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Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Client
University of Pennsylvania

Completion
2018

Size
100,000 ft² / 9,290 m²

Project Type
Education, Heritage

Sustainability
LEED® Gold Certified

KPMB Team
Shirley Blumberg (partner-in-charge), Bruce Kuwabara (design partner), Kevin Bridgman (partner), Steven Casey (partner), Joy Charbonneau, Geoffrey Turnbull, Andrea Macaroun (senior associate), Matthew Krivosudsky (associate), Claire Kurtin (associate), Jordan Evans, Klaudia Lengyel

Consultants
Keast & Hood Co. (Structural), AHA Consulting Inc. (MEP, Fire Protection and LEED Admin), International Consultants Inc. (Cost Estimating), Knollwood Consulting (Elevator), Michael van Valkenburgh & Assoc. (Landscape), Tillotson Design (Lighting), Metropolitan Acoustics (AV/Acoustics), Entro Communications (Signage), Atelier Ten (Environmental Design & Energy Analysis)

Photography
Adrien Williams

Awards
2021 International Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum
2020 Ontario Association of Architects Award of Design Excellence
2019 Canadian Interiors – Best of Canada

Press
Archello, August 2019 
Canadian Interiors, July 2019
Interior Magazine
, April 2019
Educational Snapshot, December 2018
Canadian Architect, November 2018
Curbed Philadelphia, October 2018
Penn Today, October 2018
The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 2018