Johann Mordhorst values the role that systems and structure play in defining architecture that elevates people, place, and materials.

Since joining KieranTimberlake in 2005, Johann has worked on a broad range of project types and scales, including the Yale University Sculpture Building and School of Art Gallery, the first LEED Platinum building in the state of Connecticut, and High Horse Ranch, an off-site fabricated private residence in Northern California.  
 
Johann led the design team for the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC), a hard-skills training facility for U.S. Department of State personnel and members of the foreign affairs community on 1,350 acres in Virginia, as well as the renovation and addition to the historic Folger Shakespeare Library, a national landmark building designed by noted architect Paul Cret in Washington, D.C. He is currently working on the design of the U.S. Embassy in Belgium and the U.S. Mission to the European Union.  
 
Outside of the office, Johann has been a guest critic and presenter at Philadelphia University, Penn State, Virginia Tech, and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. While working toward his Masters, he served as a teaching assistant for Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake's design-research studio and contributor to Alluvium, a book highlighting the studio's seven years in Dhaka, Bangladesh.