Echelon Seaport held its ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday, June 13, with several members of the KPF team in attendance. The event gathered governmental, design, and construction professionals to celebrate the future of Boston’s seaport district as a cultural and residential destination.

During the first week of June, Principal Forth Bagley moderated a discussion and participated in a panel at the 2017 ULI Asia Pacific Summit. Hosted in Singapore, the event brought together “over 500 decision makers from all sectors of the real estate industry to discuss ideas and best practices, as well as make new connections and strengthen relationships.”

KPF is pleased to announce three recipients of the 2017 KPF Traveling Fellowship: Jocelyn Sivakorn Arnold from The Architectural Association, Justin Foo from Cornell University, and Jane Jia Weng from Yale University.

On May 30, 2017, KPF President Jamie von Klemperer was appointed to the President of the Board of the Urban Design Forum, effective immediately. Von Klemperer became a Fellow of the membership organization in 2006, having served on its Board of Directors since 2015. He follows in the footsteps of Hugh Hardy, who passed away in March of this year and served as Board President from 2015-2017.

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, has received an 2017 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. 

KPF has announced three recipients of the 2017 Paul Katz/KPF Scholars Fellowships, hailing from architecture programs on the East Coast.