CKd at the Flower Show
CuetoKEARNEYdesign has once again designed the Camden Children’s Garden’s exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The exhibit highlights the Children’s Garden’s and exhibit sponsor Campbell’s Soup Company’s commitment to healthy eating and the burgeoning field of urban agriculture. The large soup and salad plates were fabricated by the Sculpture Workshop, Electromechanical Systems created the windmill and water tower and Michael Wommack provided all the decorative painting. The Children’s Garden staff will construct and plant the exhibit.
The show runs from February 28th to March 8th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Totally Terrific Treehouses @ Tyler Arboretum
Tyler Arboretum is reprising its successful “Totally Terrific Treehouses” Exhibit this summer at the Media Pennsylvania 650 acre oasis of natural beauty. CuetoKEARNEYdesign is providing pro bono design services for the Tyler volunteer’s “Backyard Memories”, a treehouse based on the volunteer’s childhood memories.
Working closely with the group of retired but hard working volunteers, CKd designed the fun and sustainable exhibit using recycled and found materials including lumber and posts milled from fallen hemlock trees on the site. The design features a hideaway open clubhouse with a green roof and a lookout perch accessed by a spiral stair lent by the Iron Shop in Broomall.
The design team includes Ann Rothmann, structural engineer and Geoff Anderson, landscape architect with Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects.
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CKd @ Cheyney University II
We are pleased to announce that the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) has appointed CuetoKEARNEYdesign as the lead professional for the renovation of the Carver Science Building at Cheyney University!
This $17million project will create state of the art research and teaching facilities for Cheyney’s Science program and will restore the University’s planetarium.
The project team includes HERA, Laboratory Consultants, Gillan & Hartmann Mechanical Engineers, Klein & Hoffman Structural Engineers and Hunt Engineering, Civil Engineers.
CKd at the Flower Show
Once again, CuetoKEARNEYdesign has designed the exhibit for the Camden Children’s Garden at the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show. The theme of this year’s show is ‘Bella Italia’ and the garden’s exhibit uses a depiction of the first Montessori school courtyard, a reclaimed blind courtyard adjacent to a tenement in Rome. The exhibit shows how urban spaces can be reclaimed as hands-on teaching and learning spaces and features a kid’s vegetable garden, fruit trees and areas for healthy outdoor activities. The exhibit is consistent with the Children’s Garden’s mission to promote healthy eating and living through community gardens and urban agriculture. The show runs from March 1st to 8th at the Philadelphia Convention Center.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Dedicates New CuetoKEARNEY Designed Mock Courtroom at Constitution High
The Mock Trial team from Constitution High School in Philadelphia meets with retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and 3rd Circuit Judge Marjorie Rendell at the dedication of the CuetoKEARNEY designed Moot Court.
November 30, 2008. Constitution High School dedicated their new Moot Court today in honor of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. CuetoKEARNEYdesign provided pro bono architectural services in the project organized by Ballard Spahr as part of their ‘pipeline’ community outreach efforts designed to promote interest and diversity in the legal profession by targeting minority high school students. Working closely with the students and staff at the Philadelphia Magnet school, CuetoKEARNEY designed a flexible court space in a section of Mr. Ackerman’s Civics classroom featuring a judge’s bench, witness stand and jury box. Network Arts, a Philadelphia based non-profit arts group headed by Earl and Josie Stamm, also worked with the students to create a new school emblem that artist Ricki Lent transformed into the mosaic seal that graces the judge’s bench. Kennedy Woodwork of Philadelphia built and installed the furniture quality millwork and Michael Wommack provided the decorative painting that finishes the space wonderfully. The project was overseen by Mary Gay Scanlon, Ballard’s director of pro bono services.
The crowded dedication was presided over by Justice O’Connor and Third Circuit Judge Marjorie Rendell and was attended by Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia School Superintendent Dr. Arlene Ackerman, Principal Tom Davidson and members of the school’s Mock Trial team and their Ballard Spahr volunteer coaches. The students presented CuetoKEARNEY and Network Arts with engraved gavels to commemorate the event.
