KieranTimberlake was deeply honored last Thursday evening to receive five AIA Philadelphia Awards for Design Excellence. The honors included a Divine Detail and an Honor Award for the Sidwell Friends School Meeting House.  

Jury comments

“The jury was captivated by the many and varied ways light was introduced into the space, and the gentleness and warmth it imparts to the emotional magic within.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer covered the recent installation of enormous glass panels specially fabricated in Germany at the Michener Museum's Putman Pavilion.

Architecture Week published an excerpt from our monograph titled Inquiry, authored by Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake, and Karl Wallick, about the philosophy of continual “tuning,” or making adjustments, in design practice. The practice of monitoring, both pre-project and post-occupancy, emerges from the belief that architecture is in need of constant adjustment and should never become static.

Tuning a Building at KieranTimberlake 
by Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake, and Karl Wallick 
 
At KieranTimberlake, we frequently conduct postoccupancy building monitoring to verify the performance of our buildings. Preproject monitoring services are used to diagnose and treat existing buildings.  
 
A monitoring program preceded renovation work at Yale University's Sage Bowers Hall, a 1920s-era classroom and office building. The study compared existing uninsulated construction with mock-ups that added new insulation and energy-efficient window assemblies.  
 
We sought data to answer the following questions: How much energy is lost through the wall? Is the dew point reached in the modified or unmodified wall assemblies? Does the indoor ambient room temperature exceed thermal comfort levels? How does the modified window compare to the unmodified window in keeping the room comfortable?  
 
Data from this project may inform other renovation projects on the campus. Given current and emerging energy paradigms, it is no longer tenable to compensate for underperforming solid masonry walls and single-glazed windows by overheating.  
 
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The Charlotte Business Journal announced today the opening of UNC Charlotte's Center City Building, which will house the MBA program as well as masters programs in urban design and health administration.  
 
UNC Charlotte Center City complex makes debut 
 
UNC Charlotte opened its new Center City building Monday, with the school describing the move as a historic step in strengthening its ties to Charlotte's business community. 
 
The 11-story, $50.4 million academic building at the corner of Ninth and Brevard streets provides the university with a space that will allow programming “tailored to the nearby business and residential community and the rest of Charlotte,” UNCC says in a written statement.

KieranTimberlake consulted a number of glazing suppliers from around the world during the design of the all-glass Putman Pavilion. Our selection criteria were stringent; the supplier needed to have the expertise to fabricate and deliver what may be the tallest insulated glazing units in North America. We selected the German company Roschmann Group for the project, which included both design scope assistance and procurement services.

A recent publication by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Building Operations features the London embassy as an exemplar of a new paradigm for embassy design that emphasizes the role of architecture in diplomacy.

James Timberlake is serving as the international member of HOME New Zealand magazine's Home of the Year jury, alongside New Zealand judges Patrick Clifford of Architectus and Jeremy Hansen, Editor of HOME.  
 
In anticipation of his visit to New Zealand, James spoke with Clare McCall of the New Zealand Herald about KieranTimberlake's work with the Make It Right foundation to design housing to rebuild New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward following Hurricane Katrina. 
 
He also spoke about rebuilding in Christchurch after the severe earthquake of February 2011—and the mandate to rebuild for environmental sustainability—via radio broadcast on Afternoons with Jim Mora at Radio New Zealand.  
 
Read more about our work in New Orleans.

What's involved in moving highly sensitive scientific equipment into the new Brockman Hall for Physics? Rice University released a video detailing the complex process of transporting a giant 6,000-pound laser table and situating it in the new underground space.

British publication The Telegraph featured Loblolly House recently, including an interview with Partner Stephen Kieran and his wife Barbara, who are the home's owners.

KieranTimberlake's KTLH 1.5 and Belles Townhomes, created with developer LivingHomes, appeared in a list of 19 Stunning Platinum Projects of 2010 on Jetson Green.