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The Center purchased and renovated a physical space on the ground floor of the [[Smyth Young Field Company Building]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaphiladelphia.org/news/congratulations-your-new-home-center-architecture|title=Congratulations on your new home: The Center for Architecture|website=AIA Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> The building, at 1218 Arch Street, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nrhp nom">{{cite web|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/CRGIS_Attachments/SiteResource/H052754_01H.pdf|title=Young, Smyth, Field Company Building|last1=McVarish|first1=Douglas C.|date=1992|website=Pennsylvania CGRIS|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref> Once its new home opened in May 2008 with a full-time staff member, the Center expanded its offerings to include walking tours, speaker series, workshops, film screenings, design competitions, exhibitions, children's programs, and a gift shop. The gift shop, the already established AIA Bookstore founded in 1976 by AIA Philadelphia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaphiladelphia.org/1970-1989|title=History: 1970 - 1989|website=AIA Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> moved into the Center from its Rittenhouse Square ___location upon the Center's 2008 opening.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/4512-aia-philly-opens-a-center-for-architecture?v=preview|title=AIA Philly Opens a Center for Architecture|website=Architectural Record|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

In 2013, the Center acquired the DesignPhiladelphia festival, which had been founded independently in 2005<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiacfa.org/2013/06/hilary-jay-named-director-of-philadelphia-center-for-architecture|title=Hilary Jay Named Director of Philadelphia Center for Architecture|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>. In 2016, to better reflect its now expanded programmatic focus, the Center changed its name from the Philadelphia Center for Architecture to the Center for Architecture and Design, along with a rebranding initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiacfa.org/looking-back-pushing-forward-inside-exhibit-design-process|title=Looking Back {{!}} Pushing Forward: Inside the Exhibit Design Process|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> At the same time, their facilities were renovated to allow further expansion of their programs and exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiacfa.org/events/center-closed-renovations|title=Center CLOSEDClosed for Renovations|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> In 2018 the walking tour program, which launched when the Center opened in 2008, was transferred to the [http://preservationalliance.com/ Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiacfa.org/architecture-tours|title=Architecture Tours|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> Also in 2018, the AIA Bookstore, formerly located at the front of the Center, closed permanently.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaphiladelphia.org/news/love-aia-philadelphia-bookstore|title=With Love, From the AIA Philadelphia Bookstore|website=AIA Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

==Programs==

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*'''Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Awards + Talk''', honoring an accomplished urban planner (annually in winter)<ref name="Bacon">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/edmund-n-bacon-prize-lecture|title=Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Awards + Talk|website=Center for Architecture and Design|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/ed-bacon-iconic-urbanist-now-inspiring-farms|title=Ed Bacon: Iconic Urbanist Now Inspiring Farms|website=NextCity|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

*'''Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award + Talk''', honoring and accomplished architect (annually in spring)<ref name="Kahn" />

*'''Park(ing) Day PHL''', a one-day festival in which on-street parking spots become mini public parks (3rd Friday each September)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiacfa.org/ParkingDay|title=PARK(ing) Day PHL|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref name="parking">{{cite web|url=http://www.parkingdayphila.org/about|title=About PARKPark(ing) DAYDay|website=PARKPark(ing) DAYDay PHL|accessdate=2019-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619220946/http://www.parkingdayphila.org/about|archive-date=2017-06-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*'''READRead + MAKEMake''' and '''DESIGNDesign + BUILDBuild''', hands-on workshops to introduce families to architecture and design (year-round)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiacfa.org/FamilyWorkshops|title=Design Workshops for Families|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

*'''Spooktacular''', a Halloween experience for families produced by young architects and students from the Charter High School for Architecture + Design (annually in October)<ref name="Spooktacular">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/Spooktacular|title=Spooktacular|website=Center for Architecture and Design|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref>