10B — January 31 - February 13, 2014 — Owners, Developers & Managers — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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H ealth C are For the King’s College Scandlon Health and Wellness Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA Spillman Farmer Architects caps successful year with highest accolades
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story of our region, and we seek to find those stories in every project we undertake.” The jury recognized Spill- man Farmer ’s Scandlon Health and Wellness Center with an Award of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Chapter. The project was selected from among16 entries submitted by 11 re- gional firms. The Scandlon Health and Wellness Center introduced a 41,000 s/f. addition of multi- purpose recreation and educa- tion space to the King’s College campus in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
The project takes advantage of a compact, sloping site by eco- nomically stacking spaces and following the land’s natural topography. The center houses a 20,000 s/f. gymnasium, an athletic training suite, health sciences classrooms, and of- fices. An outdoor teaching area brings an appealing green space to the urban location and provides a place for out- door recreation. “The Scandlon Health and Wellness Center’s aesthetic quality is ultimately about its utilitarian nature,” Biondo said. “We made a deliberate effort to impart a simple, clear, and balanced beauty that will become a timeless enhance- ment to the King’s College campus.” These honors are the most recent in a series of recogni- tions for the Spillman Farmer. Last month,AIAPennsylvania selected Spillman Farmer as the first recipient of the Firm Award, recognizing a consis- tent demonstration of design excellence and contributions to the profession of architec- ture for a period of at least 10 years. Additional 2013 awards include an AIA Pennsylvania Citation of Merit for the La- fayette College Arts Plaza in Easton, PA and an Architizer A+ Award for Urban Trans- formation for the ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem, PA. Other recent projects that have contributed to Spillman Farmer’s success include the 67,000 s/f. ArtsQuest Center, a multi-functional cultural arts building on the former site of Bethlehem Steel; Si- gal Museum in Easton, PA, an adaptive reuse of a dress shop into a museum; Ben Franklin Technology Part- ners of Northeastern PA’s LEED Gold-certified, 109,000 s/f. TechVentures office space and technology incubator; and more than 20 projects at Elon University in Elon, NC, including the six-building Global Neighborhood, cur- rently under construction. In addition, Spillman Farmer serves clients in education, healthcare, senior living, com- mercial/industrial, and civic markets. Spillman FarmerArchitects is an interdisciplinary prac- tice of design professionals focused on delivering innova- tive building solutions based on human-centered design. n
top honors during TheAmer- ican Institute ofArchitects (AIA) Eastern Pennsylva- nia Chapter’s annual design competition. The firm received the top 2013 design award for the King’s College Scandlon Health and Wellness Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA. “It is a wonderful honor for our efforts to be recognized by peers,” Spillman Farmer design principal Joseph Bi- ondo, AIA , said. “Our prac- tice has been shaped by the
Spillman Farmer Architects received the 2013 Award of Excellence for the Scandlon Health and Wellness Center at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The awards jury selected the Scandlon project for its most prestigious award among 16 entries by 11 regional firms. Photo by Paul Warchol Photography
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