Kise Straw and Kolodner (KSK), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Architecture Firm | KSK Architects Planners Historians, Inc. (formerly Kise Straw & Kolodner) |
| People | James Nelson Kise, AIA AICP; James B. Straw, AIA; John R. Gibbons, AIA AICP; Philip E. Scott, RA; Katherine Bottom, RA LEED AP; Suzanna Barucco, Johnette Davies, Xin Sun, David Artman, Jeff Peters |
| Address | 123 South Broad St. #2250 |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19109 USA | |
| Telephone | (215) 790-1050 |
| Fax | (215) 790-0215 |
| jstraw@ksk1.com | |
| Web Site | http://www.ksk1.com |
| AW Directory | ArchitectureWeek Directory Listing |
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[edit] Services
Adaptive Reuse, Addition/Alteration, Architecture, Design, Graphics, Historic Preservation, Master Planning, Planning, Renovation, Urban Design
[edit] Focus
Arts Facilities, Churches, Cultural Facilities, Libraries, Multi-Unit Residential, Museums, Single Family Residential, Theaters
[edit] Projects
Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/MemorialHall.pdf
1600 Locust Street Shadow Study, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/1600Locust.pdf
1900 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/1900Fairmount.pdf
1901 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/1901SpringGarden.pdf
Amtrak's Penn Coach Yard Reuse Study, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arch Street Presbyterian Church Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/ArchStPresbyterian.pdf
Black Horse Inn Exterior Restoration and Interior Stabilization, Flourtown, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/BlackHorseInn.pdf
Boyd Theater, Preservation Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brinkwood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Brinkwood.pdf
Bryn Athyn Cathedral, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/BrynAthyn.pdf
Budd Street Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/BuddStreedDev.pdf
Burlington Old City Hall/Lyceum Hall, Burlington City, New Jersey http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/BurlingtonOldCityHall.pdf
The Mansion at Cabrini College, Wayne, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Cabrini.pdf
Cambridge Plaza Redevelopment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Cambridge.pdf
Cannelton Industries, Charleston,, West Virginia
Catch Streetscape Improvements, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/CATCH_Respite_II.pdf
Cathedral Church of the Saviour Facilities Master Plan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/ChurchofSavior.pdf
Cecil B. Moore Housing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/CBMhousing.pdf
Cecil B. Moore Housing Sink Iron Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/CBMSinkIron.pdf
Cecil B. Moore Historic Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/CASE.pdf
Christian Street Gateway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/ChristianStreetMural.pdf
Chestnut Hill West Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Chestnuthillwest.pdf
Church Lane/Lena Street Twin Homes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/ChurchLaneLena.pdf
Cottage Glen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/CottageGlen.pdf
Druim Moir Houses, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/DruimMoir.pdf
Elder's Place Apartments for the Elderly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/EldersPlace.pdf
The Finlaw Building, Salem, New Jersey http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/FinlawBuilding.pdf
Fishtown Library Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Fishtown.pdf
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/FleisherSamuelsS.Memorial.pdf
Frankford Library Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Frankford.pdf
Germantown Scattered Site Historic Housing Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Germantown Settlement Charter School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grace Episcopal Church, Haddonfield, New Jersey http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/GraceEpiscopalChurch.pdf
Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Lewisburg, West Virginia
Lawrence Court (HACE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/HACELawrenceCourtwithrendering.pdf
Hamill Mill Apartments for the Elderly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/HamillMillApartments.pdf
Holmesburg Library Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Holmesburg.pdf
Hooven Mansion/Masonic Temple, Norristown, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/HoovenMansion.pdf
Bancroft School/Lullworth Hall Preservation Plan and Rehabilitation, Haddonfield, New Jersey
Manheim Place Townhouses, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/ManheimPlace.pdf
Mantua Hall Redevelopment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/MantuaHall.pdf
Martin Luther King HOPE VI Homeownership Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/MLKalternate.pdf
The Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mission Building Condominiums, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/MissionBldg.pdf
New Jersey DOT Materials Testing Laboratory Reuse Feasibility Study, Ewing Township, New Jersey http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/NJDOTBuilding18.pdf
Old Cleveland Properties, Cleveland, Ohio
Palumbo School Building Needs and Conditions Assessment Study, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/PalumboSchool.pdf
Passyunk Library Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/PassyunkLibraryRenovations.pdf
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Headquarters and Office Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Cricket Club Main Clubhouse and West Wing Addition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/PhiladelphiaCricketClub.pdf
Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/CAPA.pdf
The Philadelphia School Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/PhiladelphiaSchool.pdf
Philadelphia University President's House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/PresidentsHouse.pdf
Plymouth Meeting Friend's School Pre-School Classroom in Former Carriage Shed, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Police Headquarter's Building, New Castle, Delaware http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/NewCastlePolice.pdf
Race-Vine Subway Station Reconstruction, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/RaceVine.pdf
Respite II: Residential Care Facility for Homeless Mentally Ill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ridgeway Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Ridgeway.pdf
The Royal Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Saint Andrew's, Mount Holly, New Jersey http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/StAndrews.pdf
Saint Martin's in the Fields Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/StMartin.pdf
Saint. Thomas African Episcopal Church Exterior Restoration and Interior Rehabilitation of the Rectory, Overbrook, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/StThomas.pdf
Salem Free Public Library, Salem, New Jersey http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/SalemLibrary.pdf
Salem Municipal Building, Salem, New Jersey http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/SalemMunicipalBuilding.pdf
Selinsgrove Intermediate Elementary School, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/SelinsgroveElementarySchool.pdf
Somerton Knoll, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The South Bar Club, Harbour Island, Bahamas
Spring Garden Revitalization, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/SpringGardenRevitalization.pdf
Strawberry Mansion Homeownership Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/StrawberryMansionAlternate3D.pdf
Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/StrawberrySquare.pdf
Suffolk Manor Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/SuffolkRehab.pdf
Suffolk Manor Capital Needs Assessment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sussquehanna Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/SusqVillage.pdf
Tacony Library Renovations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Tacony.pdf
Wannamaker Shirt Factory Reuse Feasibility Study, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Warnock II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/Warnock.pdf http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/WarnockGreenRoof.pdf
Willingtown Plaza, Wilmington, Delaware
Wistar Institute Executive Offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wister Street Townhouses, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.ksk1.com/pdfs/WisterStreet.pdf
[edit] Firm Statement
KSK founded in 1966, has a staff of architects, planners, historians, and technical support personnel. The firm uses an interdisciplinary approach to help clients solve problems and create plans that become working realities. The firm boasts an extensive and diverse history of successful projects varying in size and complexity.
Our architectural practice focuses on historic preservation, cultural facilities, educational facilities, ecclesiastic projects, affordable housing, and streetscape design. Recent projects range from small restoration projects, such as the Salem, NJ, Municipal Building, to the $10 million historic rehabilitation and new construction of 100 homes in the Spring Garden district of Philadelphia, to large civic projects such as the $100 million Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, WV, and the $50m historic rehabilitation of the Memorial Hall in Philadelphia as the “Please Touch Museum.”
Planning projects completed by KSK range from neighborhood revitalization, to transit-oriented development plans, to urban design for downtown areas, to large-scale regional transportation planning, to new community plans. Orchestrating public information and community outreach is a significant aspect of our planning work. Recent projects include the preparation of a series of neighborhood plans in Philadelphia, plans for two sections of Center City Philadelphia, housing master plans for sections of North Philadelphia, and new development feasibility studies for several sites in the mid-Atlantic region, including North River Resort, a 40-acre resort complex on the North Carolina coast. Urban design projects include town center plans for Swarthmore, PA, Montclair, NJ, and Lakewood Ranch, FL. Our international practice has included several planning and urban design projects in China; a development plan for a 660 hectare resort near Tianjin, and preparation of a new town center plan for a 60 hectare site in the northeast quadrant of Beijing.
Within the Cultural Resources Group, KSK uses the skills of historians and planners to evaluate and manage cultural resources, and complete building restoration projects. Recent work includes a historic research report for New Jersey's highways, and historic rehabilitation tax credit certification for a major housing rehabilitation project in Philadelphia.
KSK’s home office is located in downtown Philadelphia on the Avenue of the Arts, which the firm planned and designed. The firm also completed the restoration and adaptive reuse of the former Ridgway Library for the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, located at the southern end of the Avenue. The finished project garnered seven design awards, including the prestigious National Honor Award of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. KSK has a joint venture office in Tianjin, China.
