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Mount Airy ‘Italianate villa’ wants $620K

It has eight bedrooms. No joke

Johnston Marklee takes on Philadelphia Contemporary’s first space

The space will push the boundaries of a conventional museum

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Mapping the development boom along the Schuylkill River

There have been a lot of changes in the past few years

Inside the Art Museum’s Frank Gehry-designed restaurant

Stir opens to the public today

Charming home in Old City Hoopskirt Factory wants $295K

It’s a one-bed, one-bath

Sleek home tucked into Wissahickon woods wants $725K

It has a number of modern elements

Classic colonial home in Mount Airy lists for $740K

It’s a 5-bed place with columns and tons of windows

Fishtown home with 1920s elevator wants $475K

The home has wood details throughout

Design Philadelphia 2018: 8 things to see and do

From checking out studios with a cocktail in hand, to attending lectures on futuristic design, there are a lot of options this week

Condo in early-1900s Narberth church wants $835K

The church has four homes and features original windows and beams.

Hidden away in Valley Forge woods, modern home wants $500K

It offers a three-sided fireplace and wall-to-wall windows.

Modern Mount Airy stunner asks $895K

It’s a four-bed place with a number of environmentally friendly touches.

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The most beautiful interiors in Philly, mapped

We asked, you answered: Here are the 12 buildings in Philly with the most beautiful interiors, as picked by Curbed Philly readers.

In the suburbs, a midcentury home by Frank Lloyd Wright’s pupil asks $1M

The ranch-style home was designed by Robert Bishop, who studied under Wright, and worked on his Broadacre design.

Inside The Laurel at Rittenhouse Square

The high-rise is scheduled to break ground in September or October, delivering condos that reach 9,000 square feet at $15 million.

Tudor-style Wynnewood home with gothic archways asks $580K

The home’s gothic style travels throughout, with archways and wood-lined windows.

Frank Gehry-designed restaurant coming to the PMA

It’s part of the museum’s larger "core project" redesign by Frank Gehry.

Christian Street Church will change hands after demolition

A buyer has purchased the contract, according to Philly.com

Renovated Pottstown farmhouse built in 1800 asks $1.1M

It’s a five-bed home on nine acres of land

Midcentury Modern stunner by Robert McElroy lists for $650K

The five-bed home is tucked into the hill

Multimillion-dollar Longwood Fountain renovation gets preservation award

It was builtin 1876 and reopened in 2017

Contemporary Old City home in converted cigar box factory lists for $3.3M

It even has four-car parking

The Parker Hotel: Breathing life back into a Philadelphia relic

Once a "seedy" place, owners hope for a revival

Korean investment group buys Navy Yard building for $130M

The building was designed by famed architect, Robert A.M. Stern.

DC architects envision timber skyscraper for Philly

Mass timber is eco-friendly, they say

Urban sanctuary in Washington Square asks $700K

The interior design of the home was inspired by the elements

Peek inside the Curtis Center’s new luxury apartments

63 units in a 100-year-old building

Countryside manor designed by Edmund Gilchrist lists for $1.5M

It’s a six-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath

Where is Louis Kahn at Greenbelt Knoll?

His name is found in every mention of the groundbreaking housing development. So why does the paper trail come up short?

Remembering Louis Kahn’s demolished work in Philadelphia

Despite the Philly starchitect’s prolific portfolio, there were a few local projects that have been lost over the years to make way for new mixed-use developments.

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9 homes Louis Kahn designed in and around Philly

Kahn’s residential work is few and far between, and they’re all found scattered throughout the Philly region.

Peek inside the new Ludlow apartments at East Market

The first of two apartment towers at the $600 million redevelopment project East Market is will open its doors in March.

Museum of Sports is coming to South Philly in 2019

Plans for the museum were announced on Wednesday, calling for a 25,000-square-foot facility in South Philly, near all of the sports stadiums.

Preliminary plans for Beury Building Phase II revealed

Designed by Digsau, the annex will bring more than 90 1-bedroom and studio apartments and 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail next to the Beury building.

Design committee asks Jewelers Row tower to try again

At the official Civic Design Review presentation of Toll Brothers’ proposed tower for Jewelers Row, the committee called the design "undercooked."

A history of the Philadelphia Eagles’ home stadiums

The Eagles have called North, West, and South Philly home over their long history.

214-townhome development planned along Delaware River in Pennsport

US Construction plans to build 214 townhouses designed by Atrium Design Group at 1499 S. Columbus Boulevard right along the Delaware River.

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Mapping the 29 high-rises under construction in Philly right now

This map may help wrap your head around the mind-boggling amount of construction that's taking place throughout the city—a majority of which qualifies as high-end construction.

Garden Court Flats project on hold amid community opposition

Following a meeting where neighbors expressed concerns about the project, Post Brothers said won’t move forward without community support.