Designing in Partnership with Community & History at Presser/Nugent Site

Since 2005, when several individuals supported by neighborhood groups banded together to get the Presser and Nugent Homes on the National Register of Historic places, history and community have strongly influenced development on the 100-200 blocks of Johnson Street in West Mt. Airy.  So it is again, with BWA architecture + planning’s designs for a new senior […]

April 29th, 2015|Communications, Historic Sites|
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Historic Archives Renovated for Energy Efficiency

How do you achieve museum-quality environmental conditions and modern energy efficiency in a 1960’s era building?  That was the challenge BWA undertook with our recently completed renovation of the Library Company’s Ridgway building.

The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library concentrating on American society and culture from the 17th through the 19th […]

April 2nd, 2015|Construction Updates, Uncategorized|
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