KieranTimberlake

KieranTimberlake is an American architecture firm founded by Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake in Philadelphia. The firm espouses a philosophy of sustainable design, collaborative design, and in-depth research. They have also shown an interest in prefabrication, new technologies and integrating architecture with the actual activities to take place in the buildings they design, especially using "teaching" design elements in schools. Their interest in productions and craft led them to team up with DuPont to develop Smartwrap, a laminated polymer film that can support thin interstitial films, including photovoltaics, OLEDs, polarizing or UV screens, etc.

History

James Timberlake and Stephen Kieran met at the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, joining Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates, before receiving Rome Prizes separately and finally founding their practice in 1984.[1] The firm maintained itself as a noted sustainable design firm for many years, building a reputation for attention to detail and consistency. The partners were awarded the inaugural Latrobe Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects in 2001.

KieranTimberlake received more attention after the publication of Refabricating Architecture, a book that explains and argues for the prefabrication of buildings using Building Information Modeling and close coordination of architects and contractors. Timberlake and Kieran argue that offsite production of buildings would be less expensive, more sustainable, and offer tolerances and techniques not possible in on-site construction. They also insist that mass-customization, as they call it, is the proper extension of the ideas expressed by Le Corbusier and other early modernists, who sought to develop inexpensive and easily built housing. Consequently, the book emulates the format and style of Toward an Architecture.

Work
Sculpture Building and School of Art Gallery, Yale University
Brown University Engineering Research Center (2017)
Noyes Community Recreation Center, Cornell University (2006)

Awards
  • Rice University Physics Lab, Institute Honor Awards Recognize Excellence in Architecture, American Institute of Architects, 2015
  • The Quaker Meeting House and Arts Center at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, Institute Honor Awards in Architecture, American Institute of Architects, 2014
  • Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, Yale University, Institute Honor Awards Recognize Excellence in Architecture, American Institute of Architects, 2013
  • Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture 2010
  • AIA Architecture Firm Award, 2008.[1]
  • Special NO 9 House, Make It Right Foundation, Top Ten Green Award, Committee on the Environment (COTE), American Institute of Architects, 2010
  • West Campus Residential Initiative, Cornell University, Citation, Committee on Architecture for Education, American Institute of Architects, 2009
  • Sculpture Building and School of Art Gallery, Yale University, Award for Excellence, Committee on Architecture for Education, American Institute of Architects, 2009
  • Yale University Sculpture Building and Gallery, Top Ten Green Award, Committee on the Environment (COTE), American Institute of Architects, 2008
  • Loblolly House, Institute Honor Award for Architecture, American Institute of Architects, 2008
  • Sidwell Friends School, Award for Excellence, Committee on Architecture for Education, American Institute of Architects, 2007
  • Sidwell Friends Middle School, Top Ten Green Award, Committee on the Environment (COTE), American Institute of Architects, 2007
  • Yale University, Pierson and Davenport College, Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture, American Institute of Architects, 2007

Notes
  1. http://www.aia.org/press2_template.cfm?pagename=release_121307_firmaward
  2. Stacey, Kevin (20 October 2017). "Let the move-in begin: Engineering Research Center opens its doors". Brown University. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. "Brown University, Engineering Research Center". BuroHappold Engineering. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. Kennicott, Philip (2010-02-24). "KieranTimberlake to design new U.S. Embassy in London". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  5. Loblolly House Forbes
  6. "KieranTimberlake Firm Award". Architecture Week. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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