Noticias

  Marvel was recently invited to and became a finalist for a commission to develop a Centennial District Subdistrict Plan for the City of Philadelphia. The shortlisted phase, described as the Ideas Exchange, tasked the final three teams to create a vision for an area of West Fairmount Park of approximately 540 acres that celebrates…

  Early on in the pandemic, the threat of “zoom bombing” was one of the plights of learning and teaching in virtual classrooms. This problem with digital classrooms was quickly solved, and today collaborating in tightly sealed digital spaces is something we take for granted. Even with the return of students and faculty to campus…

  Jacob’s Pillow is excited to announce building plans for the reimagined Doris Duke Theatre, a flexible theatre on the site of the original Doris Duke Theatre, which was lost to a fire of undetermined cause in November 2020. In replacing what was lost while looking to the future, Jacob’s Pillow seeks to create a…

Marvel’s design for Throop Corners, a 140-unit affordable housing project in Brooklyn, NY, is currently under construction to meet Passive House standards. From the onset, discussions with our client Riseboro Community Partnership established this project as having a strong sustainability focus, and this directive from the ownership team drove the design process towards Passive House.…

On September 18, Hurricane Fiona, a category 1 storm, struck the southern part of the island of Puerto Rico. All residents of our Caribbean commonwealth were without power, 75 percent without running water, and many suffered from historic flooding. The storm is estimated to have caused over $2 billion in damage and the deaths of…

Sheds that were some of the first to pop up in the summer of 2020. Two years later, serving food and beverages from lunch until sometimes 4 a.m., they are still going strong, and I hope they continue to do that for as long as possible. Overnight, the city has radically transitioned from almost 100%…