{"id":736,"date":"2010-03-16T20:36:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T20:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=736"},"modified":"2019-06-19T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:41:44","slug":"nolib2-getting-behind-the-american-loft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2010\/03\/nolib2-getting-behind-the-american-loft\/","title":{"rendered":"NoLib2: Getting Behind the &#8220;American Loft&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0730-e1268768135945.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-742\" title=\"IMG_0730\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0730-e1268768135945.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a>\n<p class=\"lead\">From some angles, the American Loft building at Brown and American Streets in Philly&#8217;s Northern Liberties looks more like a competition entry than an actual building.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0736-e1268768060142.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-737\" title=\"IMG_0736\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0736-e1268768060142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a>\n<p>But the 10-story, 40-unit building, designed by Winka Dubbeldam of New York-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archi-tectonics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archi-Tectonics<\/a>, \u00a0is visually striking, with crisp detailing.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0727-e1268768122272.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-741\" title=\"IMG_0727\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0727-e1268768122272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a>\n<p>But this is an architect&#8217;s building in more ways than one: the best part of the design is to be seen around back.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0719-e1268768080417.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-738\" title=\"IMG_0719\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0719-e1268768080417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Straight from the comic-book pages of the\u00a0Archigram Walking City, the columns of the open parking garage look as though the building not only has rooftop views of the Delaware River, but can right well walk itself over for a float. \u00a0Wicked cool.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0721-e1268768094622.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-739\" title=\"IMG_0721\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0721-e1268768094622.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">From some angles, the American Loft building at Brown and American Streets in Philly&#8217;s Northern Liberties looks more like a competition entry than an actual building.<\/p>\n<p>But the 10-story, 40-unit building, designed by Winka Dubbeldam of New York-based Archi-Tectonics, \u00a0is visually striking, with crisp detailing.<\/p>\n<p>But this is an architect&#8217;s building in more ways than one: the best part of the design is to be seen around back.<\/p>\n<p>Straight from the comic-book pages of the\u00a0Archigram Walking City, the columns of the open parking garage look as though the building not only has rooftop views of the Delaware River, but can right well walk itself over for a float. \u00a0Wicked 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