An early example of Robert Venturi’s Post-Modernism, the Friends Neighborhood Guild House is a six-story apartment building for the elderly.
The award-winning and highly publicized Guild House is an irregular-shaped 66,000-sf building clad in brick to match the aesthetic of its traditional row house neighbors. Keast & Hood designed the flat-plate concrete structure of the building, which is set upon caisson foundations. Irregular, complex interior framing accommodated a variety of interior uses, from common spaces to individual apartments, while creating opportunities for more light and views of the Philadelphia skyline for residents. The structure allowed for a minimum of corridor spaces, and a maximum of usable volume. Double-hung windows brought the building’s scale to a pedestrian, residential level.
An early example of Robert Venturi’s Post-Modernism, the Friends Neighborhood Guild House is a six-story apartment building for the elderly.
The award-winning and highly publicized Guild House is an irregular-shaped 66,000-sf building clad in brick to match the aesthetic of its traditional row house neighbors. Keast & Hood designed the flat-plate concrete structure of the building, which is set upon caisson foundations. Irregular, complex interior framing accommodated a variety of interior uses, from common spaces to individual apartments, while creating opportunities for more light and views of the Philadelphia skyline for residents. The structure allowed for a minimum of corridor spaces, and a maximum of usable volume. Double-hung windows brought the building’s scale to a pedestrian, residential level.
CLIENT: Venturi and Rauch (now VSBA, LLC)
LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA
TYPE: Residential, SERVICES: New Construction, MATERIALS: Concrete, SUSTAINABILITY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Photography © George Pohl, courtesy of VSBA, LLC
