Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies

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Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies (KBAS) is a design and architecture firm founded in 2002 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Its principals are Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman. Among the firm's completed projects are large-scale memorials such as the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia,{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Miroff |title=Creating a Place Like No Other |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091000018.html |work=The Washington Post |date=2008-09-11 |accessdate=2008-09-11 |archive-date=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820073745/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091000018.html |url-status=live }} and business-sized workspaces such as Studio 34: Yoga | Healing | Arts, a {{convert|5000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} yoga-and-arts studio in Philadelphia.{{cite web | url=http://studio34yoga.com/events.php | title=Past Events at Studio 34: Yoga Healing Arts in West Philadelphia | accessdate=2008-09-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907085427/http://studio34yoga.com/events.php | archive-date=2008-09-07 | url-status=dead }}

In 2006, KBAS was named by the Architectural League of New York as a winner of the Young Architects competition for projects in the theme Instability.{{Cite web |url=http://archleague.org/2006/04/2006-young-architects-forum-instability/ |title=2006 Young Architects Forum |access-date=2014-01-27 |archive-date=2014-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225211236/http://archleague.org/2006/04/2006-young-architects-forum-instability/ |url-status=live }}

In 2011, the American Council of Engineering Companies awarded the firm their National Honor Award. That year, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America awarded KBAS a Philament Award, and McGraw-Hill Construction selected them for Project of the Year in park/side/landscaping. That same year, the Design-Build Institute of America awarded KBAS their Design-Build Excellence Award.{{cite news | newspaper=The News Sentinel | title=UT taps UPenn lecturer, architect as director of student services | date=10 January 2014 | url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2014/jan/10/ut-taps-upenn-lecturer-architect-as-director-of/?print=1}}

In 2012, the American Institute of Architects awarded KBAS a National Medal of Service (a gold medallion) at their Architects of Healing ceremony, which honored architects involved in 9/11 memorials and rebuilding efforts.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aia.org/conferences/architects-of-healing/index.htm |title=The Architects of Healing |access-date=2014-01-27 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201211441/http://www.aia.org/conferences/architects-of-healing/index.htm |url-status=live }}

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