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KieranTimberlake is an American architecture firm founded by Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake in Philadelphia. The firm espouses a philosophy of sustainable design, collaborative design, and in-depth research. They have also shown an interest in prefabrication, new technologies and integrating architecture with the actual activities to take place in the buildings they design, especially using "teaching" design elements in schools. Their interest in productions and craft led them to team up with DuPont to develop Smartwrap, a laminated polymer film that can support thin interstitial films, including photovoltaics, OLEDs, polarizing or UV screens, etc.

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History

James Timberlake and Stephen Kieran met at the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, joining Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates, before receiving Rome Prizes separately and finally founding their practice in 1984. [1] The firm maintained itself as a noted sustainable design firm for many years, building a reputation for attention to detail and consistency. The partners were awarded the inaugural Latrobe Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects in 2001.

KieranTimberlake received more attention after the publication of Refabricating Architecture , a book that explains and argues for the prefabrication of buildings using Building Information Modeling and close coordination of architects and contractors. Timberlake and Kieran argue that offsite production of buildings would be less expensive, more sustainable, and offer tolerances and techniques not possible in on-site construction. They also insist that mass-customization, as they call it, is the proper extension of the ideas expressed by Le Corbusier and other early modernists, who sought to develop inexpensive and easily built housing. Consequently, the book emulates the format and style of Toward an Architecture .

Research and development

KieranTimberlake has actively pursued research of new architectural materials, processes, assemblies, and products, as well as develop tools to help quantify their research. They are known for helping to develop Tally, a software plugin application that allows architects and engineers working in Revit software to quantify the environmental impact of building materials for whole building analysis as well as comparative analyses of design options. Tally was a joint development project alongside Building Transparency, thinkstep, and Autodesk and was launched at the Greenbuild conference in November 2013, where it captured the attention of AEC professionals who are seeking an integrated and intuitive tool for understanding the environmental impact of materials of new buildings. [2]

Work

Sculpture Building and School of Art Gallery, Yale University Yale Sculpture Building 2008.jpg
Sculpture Building and School of Art Gallery, Yale University
Brown University Engineering Research Center (2017) Brown University Engineering Research Center.jpg
Brown University Engineering Research Center (2017)
Noyes Community Recreation Center, Cornell University (2006) Noyes Community Recreation Center, Cornell University.jpg
Noyes Community Recreation Center, Cornell University (2006)

Awards

Notes

  1. 1 2 "KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP Receives 2008 AIA Architecture Firm Award". Archived from the original on 2008-03-13.
  2. ↑ "Press Release: Life Cycle Assessment App for Revit Available Now". kierantimberlake.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  3. ↑ "'Art and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy'". Pentagram. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Stacey, Kevin (20 October 2017). "Let the move-in begin: Engineering Research Center opens its doors". Brown University. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brown University, Engineering Research Center". BuroHappold Engineering. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Kennicott, Philip (2010-02-24). "KieranTimberlake to design new U.S. Embassy in London". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  7. ↑ Loblolly House Forbes
  8. ↑ "KieranTimberlake Firm Award". Architecture Week. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

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