Check out the video below to meet Steve Duross, founder and owner of Duross & Langel in Midtown Village, the city’s go-to shop for handmade soaps, candles, balms and scrubs, all prepared upstairs by hand in a variety of seductive scents from cherry almond to lavender oatmeal to red clover. You’ll see Steve on site at the store, get a peek at what you can pick up if you’re not already addicted to his soaps and learn about what he wishes you knew about Philly.
Check out the video below to meet Steve Duross, founder and owner of Duross & Langel in Midtown Village, the city’s go-to shop for handmade soaps, candles, balms and scrubs, all prepared upstairs by hand in a variety of seductive scents from cherry almond to lavender oatmeal to red clover. You’ll see Steve on site [...]
Read more»March 6, 2012
After nine months of extensive renovations, Philbrick Hall at the Free Library’s Central branch officially re-opened to the public on March 1. Brand New Features The renovation of Philbrick Hall opened up an additional 2,500 square feet of previously inaccessible space to the public, including the third floor mezzanine. The renovation features new seating, shelving [...]
Read more»January 13, 2012
The Department of Architecture & Interiors of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University are bringing the renowned Robert A.M. Stern to town. Stern is a huge deal in the architecture world; he’s the dean and J.M. Hoppin professor of architecture at the Yale School of Architecture, and the founder and [...]
Read more»December 15, 2011
Flavorwire released its ranking of the 25 Most Beautiful College Libraries in the World, and the renowned Fisher Fine Arts Library at Penn made the cut. Originally built as the main library of the University of Pennsylvania’s new campus after it moved from Center City to West Philly in the 1870s, the Fisher Fine Arts Library is one of architect Frank Furness’s masterpieces. Fun fact: the library’s beautiful main reading room had a shining role in the Oscar-winning film Philadelphia — it was the backdrop for the emotionally charged law library scene. [Flavorwire]
December 2, 2011
The Philadelphia Center for Architecture continues the 2011/2012 season of its “Architecture in Film” series on Monday, December 5 with the classic King Kong. As the movie tells it, a film crew heads to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot only to discover a colossal gorilla who takes a shine to their female [...]
Read more»November 15, 2011
Proof that Philadelphia is on the cutting edge of design and architecture: there are three great events happening this week relating to awesome upcoming projects or Philadelphia’s many-layered design past. Here’s the deal: • Town Hall — Reading Viaduct Panel Discussion & Update: Tuesday, November 15, 6-8:30 p.m., Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin [...]
Read more»November 1, 2011
Awesome (architecture) event alert: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, the architects of the new Barnes Foundation on the Parkway, will be coming to the Free Library of Philadelphia for a special evening discussion and presentation about the building of the new Barnes. In September 2007, Williams and Tsien were chosen by the Barnes Foundation to [...]
Read more»October 14, 2011
Philadelphia’s skyline is one of the most recognizable in the world, with the twin pointed Liberty Place towers and 57-story Comcast Center rising high above the Schuylkill, and the PECO building’s Crown Lights scrolling neon digital messages, all together conveying that Philadelphia is the quintessential modern city, a city to be reckoned with. PECO has [...]
Read more»September 20, 2011
After successfully raising more than $200 million through its capital campaign and surpassing 10,000 members (a 2,500% increase in membership!!), The Barnes Foundation officially announced last week that the much-anticipated opening date of its Philadelphia campus will be Saturday, May 19, 2012. An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on May 19, kicking off 10 [...]
Read more»September 15, 2011
Next up at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Perelman Building: Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion, the first exhibition in the country to feature Hadid’s product designs in a setting of her own creation. Zaha Hadid, one of the most innovative architects of the 21st century and the very first woman to receive the renowned Pritzker [...]
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