Scheduled for completion in 2018, the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics represents Penn Arts and Sciences’ most ambitious capital project in support of the social sciences in decades. Designed by KPMB Architects, the project will restore the historically significant West Philadelphia Trust Building at 36th and Walnut Streets and marry it with a contemporary addition.

We think the presence of all those undergraduate students in political science and economics will bring a wonderful animation to Walnut Street.

—Shirley Blumberg

KPMB Architects

A Building that Blends Old and New