barbara Walters Campus Center at @sarahlawrencecollege. It’s amazing to see our design come to life through the work of our partners at @consigliconstruction and @lifeatcummingcorp ...KSS took a field trip to our Tangen Hall project at @uofpenn where the colored glass facade is nearing completion. After checking out the design team's precast and glass mock-up, KSSers from all three offices toured...Aeroterm’s 346,000-square-foot Air Cargo Facility, designed by KSS Architects, is a landmark building in the redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport’s transportation hub. This facility is the first to...KSS Architects is honored to receive @cdesigncphl’s Volunteer Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team alongside @olininsta, @kimleyhorn, @chrislandau, and Decus Construction. Our team was credited with...Collaboration is key. We have so many exciting projects on the boards at KSS!KSS Architects joined @rowanuniversity for a beam signing ceremony to celebrate structural steel completion at Discovery Hall, a 67,560 sf academic and research building under construction on Rowan’s Glassboro...“A perfect perch in the Campus Center” Seeing our work being utilized and enjoyed by the @sarahlawrencecollege community fills us with pride and gratitude to have been part of this groundbreaking project for the...
KSS is proud to have our work at @aerofarms’ innovative indoor vertical farming facility featured by @natgeo in a forthcoming cover story! Stunning video by @lucalocatelliphoto. • Repost from @natgeo: Endless rows...Trendy & sleek 👌🏼 Would you work at our newly designed workplace that boasts stylish amenities, productivity, and wellness? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ . 📸: @brianmichaellauer @jeffreytotaro #interiordesign #workplacedesign ...