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CBP Architects

Through collaboration, creativity, and compassion, we design buildings that make a difference.

Cecil Baker + Partners is an architecture firm dedicated to creating buildings and sites that bring people in touch with culture, community and nature.

09/04/2026

We’re proud to announce that managing partner Nancy Bastian has been selected as the 2026 John Frederick Harbeson Award Recipient!

This honor is presented annually to a long-standing member of the architectural community for their significant contributions to the profession and to the Philadelphia community throughout their lifetime.

Nancy has devoted the last thirty years of her career to advancing her firm’s affordable housing practice; designing quality spaces for families, seniors, people with disabilities, and those in recovery. She has also contributed to numerous professional organizations advocating for housing in the Philadelphia region and beyond. We are immensely proud of Nancy.

To read more about this award and her achievements, click on the link in our bio.

08/28/2026

CBP Architects was pleased to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Barry R. Sharer Pavilion yesterday!

Work has begun on this project, which will feature 42 units of affordable housing and a first-floor medical suite. Once integrated into its larger campus, the Pavilion will help support Woods Services clients with behavioral health complexities, autism, and developmental disabilities. Completion is expected in Summer 2027.

We are excited to see construction on this project underway and are grateful to the many supporters, advocates, and representatives who made it possible!

08/07/2026

CBP Architects recently welcomed Berke Meder to our firm!

After earning his B.Arch and M.Arch in Turkey, Berke won a national competition, co-founded a firm in Istanbul, and led a winning municipal streetscape commission from design through documentation. Since joining CBP in 2026, he has leveraged his abundance of design experience to contribute to the firm's affordable housing work.

Outside the office, Berke lives in South Philadelphia and enjoys playing basketball, table tennis, and chess.

08/05/2026

CBP Architects recently welcomed Kartini Divya to our firm!

Kartini joined CBP Architects in 2026 after a decade of experience across healthcare, commercial, and residential projects. Growing up in Bangalore, she studied art and science, which inspired her to pursue a career in architecture and become a licensed architect in India. She serves the AIA Philadelphia Committee on the Environment and has taught design fundamentals to middle school students.

Outside the office, Kartini enjoys traveling, hiking, and playing in an all-percussion band in the City.

07/30/2026

CBP Architects recently welcomed David Owe back to our firm! After interning last summer, David joined CBP full-time in 2026 and has since supported the firm’s affordable housing projects.

Born in Lagos, David was inspired by Nigeria’s culture of extended families designing their own homes. He combines his design skills with an interest in the social, environmental, and real estate forces that shape multifamily housing. In his free time, David enjoys traveling, playing soccer, painting, and 3D printing. He is currently involved with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA).

07/22/2026

Project HOME and the Hub of Hope are urgently looking for donations of Men’s Clothing!

The recent heat and humidity in Philadelphia have taken a toll on the resources of city shelters. Clothing, undergarments, socks, sneakers, and other items are needed, and donations are to be delivered to 1515 Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia. Please see the flyer at the end of this post for more information. Thank you for your support!

07/20/2026

At Reverend James Moore Sr. Triangle Village, the brick and vinyl façade complements the neighborhood's existing character while connecting with surrounding development.

“I see this community continuing to change. I see more gentrification. . . That’s why I work as hard as I do — to make sure that folk are able to stay in the community.”– Reverend James Moore Sr.

'There is a particular kind of patience required to build affordable housing in Philadelphia. Not the passive kind — not waiting, not hoping — but the active, grinding, get-back-up-and-try-again kind. In the Mantua neighborhood of West Philadelphia, this patience runs through the Second Mount Zion Baptist Church, and the people who decided that the neighborhood they loved was worth the long haul.' – Sixty Years of Showing Up - see link in bio for full story.

07/15/2026

Reverend James Moore Sr. Triangle Village provides much-needed affordable senior housing in Philadelphia's Mantua neighborhood. The project was financed using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) via the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA). Phase One of the two-phase project involved a three-story building with 40 one-bedroom apartments designed to support aging in place.

Triangle Village was designed to Passive House standards and has earned Enterprise Green Communities Certification Plus and WELL Certification from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). It is pending certification from the Passive House Institute (PHI).

06/12/2026

CBP Architects Architectural Intern Ryan Sharples was awarded Second Place in the 2026 “Design With Light” Student design competition!

Organized by the Philadelphia chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), this annual award raises awareness of the lighting design profession within the student community. Ryan and the other winners were honored Thursday, June 11 at The Philaments Awards, at The Franklin Institute.

This year’s brief required students to develop a custom tabletop luminaire, exploring the interplay between light and materiality and its experiential impact.

Sharples’ winning design “Vicinage” offers opportunities for soft emerging light to capture and invite inquiry through its larger solid mass and series of reveals. The luminaire’s accentuating changes in patterns, finishes, forms, and transparency tell a story about the relationship between neighbors, and how light bridges divides between spaces.

06/11/2026

We are excited to share that Meadowbrook Apartments has closed on financing! Construction will soon begin on this new four-story, 42-unit affordable housing project in Langhorne, PA, on the campus of Woods Services; a nonprofit providing care for people with behavioral health complexities, autism, and developmental disabilities.

In addition to providing a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom dwelling units, several are planned to be set aside for Woods Services clients. A first-floor medical suite will offer enhanced health and wellness services to the existing campus with which Meadowbrook Apartments will be integrated.

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