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Claudia Cueto Elected to AIA Philadelphia Board
November 18, 2008. We are pleased to announce that Claudia Cueto, AIA, has been elected by her peers to serve on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Claudia, the founder and principal of CuetoKEARNEYdesign Architects, ran on a platform that emphasized her experience balancing work and family, the role of women within the profession and the concerns of suburban professionals within the greater Philadelphia AIA community.
Completion of Lewis Library
September 11, 2008. Princeton University announced that the Lewis Science Library has opened for the fall 2008 semester. Designed by Gehry Partners of Los Angeles, the distinctive building houses the university’s collections for astrophysics, biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, physics and statistics. The University engaged CKd’s Claudia Cueto to develop the FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment) budget during the initial design to help define the scope of the project. Subsequently, Princeton hired Claudia in association with Krieger Architects to work with Gehry Partners to develop, specify and detail the custom furniture, to work with the librarians and Gehry Partners to select specify and coordinate the furniture and to oversee the installation. Follow the link below to an article on Princeton University’s Web site: Click Here to read the article.
CKd Part of Swarthmore House Tour
CKd is pleased to announce that our office and building will be a part of Swarthmore's House Tour, hosted by the Friends of the Swarthmore Historical Society. The tour will take place Sunday September 28, 1pm - 5pm.
CKd at Princeton University
In March of 2008 Princeton University selected CuetoKEARNEYdesign to complete a preliminary feasibility study for the future renovations of New South, an Edward Larrabee Barnes building located in the south-western edge of Princeton’s campus. The building was originally built in the 1960s and has undergone several renovations in the past decade. The current renovations are scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2010 and will accommodate a variety of new academic and administrative user groups.
Jennifer Baker Short-Listed in Septa Contest
CKd Wins Award at 2008 Philadelphia Flower Show
The Camden Children's Garden's exhibit "Children Jazz It Up" was awarded the PHS Award of Merit for Creativity in the Nonacademic Educational Division at the 2008 Philadelphia Flower Show. The exhibit was also awarded the Special Achievement Award of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania for unusual excellence in creativity for exhibits under 1,000 square feet. This is the 5th consecutive Flower Show exhibit designed by CuetoKEARNEYdesign for the Garden and their 4th award winner. CKd works with the staff at the garden to conceptualize and detail the design so that it can be assembled in advance at the garden and then brought to the Philadelphia Convention Center. Elements of the design will find a permanent home at the garden on the waterfront in Camden, New Jersey. The show runs through March 9th, 2008.
Denise Disney joins CKd!
CuetoKEARNEYdesign is extremely pleased to announce that Denise K. Disney AIA has agreed to join the firm as a Senior Project Manager. Denise has been a practicing architect for over 16 years with an emphasis on performance, entertainment and sports facilities and brings a wealth of experience from her previous positions at the powerhouse firms of Gehry Partners in Los Angeles and HNTB in Kansas City.
CKd at Cheyney University
CuetoKEARNEYdesign has been awarded the renovation of the Marian Anderson Music Building at Cheyney University. This 4.5 million dollar project is slated to begin in November. The project team includes Gillan & Hartmann Mechanical Engineers, Ann Rothmann Structural Engineers, Metropolitan Acoustics and ICI cost consultants.
CKd at Swarthmore's Art and Art History Facutly and Student Opening in Beardsley
On September 18. 2007 CuetoKEARNEYdesign joined Swarthmore's Art and Art History Faculty and Students to celebrate the opening of the new Senior Studio Space in Beardsley. Everyone in the department was very excited about the transformation of the space and the students absolutely love their studio. Below just a few pictures from the event.
Wedding Bells Ring
Some news to share: On July 28th, 2007, Ashley Hedrick married Tim Mulvaney in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Both the bride and groom were stunning and the wedding was beautiful. All our love and happiness to the newly married couple!
