The new Hamilton Family Children’s Zoo at the Philadelphia Zoo transforms the former pachyderm building and elephant yard into a new indoor/outdoor interactive children’s zoo where water and its role in supporting the environment are a key educational feature. Continue reading
Shoemaker Green is a 3.75-acre site surrounded by two of the University of Pennsylvania’s most iconic athletic facilities, the Palestra and Franklin Field. Continue reading
The Stroud Water Research Moorhead Environmental Education Center, a LEED Platinum facility, was designed to “get the water right” by designing a system that would restore a natural (wooded) water balance to the site through an integrated rainwater management system. Continue reading
The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center is one of the most comprehensive sustainable landscape approaches in the City of Philadelphia. Continue reading
The Thomas Jefferson University’s new Dorrance H. Hamilton building, an educational center for the campus, is accompanied by a 1.6 acre public plaza that includes features designed to reduce stormwater runoff to Philadelphia’s sewer system. Continue reading
Thin Flats is an 8-unit, new construction condominium project that manages all stormwater that falls on its site Continue reading
This facility, designed for a private client, houses an indoor bowling alley and tennis court, and has approximately 3,000 square feet of roof area. Continue reading
In 2002, Onion Flats collaborated with Minus Studios and Cover to transform the site of a former rag factory into an 11 unit residential urban garden community. Continue reading
Wissahickon Creek was suffering from erosion damage and pollutant overload near the site of Monastery Stables in the Wissahickon Valley Park until 2005, when the Philadelphia Water Department and Fairmount Park Commission intervened and applied for grants to fund projects to mitigate the problem. Continue reading