HARRISBURG CITY HALL RENOVATIONS CDA is designing upgrades to the nearly 40 year old brutalist building that houses the offices for The City of Harrisburg, PA including the City Council Chambers and numerous elected officials. The new design for the building will work to erase a current perception of fortification, creating a more open and…
PENN STATE HARRISBURG – 24/7 STUDYRENOVATION TO THE LIBRARY BUILDING Penn State hired CDA to design renovations to the 1,000sf cyber cafe at the entrance to their 115,000sf three story library that opened in 2000. Although heavily used as vending and study space with the distinction of being the only space on campus accessible to…
NEWMAN RESIDENCE998 BEECH AVENUE The existing home was a 4,100sf house built on a corner lot in 1976 and had some beautiful features although like many historic homes it was comprised of distinct spaces that can be challenging in their proportions and finishes given 21st century preferences. Lara and Dan Newman desired to make improvements…
CAMP SMALL VALLEYRENOVATIONS & ADDITIONS Camp Small Valley, founded in 1955 and comprised of 762 acres in upper Dauphin County, is an idyllic camp setting. The CDA Team is working on 3 categories of phased improvements: New Buildings, Renovations, and Site/Vehicular Upgrades for the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania. The Phase 1 work…
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIESPENNSYLVANIA With the advent of the medical marijuana industry in Pennsylvania CDA helped Cure PA analyze potential dispensary and growing sites across the Commonwealth (Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre to Chambersburg) and then prepared concept designs to support their applications for licenses from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. In 2017 Cure PA was…
SWEDISH MOTORS 1.0SERVICE BAY ADDITION One of CDA’s first projects involved working with the owner of this car dealership to realize an addition that is clearly modern but compliments the existing traditional building. The south end wall of the addition is clad in a stone veneer similar to the main building’s stone, but the wall…
BOARDING SCHOOLHUMAN RESOURCES SUITE As part of a broader renovation within a 430,000sf 1970 building that included renovations to the Office of the President’s Suite, CDA designed a new office suite for the human resources department at a private philanthropic boarding school. Using a palette of walnut and white marble combined with new visually restrained…
KING MANSION RENOVATIONSK&W ENGINEERS OFFICES CDA led the design of the second-floor renovations to the 1925 Horace B. King Mansion to house new offices for K&W Engineers, a site/civil design firm. The picturesque Mediterranean-style building commands striking views of the Susquehanna River to the west and is clad in Indiana limestone and red roof tiles.…
THE CHOCOLATIER11 EAST CHOCOLATE AVENUE The existing building at 11 East Chocolate Avenue sits at the head of Cocoa Avenue and dates to 1963. Built as the Hershey Estates Office Building, it initially housed the Hershey Drug Store on the 1st floor and corporate offices on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Our client pursued a…
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITYCUNNINGHAM CENTER FOR MUSIC & ART REHEARSAL ROOM RENOVATIONS The Cunningham Center for Music & Art building dates to 1957 and is a hub of activity for the 150-year-old Susquehanna University Department of Music. The original wood truss roof system above the heavily used main rehearsal room began to fail and push the south…
