May 19, 2025

Dean's Medal Awarded to Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake

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 an address to graduates at the School's 53rd Commencement.

Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake were awarded the Dean's Medal at the UB School of Architecture and Planning's 53rd Commencement.
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June 10, 2024

KieranTimberlake Earns Three National AIA Design Awards

KieranTimberlake and Davis Brody Bond, A Page Company jointly accepted two national AIA awards for the John A. Paulson Center. Left to Right: Principal Jon McCandlish, Partner Richard Maimon, Principal Carl Krebs of DBB, Principal Fátima Olivieri-Goosenberg, Principals Mayine Lynn Yu and Daisy Houang of DBB, and Principal Cooper G. Schilling.

KieranTimberlake projects earned three 2024 Design Awards at last week's AIA Conference: 

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January 03, 2024

2023 Awards Round-Up

In 2023, KieranTimberlake's projects continued to earn international acclaim. Each award recognizes our team's dedication to thoughtful architecture integrated to site, program, and people.

The East End Transformation replaced a vehicle-centric site, long dominated by roadways and surface parking lots, with new campus landscape and buildings, establishing a welcoming pedestrian-focused entrance to the historic Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. © Washington University in St. Louis
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January 31, 2023

East End Transformation Receives AIA Regional & Urban Design Award

The East End Transformation replaced a vehicle-centric site, long dominated by roadways and surface parking lots, with new campus landscape and buildings, establishing a welcoming pedestrian-focused entrance to the historic Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
© James Ewing/JBSA

The East End Transformation at Washington University in St. Louis has earned a 2023 Regional & Urban Design Award from the American Institute of Architects.  
 
It is one of the most significant design awards for recognizing excellence in urban design, regional and city planning, and community development. 
 
"On behalf of the full consultant team and our client, Washington University in St. Louis, KieranTimberlake, along with our partners BNIM, Tao+Lee Associates, Moore Ruble Yudell, Mackey Mitchel, Perkins Eastman, Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, and Schulze and Grassov, is honored to receive this recognition from the American Institute of Architects for the East End Transformation project," remarked partner James Timberlake. 
 
"The mandate and vision to provide for a sustainable future through a 'new front threshold,' connecting Forest Park to the historic campus and incorporating five new structures, is a once-in-a-century opportunity."

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January 04, 2023

2022 Awards Round-Up

In 2022, KieranTimberlake's projects continued to earn international acclaim. Each award recognizes our team's dedication to thoughtful architecture integrated to site, program, and people.

The Embassy's crystalline facade is the product of its external shading system and internal glazed curtain wall. The shading system reduces glare while admitting daylight and framing large open-view portals to the outside. | ©Richard Bryant
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February 15, 2022

US Embassy in London Receives AIA Architecture Award

The design of the US Embassy in London represents a holistic fusion of urbanism, architecture, and landscape. Photo © Richard Bryant

The American Institute of Architects has selected KieranTimberlake's US Embassy in London as a recipient of the 2022 Architecture Award, one of the most significant design awards for completed works of architecture.  
 
“On behalf of the full consultant team and our client, the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations of the US Department of State, KieranTimberlake is honored to receive this recognition. In designing the new Embassy in London, we endeavored to set a new paradigm for the architecture of diplomacy. The building creates an environment for diplomacy by becoming a diplomat of the environment and establishing a special place within London representing the values of the United States of America,” remarked partner James Timberlake.

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January 24, 2022

2021 Awards Round-Up

In 2021 KieranTimberlake's projects were honored in award ceremonies across the country. Each award recognizes our team's dedication to thoughtful architecture integrated to site, program, and people. See the award-winning projects—including Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake's Award of Distinction from AIA Pennsylvania—below.

Founding partners Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake received the 35th Louis I. Kahn Award from the Center for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia. Left to right: William McDowell III, Rebecca Johnson, Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake, and Richard I Davies, Esq.⁠ ©Flicker + Elm
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October 14, 2021

Weil Hall receives Honorable Mention at AIA Central States

Weil Hall brings the disciplines of art, design, and architecture together in a shared environment and strengthens the Sam Fox School's identity as a leader in education, innovative research, and creative practice. | Photo © James Ewing/JBSA

AIA Central States has recognized Anabeth and John Weil Hall, part of Washington University in St. Louis' East End Transformation and home of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, with an honorable mention award at the 2021 AIA Central States Region Excellence in Design Awards.  
 
Jury comments noted the building's internal connections and light-filled spaces, "it is a study in translucency and light. It is thoughtful and articulate, full of connections," as well as the precision of the project, "there is no part of the space that is overlooked.”

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December 30, 2020

2020 Awards Round-Up

The AIA Virginia recognized the Foreign Affairs Services Training Center in Virginia with a 2020 Excellence in Architecture Award. © Tim Griffith

In 2020, KieranTimberlake received awards recognizing the firm and its projects. Each of these awards recognizes how we balance analysis with intuition to create innovative architecture. We are proud of our team and grateful to our clients and collaborators for these achievements.  
 

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