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Aug 8, 2023

Personalization and giving back key to homebuilder’s success

Lancaster-based Keystone Custom Homes takes pride in offering personalized designs for homebuyers, while giving back to people around the world.

Apr 17, 2023

High Companies creates artful facades with precast concrete

Building panels made of precast, prestressed concrete not only add texture and style, but they can be used to create walls that look like they bend, bow and wave.

Fulton Theatre Rehearsal Studio Addition, Lancaster, PA. Courtesy Toby Richards Photography
Mar 24, 2023

Wendy Tippetts still loves urban designing in a small town

In 1987, when Wendy Tippetts relocated to form Tippetts/Weaver Architects with Gary Weaver, Lancaster city was an unpolished gem.

Feb 24, 2023

Bold colors, light and sustainability bring life to modern architecture

Bold colors, sophisticated lighting and sustainability are leading architectural design trends this year.

Gemma Hodgson, chief commercial officer and Jess Chalifoux vice president of global business development for TAIT. PHOTO/PROVIDED
Feb 22, 2023

TAIT announces leadership changes

Lititz-based TAIT, the global group of designers, fabricators and engineers for live and location-based experiences, announced a promotion and a new hire.

Feb 15, 2022

HIA future proofs levee with an over two-mile long cement system 

The design plan for a massive levee system rehabilitation project at Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) was shelved for nearly a decade because of its cost by the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA). 

Jan 12, 2022

Wormleysburg real estate development and consulting firm forms new entity 

Wormleysburg, Cumberland County-based real estate development and consulting firm, Integrated Development Partners (IDP), has separated its civil engineering and building design services into a new entity. 

Dec 6, 2021

Creative entrepreneurs eligible for consulting and financial aid from PCA

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, today announced availability of the new Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program, which matches eligible creative entrepreneurs with free, local, small business consulting services and financial resources up to $2,000 to help grow their businesses, audiences and revenue. 

Sep 8, 2021

Lancaster packaging class brings real-world consumer testing to students 

Students taking Tom Newmaster’s package design class at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design (PCAD) this semester will be tasked with designing a mockup package design for a brand of their choice and taking that design through actual consumer testing. 

Mar 24, 2021

Designing office spaces with COVID-19 in mind

Commercial real estate projects have returned for architectural and design firms but they look different as businesses design office spaces with COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses in mind.

Aug 12, 2020

Penn State Health moves forward on two expansions to Milton S. Hershey Med Center

Penn State Health is developing two projects at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center that will cost more than $37 million in renovations and expansions.

Jan 7, 2020

Local health systems improve efficiency with newest hospitals

When UPMC Pinnacle set out to design West Manchester Township-based, UPMC Memorial hospital, the system laid out its imaging and emergency departments next to one another, and operating rooms were expanded to leave room for advances in surgical equipment such as robotics.