CuetoKEARNEYdesign provides the following services:

• Architectural Design
• Interior Design
• Adaptive Reuse
• Space Planning
• FF&E Selections
• Exhibit Design
• Graphic Design

Our current and recent work has been strongly influenced by sustainability issues and includes:

• New World Symphony Campus Expansion Project designed by Gehry Partners in Miami Beach Florida. Gehry Partners recommended CKd based upon our collaboration on a similar project for the Lewis Library at Princeton University. Currently CKd is providing FF&E services for the new orchestral academy.
• The New Carver Science Building at Cheyney University, a, 40,000 sf, $17 million general sciences building (the first new academic construction at Cheyney in 30 years), targeted LEED Silver and currently in final design,
• Metropolitan Hall, a, 90,000 sf, $19 million residence hall at Widener University (in association with Wallace Roberts & Todd of Philadelphia),
• The Widener University Conference Center at Lathem Hall,
• Renovations at Beardsley Hall for the Swarthmore College Art Department, and at Pearson Hall for the Swarthmore Department of Educational Studies.
• Also just completed is the, 33,900 sf, $4.5 million renovation and restoration of the 70’s era Marian Anderson Music Building at Cheyney University. The project includes a general updating of all the building systems, updating all the teaching spaces and a complete renovation of the 500 seat auditorium from multi-purpose to a music venue. Despite the challenging budget, special attention is paid to creating a new identity for the building and the fine arts department and to telling the story of Marian Anderson.

We are a Pennsylvania Certified Women/Minority Business Enterprise led by Claudia Cueto who has over 25 years experience in architecture and interior design. Claudia is a registered architect with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter. She has particular expertise with university level teaching facilities and user group coordination. Tim Kearney has 25+ years working with firms in Philadelphia and Washington DC, most notably 16 years with Venturi Scott Brown and Associates. In addition to practice, Tim teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, and is chair of the Swarthmore Borough Planning Commission.