Architects join: JacobsWyper adds SaylorGregg

Architects Peter Saylor and Bill Gregg, whose firm SaylorGregg (formerly DagitSaylor) designed the new Karabots Pavilion at the Franklin Institute and other museum, performance, cafeteria and dorm projects for clients including Penn, Swarthmore, UVa and Cornell, have combined with JacobsWyper Archtects to form a single firm, with SaylorGregg operating as a "cell" within JacobsWyper's offices at 1232 Chancellor St., the firms said in a joint statement.

The combination "enables us to compete for larger projects," cofounder Jamie Wyper said in a statement. He and partner Terry Jacobs count drugmakers Novartis, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca; Amtrak and Wawa; and colleges including Princeton, Penn and Swarthmore as clients, as well as LEED projects for clients including the City of Philadelphia. Together the firms employ 32.