Updates

March 20, 2026

As lead design architect, we have been working toward this moment for three years. The 23-story tower will rise 276 feet above Berkeley’s Southside neighborhood, making it the tallest building in the city.

March 10, 2026

Philadelphia Magazine and eight of the city’s smartest urban thinkers have ideas on what our “most beleaguered corridor” should look like. Editors invited Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake to contribute to “How to Save Market East (For Real This Time)” for the March 2026 issue.

January 12, 2026

In KT’s first meeting of the year, Principal Brendan Miller outlined the scope of renewal at our fifth undergraduate River House project for Harvard University, which is currently under construction. We are helping the university reimagine this beloved undergraduate residence for greater accessibility…

November 10, 2025

Thank you to writer Leopoldo Villardi and the staff at Architectural Record for including Carnegie Mellon University’s Alan Magee Scaife Hall of Engineering in your Colleges & Universities issue.

August 27, 2025

Building Performance Researcher Surya Prabhakaran was interviewed by Weitzman News along with UPenn Weitzman School of Design’s Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner and the Andrew Gordon Professor of Architecture and director of the Center for Environmental Building Design Bill Braham for its series The Making…

August 20, 2025

This summer, KieranTimberlake hosted six students from across the country to work alongside our staff on various architectural and research projects. Students gain more than experience—they join a creative journey that sparks new ways of thinking and expands what’s possible in architectural design. The internship invites students to stretch their…

June 13, 2025

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs on their future home at the historic Music Hall. The proposed renewal will adapt and expand the 1878 space for current academic needs while honoring its…

June 5, 2025

On May 29, KieranTimberlake hosted an evening of art and conversation in celebration of The Bottling House’s newest exhibition, Sidewalk Meditations from Powelton Village, featuring ceramic mosaics by Philadelphia artist Jennifer Johnson. In a panel discussion moderated by Penn Professor William W. Braham,…

May 20, 2025

Principal Jon McCandlish, Associate Ryan Wall, and designer Karen Vankovich gave a tour of 2300 Market to fellow University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design alumni before the life sciences research building opens to the public later this year.

May 19, 2025

On May 16, Founding Principals Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake were awarded the 2025 Dean’s Medal from the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning in recognition of their contributions to the field and the betterment of the world. Stephen and James also delivered…