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Breathing new life into the Penn Biomedical Librar Breathing new life into the Penn Biomedical Library. The construction has started and the project will be completed by June! Swipe for what was. The new library will have lots of collaboration/consultation spaces, study areas, classrooms a very sophisticated maker space, with the goal of being a research center for the entire university. We are removing large expanses of brick facade and replacing with glass to open the space to Hamilton Walk. 
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@uofpenn #biomedicallibrary #renovation #adaptivereuse #expansion #collaborationspace #makerspace #library #designforeducation @upennlib
We are so excited that this 70,000 sf classroom, i We are so excited that this 70,000 sf classroom, incubator, trading floor and executive education building for the College of Business will be breaking ground soon! 
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@lehighu @lehigharchitect #designforeducation #businessschool #lehighuniversitycollegeofbusiness #breakingground #executiveeducation #educationbuilding
The performance lab at The John and Loan Mullen Ce The performance lab at The John and Loan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts. This room can be set up in multiple ways - seat configuration, with natural light or without. The strips on the walls are for attachment of equipment. It is an imitate space for experimentation. 
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@villanovau @villanovatheatre @ramsarchitects @jeffreytotaro #designforeducation #theater #blackbox #performingarts #experimentaltheater
The stunning lobby of The John and Joan Mullen Cen The stunning lobby of The John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts. The custom @lukehughesco benches are so quietly elegant and completely supportive of the architecture. The space is gracious for opening nights and durable for everyday. This was a collaboration with @ramsarchitects ! 
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@villanovau @villanovatheatre @jeffreytotaro #designforeducation #theater #theatredesign #performingarts
The John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing The John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts has three major venues. This is the courtyard theater, a completely flexible room. The floor raises and lowers, the seats can be set up as shown or in the round etc. The extensive tech level is ready! In the photo, the floor reads blue, but it’s black. The subtle play of brown, purple and black is true and was designed to give this experimental space a very quiet visual depth. 
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@villanovatheatre @villanovau @ramsarchitects @jeffreytotaro #designforeducation #courtyardtheater #performingarts #theater #experimentaltheatre #blackboxtheatre
Because this year was so nuts there wasn’t an of Because this year was so nuts there wasn’t an official ribbon cutting. This  350 seat proscenium theater is one of three performance spaces in the PAC. The sweeping curve of the balcony brings the audience closer to the stage and engenders excitement. 
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@villanovau @villanovatheatre @jeffreytotaro #performingarts @ramsarchitects #theater #proscenium #villanova
More from the Buck Family Arts Center. The choir r More from the Buck Family Arts Center. The choir room, the shop to die for, the ceramics studio and a music practice room all done as a adaptive reuse of a mechanics shop building on the tightest of budgets. We achieved the high ceilings need by removing the ceiling and the the ceiling joists. Keeping the pallet clean and limited to whites and greys helps the airiness and is a great background for creativity. 
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#boardingschool @churchfarmschool @jeffreytotaro #arts #performingarts #artsbuilding #adaptivereuse #designforeducation  #missioninspired
This used to be a high bay for work on maintenance This used to be a high bay for work on maintenance vehicles in a shop building. Now it is the central multipurpose space in an arts building. It works as a gallery, a social gather space, a performance space or a formal presentation room.  All this on a shoe string budget for a great boarding school who’s mission is to serve boys who are either orphaned or of single parent families. Can’t wait to see what the students create! 
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#boardingschool @churchfarmschool #artsbuilding #performancespace  #gallery #adaptivereuse @jeffreytotaro
We have great work in the office, thanks to our cl We have great work in the office, thanks to our clients and friends! Look at our website and see if the fit seems right, send in your resume. 
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#voithandmactavish #bestplacetowork #hiring #lookingforward
Thank you AIA Philadelphia for the honor award in Thank you AIA Philadelphia for the honor award in preservation for the work we have done at PennLaw’s Silverman Hall. The latest phase of work are these elaborate case study class rooms carved out of the original Cope & Stewardson designed reading rooms. We created new walls (new and old shown here)  that replicate the architectural program and fitted the rooms out with the largest LED screens on campus. The spaces are now acoustically perfect to support the Socratic teaching method. This project also won an award for the tech installation and a great write up can be seen in this month’s issue of Traditional Building Magazine. Congrats to all of the AIA Phila design awards winners.
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@aiaphiladelphia #designaward #preservation #classicalarchitecture @pennlaw @jeffreytotaro @sandlerseating @vitra #pennlaw @traditionalbuildingmagazine
What keeps me coming back is the tremendous creati What keeps me coming back is the tremendous creativity and energy of my students. I was gratified to hear from the Provost today that I have been reappointed for another six years. .
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@brynmawrcollege @citiesdepartment #arch226 #teaching #architecturestudio #designforeducation #brynmawrcollege #rockstudio #cardboardchair
What a wonderful evening earlier this week! A grea What a wonderful evening earlier this week! A great celebration and such an honor to included among this year’s winners of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art’s Stanford White Awards, THANK YOU! Congratulations to the amazingly talented Architects, Designers, Craftsmen, and Students who won this year. 
