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SMP is Expanding Our Team!
SMP Architects is seeking an architectural designer with a flexible skill set and interest in all aspects of the profession.
Fun Fact Friday:
Bamboo paneling is a cost effective and sustainable bamboo material that can be applied throughout or as accents to flat as well as curved surfaces.
It is low in emissions contributing to a healthy indoor environment while giving any space a natural and warm ambience! 🌱
Swipe to see photos of @plyboo bamboo wall panels at SMP designed PSU Harrisburg’s lobby and upper study areas.
Photo credits: Halkin Mason Photography
#design #architecture #materials #sustainable #bamboopanels
Fun Fact Friday:
Bio-flooring is a bio-based alternative to PVC flooring. This innovative category of flooring replaces petroleum or fossil fuel-based content with bio-based material.
Most manufacturers provide Environmental & Health Product Declarations (EPD/HPD) – so we can ensure these materials are healthy for the planet & healthy for us! 🌱
Showcased here -
Math Classroom and Collaborative Corridor Space at the Academy of Notre Dame where we used @forboflooringsystems bio-based marmoleum floor tiles.
Photo credits: Halkin Mason Photography
#design #sustainable #philadelphia #architecture #materials #flooring
Celebrating the Phillies and matching the energy of the city with a Phillies Gear Phriday!
P.S.: Featuring Todd's collection of bobble heads!
Go Phillies!!
#phillies #philadelphia #RedOctober #architecture #design
SMP is pleased to announce the promotion of Megan Strenski to Associate!! 🎉
Megan’s professional accomplishments include primary roles on projects with University of Pennsylvania, The Hill School, City of Philadelphia, and the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
She has also served as a mentor to other SMP team members and has contributed greatly to the daily success of the firm.
We had a terrific time celebrating this wonderful achievement with some drinks and good food while reminiscing Megan’s outstanding contribution to SMP Architects! ✨
Congratulations Megan!
#architecture #deisgn #philadelphia
As we start to layer up this season, here is a little visual warmth from this past summer’s travel memories! 🌞🚣
Swipe to see some destinations SMP team members visited -
1 - The Brunelleschi Dome, Florence, Italy
2 - Pawley's Island, South Carolina
3 - Lake Bled, Slovenia
4 - Miramar Beach, Florida
5 - Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - The Highline, NYC
#architecture #travel #design #learningthroughtravel
SMP Architects worked with @gablecompany to design a new digital communications center for Fagin Hall at the University of Pennsylvania!
Fagin Hall is the home of the School of Nursing with whom SMP has a two-decade relationship.
In fact, the redesign of this lobby area revisits a portion of a prior SMP project, completed in 2005.
#design #architecture #renovation #philadelphia #digitalarchitecture #pennnursing
A compilation of SMP team members’ favorite reads so you can curl up with a delicious beverage and a good book as we rapidly approach Fall! 🍂
The list ranges from thought provoking non-fiction to urban design, some feel-good and interesting fiction stories.
What are some other books you would recommend?
#design #architecture #reading #lifelonglearning #fiction #urbandesign #history
Women represent nearly 50% of the nation’s workforce, but they currently represent only 27% of STEM workforce! (Census.gov, 2021)
The Riley Center for STEM Education at the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur intends to change that by preparing middle and high school aged young women to be creative and confident thinkers of the future. 👩🏭👩🔬👩⚕️
SMP’s design for the facility supports a collaborative approach to small team learning that has been identified as the means through which many girls excel in academic settings.
The project is featured in the current issue of the Context Magazine!!
#WomenInSTEM #design #architecture
And it's a wrap !!
Big thank you to all those who stopped by today to support us!!
#GoldenConePHL
#PARKingDAYPHL
The Park By Numbers is coming together!
Thanks to all who stopped by to paint and support us!
There's a lot more to paint and we're at 16th & Walnut until 4pm -
come paint with us!!
@muralarts
@sherwinwilliams
#PARKingDayPHL#GoldenConePHL
Principal Todd Woodward Honored
SMP Principal Todd Woodward was recently recognized at the 2020 AIA Philadelphia Design Awards with the Alan Greenberger Award for his years of service to the Community Design Collaborative. The award recognizes an AIA Philadelphia…
Collaborations in Conservation
Helping organizations achieve long-term sustainability and improving the quality of life for building inhabitants and visitors is core to our mission at SMP Architects. One such organization is the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural…
Construction Progress: The Shirley Quadrivium Center at The Hill School
Here at SMP, we often ask ourselves: “How do we reuse what we have, and build only what we need?” Our design for The Hill School’s Shirley Quadrivium Center is a local response to this…
Lions Gate Recognized for Outstanding Design and Planning
SMP’s Lions Gate at Penn State Abington has been honored with the 2018 Montgomery Award from the Montgomery County Planning Commission. This prestigious annual program promotes awareness of outstanding design and innovative planning by recognizing…
Visitor Center at Ohiopyle Honored
The Falls Area Visitor Center at Ohiopyle State Park was honored by the Green Building Alliance (GBA) at their Emerald Evening on Thursday September 20, 2018. On the occasion of its 25th Anniversary, the GBA,…