Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP

Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP Philadelphia's oldest woman-owned architecture firm, embodying innovation in the context of tradition

Voith & Mactavish Architects is an architecture, preservation, planning, landscape, and interiors firm providing design services for a variety of institutional clients. Since establishing our practice over a handshake on a Schuylkill railroad bridge in late October of 1988, our overarching interest in context, tradition, beauty and the innovations that can occur within these paradigms, has remained unchanged.

This was a wonderful collaboration with terrific clients, the very talented landscape architect, Victoria Steiger, and H...
04/08/2026

This was a wonderful collaboration with terrific clients, the very talented landscape architect, Victoria Steiger, and Hollowell Construction. We converted a mid 19th century bank barn into a gracious house, full of charm and wonder.

Built for Orville Bullit in 1925 and designed by Mellor, Meigs & Howe, one of VMA’s first projects was to renovate and m...
04/07/2026

Built for Orville Bullit in 1925 and designed by Mellor, Meigs & Howe, one of VMA’s first projects was to renovate and make major additions to this stunning house and garden. It is now the manor house of Karamor Vineyards. The outdoor rooms are as important as the indoor ones.

Women making history: Daniela Holt Voith & Sennah Loftus the majority partners of VMA leading the longest continuously o...
03/30/2026

Women making history: Daniela Holt Voith & Sennah Loftus the majority partners of VMA leading the longest continuously operating women owned architecture firm in Philadelphia (and possibly Pennsylvania). Swipe for the full leadership team - which includes more women: Kim Wajda, Isabella Bartenstein, and Nina Voith!

Philadelphia Youth Basketball’s Sixth Man Center - whose mission is to empower disadvantaged youth through teaching lead...
03/30/2026

Philadelphia Youth Basketball’s Sixth Man Center - whose mission is to empower disadvantaged youth through teaching leadership, financial literacy, academic skills, and basketball. They also offer counseling, mindfulness, and on the job training. Our future March Madness star start here!

All the brackets are in, March Madness is in full swing, so we are looking back to one of our favorite places to play ba...
03/23/2026

All the brackets are in, March Madness is in full swing, so we are looking back to one of our favorite places to play basketball: The Sipprelle Field House at St. Andrew’s School, which we designed some 15 years ago. This building was constructed to LEED Platinum standards!

VMA is happy to announce that John Cluver, Senior Partner and Director of Preservation, has been elevated to a Fellow of...
03/20/2026

VMA is happy to announce that John Cluver, Senior Partner and Director of Preservation, has been elevated to a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects! He will be inducted at the National AIA Convention in June. Please join us in congratulating John.

09/11/2023
At the grand opening of the Business Innovation Building at Lehigh University, visitors were particularly impressed by t...
03/13/2023

At the grand opening of the Business Innovation Building at Lehigh University, visitors were particularly impressed by the classroom in the round, one of many unique learning spaces in the building. Its curved screens allow for a greater variety of presentation techniques, including "town hall" meetings.

Last week, we joined the Lehigh University community to celebrate the grand opening of the Business Innovation Building!...
03/07/2023

Last week, we joined the Lehigh University community to celebrate the grand opening of the Business Innovation Building! Georgette Philips, the Kevin L. and Lisa A. Clayton Dean of the College of Business, put it best: “Putting the students first drove the building. This building had to be all about learning.”



Moldings: Haws Memorial ChapelA stained-glass rose window, which had long slept in storage, was exhumed, restored, and i...
02/26/2023

Moldings: Haws Memorial Chapel

A stained-glass rose window, which had long slept in storage, was exhumed, restored, and installed in the east well gable.

Porticos: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New JerseyOur restoration of this 46, 500 sf residence hall include...
02/23/2023

Porticos: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey

Our restoration of this 46, 500 sf residence hall includes the replacement of the original doors with accessible replicas.

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Fireplaces: Blue Bell BarnVMA converted this early 19th-century bank barn into a main residence. It originally featured ...
02/21/2023

Fireplaces: Blue Bell Barn

VMA converted this early 19th-century bank barn into a main residence. It originally featured a paddock that we transformed into an intimate garden with terraces, an exterior fireplace, and a hot tub.

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Philadelphia, PA
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