The Daily Feather — Pennsylvania’s Architectural Marvels

If you plan to visit the Quaker State this summer, three architectural wonders await you. Mill Run, Pennsylvania is home to one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s genius creations. Cantilevered over the Bear Run waterfall, his renowned Fallingwater showcases Wright’s seamlessly connecting architecture with its environs. Next stop is Pittsburgh. Using steel and stone, symbolizing education metaphorically scales new heights, Charles Klauder erected the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The 535-foot-tall Gothic edifice of sweeping proportions is the tallest educational building in the nation. The final stop is Philadelphia’s City Hall, perhaps the largest and most elaborate seat of municipal government in the nation. Constructed in the late 1800s, City Hall is open for visitors to explore through guided tours of its interior and famed tower with its panoramic view of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and city skyline from the city’s highest open-air observation deck.

With architecture on the brain, today marks the April release of the AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI). This nine- to twelve-month leading indicator of the commercial construction cycle has been challenged since registering its first positive (above-50) reading last October.