Commemorating National Architecture Week (April 12-18) at Penn	Print Issue
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• Which building has the highest LEED certification? Which one is the smallest? Visit www.upenn.edu/edu/almanac/v61/n30/buildingsplus for these and other facts.

The American Institute of Architects has designated the second week in April as National Architecture Week to involve members of the public in engaging experiences that draw attention to architects and their accomplishments. This week was selected because it is near the birthday of Thomas Jefferson (April 12), the nation’s only architect-president. 

To commemorate National Architecture Week, the University of Pennsylvania’s architect, David Hollenberg, has shed light on some of Penn’s hundreds of buildings.

• The newest currently functioning building is the renovated ARCH, re-opened in Spring 2014 (Almanac February 11, 2014), originally built in 1928. Photograph by Marguerite F. Miller.

• The next two to be completed, fairly around the same time (May/June 2016) will be the New College House (Almanac July 16, 2013) (above) and the Neural-Behavioral Sciences Building (Almanac January 13, 2015) (below).

• The oldest building constructed by Penn for its West Philadelphia campus is College Hall (Almanac January 11, 2000), built in 1872. Photo courtesty of the University of Pennsylvania Archives.

• The largest Penn building is the Quadrangle Dormitories (Almanac October 16, 2001), built 1895-1930; major renovations were done in 1980 and 1999.

• The Penn building that has won the most awards is the Singh Center for Nanotechnology (Almanac October 8, 2013). Most of its awards are listed at http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/about/news/recent-awards-recognition Photograph by Marguerite F. Miller

• A campus building that was designed by a Penn faculty member/architect and is a National Historic Landmark is the Richards Building by Louis Kahn (Almanac February 18, 1997).

• Which building has the highest LEED certification? Which one is the smallest? Visit www.upenn.edu/edu/almanac/v61/n30/buildingsplus for these and other facts.