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Yalick Farms

Iain Kerrigan — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:14:31 +0000

This planned community began in spring 2007 and includes 280-unit town-homes, a community center, retail spaces, condominiums, patio homes, walking trails, a swimming pool, tennis courts, and a community playground.
The town-homes range in size from 2,100 SF for a 3-bedroom unit to 2,400 SF for a 4-bedroom unit. The town-homes’ exteriors are constructed of cost effective, maintenance-free materials including brick veneer, fiber cement siding, cellular vinyl trim, and metal/asphalt shingle roofing.

The upper level of the community center includes a 100-person capacity multi-purpose space, office, kitchen, restrooms, and a fitness center. The lower level functions primarily as a game room and locker facilities for the community swimming pool. The maintenance-free exterior materials are brick veneer, cement board siding, cellular vinyl trim, exposed cedar rafter tails, and bracketing.

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Scranton Cultural Center

Iain Kerrigan — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 06:56:55 +0000

The Scranton Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral was designed by Raymond Hood and constructed in 1927. Now home to The Scranton Cultural Center, it is the subject of a $14,000,000 restoration project. The architectural, structural,
mechanical, electrical, plumbing designs and construction plans are phased to accommodate the cultural center’s administration and full schedule of events and performances. Considering that much of the material and craftsmanship contained in this building is no longer readily available, the preservation of this Nationally Registered Historic Place depends on a meticulously implemented restoration, life cycle analysis and maintenance plan.

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The Hamilton

matt — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:13:06 +0000

KLP worked on The Hamilton multi-use student housing and retail complex as Associate Architect and architectural consultant to the Architect of Record, MY Architecture. Our role was as the constructor and inter-disciplinary coordinator for architectural and engineering production within the BIM Revit model, a virtual 3-D construct of the project construction drawings. The documentation included the detailing of panelized wall construction. In this capacity we led the full drawing production effort to completion of construction documents. KLP acted in the same role with the same responsibilities for both Phase I and Phase II of the project, each a 3-year effort and each at a capacity of approximately 300-units.

The two housing projects were at 10 stories and 16 stories respectively, with the restrictive code construction type of 1A. Aside from the building’s inherent complexities as true high-rise construction, the circumstances of the site presented challenges requiring unusually high-level engineering solutions. For example, the site is in Center City Philadelphia, approximately 1/4 mile north of City Hall, and sits on top of the historical Baldwin Locomotive Works, 45 feet below grade.

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King’s College O’Hara Hall

matt — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:00:04 +0000

This multi-use complex was developed for King’s College by the Radnor Property Group, a developer of student housing projects at Franklin & Marshall College and Bucknell University. The project provides 165 student beds in 47 apartments on the upper floors. The ground floor houses the college’s Education Department, it’s model Early Learning Center, and a college-operated restaurant which is open to the public.

Located at the historic edge of the campus, the project is the first to cross the boundary of North main Street into the city’s former warehouse district adjoining this urban campus. The architecture addresses the coloration of both campus and town, where the college’s signature buff meets the downtown’s red brick. Along North Main Street the building holds the street edge, with window bays providing scale at the student living rooms and at the common lounges.

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Urban Infill Container House

matt — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:25:43 +0000

Located on Main Street in Pittston, PA, this innovative shipping container house merges residential and commercial spaces in a sleek, modern design. The ground floor features a versatile retail space with large glass panels that invite foot traffic and create an open, airy feel that engages the surrounding community. Above, the residence offers expansive views of the nearby river, making it an ideal urban retreat with a touch of nature.

Constructed from repurposed shipping containers, the structure embodies a sustainable, industrial-chic aesthetic, with clean lines, minimalist finishes, and bold metal accents. The exterior combines the rugged texture of metal with large glass windows and balconies, adding warmth and sophistication to its modern look. Inside, the residence features open-concept living areas with a palette of whites, greys, and warm wood finishes, creating a calming, stylish ambiance that complements the structure’s industrial roots.

This unique blend of home and retail space is designed to foster both business opportunity and comfortable living, with easy access to Pittston’s vibrant Main Street and the natural beauty of the river. It stands as a contemporary icon, adding character and versatility to the urban landscape while celebrating sustainable, adaptive design.

“Clear illustrative diagrams and graphics tell the conceptual story of the assembly of modular components well, revitalizing an urban infill lot. The blending of salvaged containers with new components creates a form language that establishes dynamic circulation patterns and relationships between a mix of uses that could be developed in many ways for various different programmatic requirements and scales – AIA Potomac Valley Jury

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