Updates

May 11, 2015

Inspired by our book on Loblolly House, clients in California asked us to design an off-site fabricated home uniquely tuned to their steeply sloped site in the mountains of Mendocino County. The clients, a physician and a Silicon Valley electrical engineer turned artist, envisioned the home as a…

May 8, 2015

Architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski describes the new KieranTimberlake studio as a “model of 21st century office space” in an article in Architect magazine. Rybczynski visited the office in April and interviewed founding partner Stephen Kieran and researcher Roderick Bates. Rybczynski says the new…

May 6, 2015

A recent public meeting on the new design for LOVE Park included the announcement by Philadelphia’s Parks & Recreation department, Hargreaves Associates, and KieranTimberlake that the renovated park will retain the iconic Welcome Center beloved by many Philadelphians. The round, mid-century modern building was designed in the late…

April 6, 2015

Architectural Record recently featured Pound Ridge House on its list of Record Houses for 2015. The list includes eight residential projects that “push the limits of spatial concepts and materiality or refine the existing vocabulary in imaginative ways”—including examples from Los Angeles, Tokyo, Marbella, and elsewhere.

March 27, 2015

Susan Richardson of NewsWorks/WHYY recently visited KieranTimberlake’s new workspace inside the former bottling plant of the Henry F. Ortlieb brewery in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia. In her blog titled Human at Work, she discusses the ways in which the renovated plant adapts to the needs of workers,…

March 2, 2015

Last winter, KieranTimberlake team members installed 150 temperature sensors at Richardson Memorial Hall, Tulane University’s School of Architecture. Over the summer, the sensor platform was reactivated and augmented with the addition of relative humidity sensors. We initiated the summer monitoring to answer two primary questions: How comfortable is…

February 20, 2015

Architect magazine recently featured KieranTimberlake in an article about the fusion of design and research at select top firms—including the embedding of new specialized roles like computational designers and materials and sustainability experts among designers. KieranTimberlake, Perkins+Will, and The Living are three firms profiled for integrating…

February 2, 2015

The Quaker Meeting House and Arts Center at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, has been rated LEED® Platinum—the highest level of environmental certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The building represents a maximum reuse of existing resources, transforming a large former gymnasium built in the…

January 21, 2015

Our Philadelphia-based firm of nearly 100 professionals is growing. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for a diversity of roles, including Architect, Digital Resources Librarian, Environmental Researcher, and Building Performance Specialist. Please see our Employment page for more information about these positions and details on submitting your application.

January 16, 2015

By Lea Oxenhandler In 2013, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission announced the closure of 23 public schools. As part of an initiative to offer community-focused pro bono architectural services, KieranTimberlake worked with the Community Design Collaborative, a local nonprofit, to address the pressing issue of these…