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Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse: 2025

Kennedy & Violich Revive a Disused Colorado Ice Arena as a Light-Filled Arts Hub

Colorado Springs

February 14, 2025

An innovative renovation preserves the character of the vaulted thin-shell structure, while creating fabrication spaces for Colorado College's arts programs.

2022 Renovation, Restoration, and Adaptive Reuse Projects

February 1, 2022

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Record highlights renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse projects from a former power station in Moscow turned into a lively arts center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop to the sensitive resurrection of Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Memorial in Italy.

MIT Hayden Memorial Library by Kennedy & Violich Architecture

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Suzanne Stephens

February 1, 2022

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KVA founding principal Sheila Kennedy is among the featured speakers at the June 20th Boston edition of Record on the Road.

Soft House by Kennedy & Violich Architecture

Hamburg, Germany

Hugh Pearman

July 16, 2014

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A set of rowhouses combines a traditional all-wood structure with strategies for generating and saving energy, offering a new model for low-carbon living.

Golkin Hall, Penn Law School

Legal Threshold: Kennedy & Violich lighten up traditional materials in a new building for the University of Pennsylvania's law school.

William Hanley

November 15, 2012

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Golkin Hall, the latest addition to the University of Pennsylvania's law school, announces itself with a contradiction.

Sculpture Studio and Barn

Kennedy & Violich brings together a husband and wife's diverse interests under one roof.

Beth Broome

March 19, 2010

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Combining a horse barn and welding studio in one small building is hardly a run-of-the-mill commission.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Explore how privacy curtain systems can enhance occupant comfort, operational efficiency, and sustainability across healthcare, education, hospitality, and senior living environments.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Examine waterproofing strategies for water containment structures that enhance durability, prevent failures, and support long-term building performance.