Updates

December 6, 2019

Associate Fátima Olivieri-Martinez was presented with the 2019 Young Architect Award from AIA Philadelphia last night. Each year, the award recognizes a registered architect between the ages of 25 and 39 for remarkable contributions in leadership, practice, and service. Originally from Puerto Rico, Fátima credits time spent in different regions…

November 21, 2019

On September 23, 2019, the Carbon Leadership Forum announced the release of a visionary new tool to evaluate the carbon emissions of building materials during the design process. As the impact of embodied carbon has become more widely recognized, the tool was developed in partnership with more than 30 industry…

November 19, 2019

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our new monograph, titled KieranTimberlake: Fullness, on November 19, 2019. This two-volume set focuses on our work over the past decade–including a range of projects, from the new US Embassy in London, to the renovation of Dilworth Park at…

October 1, 2019

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, how can Puerto Rico become more resilient and serve as an example and an inspiration to other communities? This is the question that prompted Puerto Rico native and KieranTimberlake Associate Fátima Olivieri to travel to the island in June of 2018. Thanks in large…

August 6, 2019

Can architecture improve patient care? That’s the question that led to the collaboration between KieranTimberlake Research and Dr. Bon Ku, an emergency department physician and Director of Jefferson University’s Health Design Lab. Faced with few precedents for how layout affects…

July 5, 2019

KieranTimberlake’s innovative, energy efficient studio was recently cited by Penelope Green in The New York Times article, “Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning?” Green’s story comments on the paradox of overcooled spaces during the summer months, and highlights our passive cooling experiment in which we eschewed air-conditioning for…

June 20, 2019

We’re excited to announce the completion of the first phase of the University of Washington’s North Campus Housing project! Designed in conjunction with landscape architect OLIN, this placemaking initiative connects a previously disjointed university district to the original campus core. In addition to providing much-needed student housing, the three new…

June 14, 2019

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia’s $25 million renovation and expansion campaign was recently highlighted in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Best known as the home of the infamous Mütter Museum and its troves of medical oddities, the College is the oldest medical society in the United States. The…

May 29, 2019

KieranTimberlake’s work on Philadelphia’s iconic Bulletin Building was recently featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Commissioned by the Brandywine Realty Trust, the project reimagines the former headquarters of the now-defunct Evening Bulletin newspaper at 30th and Market Streets in the city’s booming University City neighborhood. Constructed in 1954, the original building…

May 2, 2019

Since 2018, KieranTimberlake has partnered with UNICEF, GerHub, Arc’teryx, The North Face, the University of Pennsylvania, and others to reimagine the traditional Mongolian ger in order to find low-cost, high-value solutions for decreasing coal consumption and improving indoor air quality in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. We began by working…