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@ramsarchitects @gpschafer @peterpennoyerarchitects @fairfaxandsammons @tammyconnor @classicist_org @icaaphila @lvilleschool #awards #boardingschool @naisnetwork @jeffreytotaro @thosmoser @eustischair @brianmichaellauer @parisarugsdecor #traditionaldesign #peabodyandstearns #romanesquerevival @fergusonshamamian @historicconcept @mcalpinehouse @spiritironworksinc @hendrickschurchill
There is still so much to be grateful for. Drew an There is still so much to be grateful for. Drew and Linda Casertano have led Millbrook’s community with grace and love. At the end of this this school year they will leave Millbrook a much stronger place than when they arrived. As the school gathered for a meal before for Thanksgiving break, it was announced that this building would be called Casertano Hall. It’s the place where friendships are forged and community is built. I cannot think of a better way way to honor Drew and Linda’s tenure at Millbrook. 
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#millbrookschool @millbrookschool @drewcasertano @lcasertano @jeffreytotaro #betterbydesign #community #thanksgiving #boardingschool #boardingschoollife #designforeducation #dininghall @eustischair @thosmoser
The Design Leadership Network hosted this expert a The Design Leadership Network hosted this expert access event on Best Practices for Inclusive Leadership.  Lots of great information offered by Simone E.  Morris who is an expert in teaching organizations to be more inclusive. Thank you to both Simone and the DLN for this great learning moment. .
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@designleadershipnetwork @simonemorrisenterprises #simoneemorrisenterpises #inclusion #inclusionmatters #diversitytraining #blm
This is what a programming meeting looks like in t This is what a programming meeting looks like in the time of COVID. The students at Green Hedges were so engaged and full of great ideas about the shape of their future school: appreciation of their science garden, putting solar panels on the roofs, wholesale demo and building a school that is more ope and transparent, reading books with a window and books galore, a two story play environment with bridges and moving monkey bars, spiny things and so on!  The VMA team loved our day with them! 
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#comprehensiveplanning #designforeducation #independendentschool @naisnetwork @greenhedgesschool #studentvoices #montesori #lowerschool #middleschool
The goal of the Abbott Dining Hall was to engender The goal of the Abbott Dining Hall was to engender love and loyalty: to create a place in which Lawrenceville’s  senior class can cement friendships and be reminded on a daily basis of the unique beauty and history of the school. We are pleased to announce this project has recently won two awards: The Institute of Classical Art and Architecture has awarded the project with a Stamford White Award. And the American Society of Interior Designers PA East has given this project an honorable mention  in the institutional category. Thanks to a great client with a strong vision, terrific contractors and a talented and dedicated VMA team! 
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#designforeducation @lvilleschool @jeffreytotaro #boardingschool @icaany #stamfordwhiteaward @asidpaeast #interiordesign #boardingschoollife #dininghall
This is what power looks like! Finally. . . . . . This is what power looks like! Finally. 
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#kamalaharris #womeninpower #poc #equality #equalityforwomen
So happy to announce that this admissions office a So happy to announce that this admissions office at the Millbrook School, Callard, won first place in the institutional category from the American Society of Interior Designers PA East yesterday! This was a great project for a school that is providing an exemplary education for its students. 
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#millbrookschool @millbrookschool @jeffreytotaro #betterbydesign #admissions #asidpaeast #interiordesign #boardingschool @asidpaeast #boardingschoollife #boardingschoollifestyle
Sometimes the vision is so complete that one is tr Sometimes the vision is so complete that one is transported. Nina and came here for drinks the other night and asked if we could sit outside. We were directed to the completely deserted pool deck and so we spent a lazy hour or so. 
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#drinksduringcovid #whattododuringcovid19 #socialdistancing #greatview #thebiltmorehotel #traditionaldesign #spanishcolonialrevival @ninsta.world
To teach the difficult concept of an architectural To teach the difficult concept of an architectural “parti” or abstract design idea, we ask our students to represent the underlying themes of a passage from Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities. Each passage describes a different aspect of Venice. This is a great group of responses! 
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#design #architecturestudio #brynmawrcollege #cities226 #greatstudentwork @brynmawrcollege
Thinking about what a school’s head’s house sh Thinking about what a school’s head’s house should be like. This is what the living room at Hotchkiss’ heads house looks like, which we did a number of years ago.
When I opened this magazine in the mail, I was not When I opened this magazine in the mail, I was not expecting to see a twenty three years younger version of myself. This is the committee that did the heavy lift of programming for the Holbrook Arts Center. This work was so well done that the building is still a wonderful, vibrant, inspiring, nurturing place in which to act, sing, paint, create, build and appreciate art.
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#millbrookschool #betterbydesign #designforeducation @jeffreytotaro @millbrookschool #fineandperformingarts #artstudios @noah_walker #theater #boardingschool #boardingschoollife
More possibilities today. A great school, wonderfu More possibilities today. A great school, wonderful people and a waterfront site! Wow. 
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#designforeducation #waterfront #sailing #crew #possibilities #canoeing #kayaks
Off looking at potential sites for a project! Alwa Off looking at potential sites for a project! Always love that moment of infinite possibilities. 
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#leafseason #potentialsite #designforeducation #nextproject #sitevisit #fall #autumn
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