Kipp Whittier

Project Details
Project Name :

Kipp Whittier

Project Category :

Education, Featured Projects, HomePageList

Description :
  • Gross Size –  81,000 sqf
  • Status – Complete
  • Owner – MIS Capital LLC
  • Design Team – Salt Design Studio
  • Complete gut and (historic) renovation of a formerly closed Philadelphia public school
  • Complete repointing of exterior brick
  • All new windows
  • 30 Classrooms
  • All new MEP’s
  • Cafeteria
  • Gymnasium
  • Outdoor playground
  • Kipp Whittier, completed in 2023 was also awarded the Grand Jury Award in 2024 from the Preservation Alliance. The Grand Jury Awards celebrate the highest level of achievement in historic preservation for:
    • Preserving/protecting historic resources in the built environment
    • Historic building restoration, rehabilitation, or adaptive re-use
    • Sympathetic new construction or additions associated with historic properties
    • Documentation of significant historic resources in the built environment