Brian Phillips (left) and Daryn Edwards of Philadelphia-based Interface Studio Architects.
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Historic row houses in the foreground frame a cluster of houses that ISA designed on Philadelphia’s Sheridan Street.
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The Sheridan Street houses, LEED certified and designed for a nonprofit community developer called Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, sold for a subsidized price of $150,000 each.
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Flexhouse in Chicago, which ISA designed for the developer Bob Ranquist.
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ISA's concept rendering for the Cypress Hills Healthy Urbanism initative in Brooklyn, a collaboration between the Cypress Hills Community Development Corp. and HealthxDesign, an organization that promotes the role of design in helping community residents achieve better health.
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A rendering detail from the Cypress Hills initiative, which investigates how health outcomes can shape large-scale neighborhood design.
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ISA’s controversial plan—scuttled by local community groups—for adapting a historic grain storage facility in Philadelphia into a 12-story apartment tower.
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ISA's rendering for a competition to design a multifamily residential building using shipping containers.
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A detail from the Modules, a 72-unit prefab apartment building that ISA designed for Temple University.
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Skypark, ISA’s first project, was designed during the housing boom.
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Interior image from Skypark condos.
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The green roof of the Skypark condos.
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An axonometric of Skypark.
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A rendering of Wiggle, an unbuilt design for 12 houses in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia.