<p>Working with Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, Ballinger is the associate architect for the Barnes Foundation's new Art Education Building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The two story, 93,000 SF building, with an additional level below grade, will house the Foundation’s noteworthy art collection to be displayed in 12,000 SF of exhibition space that replicates the scale, proportion and configuration of the original galleries in Merion, Pennsylvania. The galleries will include a classroom on each floor to facilitate teaching, as well as an internal garden. The building will also include classrooms, a 150-seat auditorium, a cafe with a courtyard for outdoor dining, and a gift shop. The building is anticipated to achieve LEED Platinum status. </p>