Updates

October 6, 2011

The Philadelphia Inquirer covered the recent installation of enormous glass panels specially fabricated in Germany at the Michener Museum’s Putman Pavilion. Wide glass panels being added to Michener Museum’s new Putman Event Pavilion By Bill Reed, Inquirer Staff Writer The James A.

October 1, 2011

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…

August 22, 2011

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…

July 30, 2011

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…

June 1, 2011

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. As stated in the guiding principles, the purpose and function of…

April 29, 2011

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…

April 11, 2011

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.

March 1, 2011

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. Living in a forest: A pine romance by Lucie Young ‘It is not unusual to sit in the…

January 12, 2011

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. The Belles Townhomes, located in the Presidio National Park in San Francisco, are the first multifamily homes in San Francisco…

January 7, 2011

The September 24, 2010 issue of the Yale Herald reflects on the history of Morse College, designed by Eero Saarinen, and what it means to bring the buildings into the present day. Morse, Modernism, and Fifty Years of Yale By Hannah Kieschnick Morse…