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NEW MONOGRAPH RELEASED — KIERANTIMBERLAKE: INQUIRY
Sep 20, 2011 — Philadelphia, PA. KieranTimberlake announces the release of a new monograph, KieranTimberlake: Inquiry, written by Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake, and Karl Wallick and published by Rizzoli. The book is a reflection on the last decade of inquisitive approaches to clients' needs, as well as the needs of the environment, and how that has broadened KieranTimberlake's vision of the relationship between process, craft, and form. This volume offers a glimpse into how the environment, energy, the economics of construction, and processes of collaboration inform KieranTimberlake's practice.

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE RELEASES NEW EBOOK
Jan 11, 2011 — Philadelphia, PA. KieranTimberlake is pleased to announce the release of Cellophane House^™ a new eBook available for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle, Nook, Android, Mac and PC.

Cellophane House^™ chronicles the conception, assembly, display and disassembly of a five-story, off-site fabricated dwelling made of transparent, recyclable materials commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.

Designed by Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake and their architecture firm KieranTimberlake, Cellophane House^™ takes a radically different approach to off-site fabrication, reinventing the way buildings are assembled, what they are made of, and the experience of living in them. It demonstrates an end-of-life strategy that, enabled by an innovative structural frame and variety of connectors, makes disassembly and waste-divergence inherent in the building's construction.

The book contains a detailed discussion of the house and 105 color photographs and illustrations. The iBooks version contains a time-lapse video of the assembly process.

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE WINS 2010 COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD
June 17, 2010 — New York, NY. The Smithsonian Institution, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced the winners and finalists of the 2010 National Design Awards today, which recognize excellence across a variety of disciplines. The Architecture Design Award, which recognizes work in commercial, public or residential architecture, is given to KieranTimberlake.

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE SELECTED TO DESIGN NEW LONDON EMBASSY
February 23, 2010 — London, UK.   The U.S. Department of State announced today that KieranTimberlake has won the design competition for the New London Embassy. In statements given at a press briefing today in London, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, and Acting Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Adam Namm, remarked, "KieranTimberlake's design meets the goal of creating a modern, welcoming, timeless, safe and energy efficient embassy for the 21st century. Their concept most fully satisfied the requirements outlined in the design competition's mission statement. The concept holds the greatest potential for developing a truly iconic embassy and is on the leading edge of sustainable design."

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE PRINCIPAL RICHARD MAIMON TO SERVE AS CHAIR FOR INSTITUTE HONOR AWARDS JURY
June 22, 2009 — Philadelphia, PA.   We are pleased to announce that Richard Maimon, AIA, was selected to serve as Chair for this year’s Institute Honor Awards for Architecture Jury. He will be joined by eight jurors from across the United States to select exemplary works of architecture for recognition in 2010.

KIERANTIMBERLAKE SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR NEW LONDON EMBASSY
March 10, 2009 — Philadelphia, PA. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations announced yesterday that four firms have been selected to present designs for the new London Embassy Building in the Nine Elms district of London.  The four firms selected are KieranTimberlake; Morphosis Architects; Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; and Richard Meier & Partners, Architects.

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE WINS SECOND GOLD MEDAL IN A ROW
AT AIA PHILADELPHIA'S 2008 DESIGN AWARDS
October 17, 2008 — Philadelphia, PA. AIA Philadelphia celebrated the best in design by its member firms at Loews Philadelphia hotel Thursday, October 16, with the 2008 Awards for Design Excellence. Presented in Gold, Silver, Honor, and Recognition categories for both completed, unbuilt, preservation, and community design projects, the awards are given for projects in the Philadelphia area and around the world.

KieranTimberlake took home four awards that evening. The firm was awarded its fourth Gold Medal, since 1993, for the Cellophane House, which is currently on display at the Museum for Modern Art. KieranTimberlake was also awarded three Honor Awards for the new Sculpture Building and Gallery at Yale University; 1315 Hill Street, a multi-family residence located in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and the Special No. 9 House for the Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE PROJECTS WIN INTERNATIONAL
DESIGN AWARDS
September, 1, 2008 — Chicago, IL. Loblolly House, the Yale University Sculpture Building and Gallery, and the Noyes Community Recreation Center at Cornell University have received the 2008 International Architecture Award. Out of the one hundred and fourteen international projects selected, ten projects were from US firms. The awards program is organized by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd, in partnership with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. A full list of the winning projects for 2008 can be viewed at the Museum's website.

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE ISO BLOG LAUNCHED
July 30, 2008 — KieranTimberlake is proud to announce its new blog, KieranTimberlake ISO. The mission of the journal is to report on the processes of searching and discovery that ultimately become architecture. We believe that the path to innovation includes planning, doing, monitoring, and learning. Sharing what we learn is a crucial step in our process.

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THE CLEAR FUTURE OF OFF-SITE FABRICATION
KieranTimberlake designs transparent, mass customizable house for The Museum of Modern Art

July 15, 2008 — Philadelphia, PA. Cellophane House, a five-story dwelling consisting of transparent, recyclable materials is on display with four other prefabricated houses in The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, on view July 20 through October 20, 2008.

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JAMES TIMBERLAKE INTERVIEW IN BOMB MAGAZINE
Summer, 2008 — New high-profile edifices designed by architects whose firms are becoming household names are everywhere these days. These towering, monumental sculptures frequently stand among, yet separate from, the buildings around them. Concurrently, if less visible, is another movement working to change the way we think about architecture...

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SCULPTURE BUILDING AT YALE UNIVERSITY WINS AN AIA COTE AWARD
April 22, 2008 — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the Sculpture Building at Yale University as one of the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment.

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LIVINGHOMES INTRODUCES NEW TOWNHOUSE AND
EXPANDABLE RESIDENCES
March 12, 2008 — New Partnership with KieranTimberlake Increases Developers' Offerings to Include New Single + Multi-family Units Built with New, Proprietary LivingHomes Building System (LBS)

LivingHomes®, a premier developer of modern, sustainably designed, prefabricated homes, is proud to announce a new collaborative relationship with award-winning Philadelphia-based architecture firm KieranTimberlake.

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE ASSOCIATES COMMISSIONED FOR MOMA EXHIBIT
January 8, 2008 — The Museum of Modern Art has commissioned five architects to erect prefab dwellings for exhibit opening in July, "Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling".

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KIERANTIMBERLAKE ASSOCIATES RECEIVES 2008 AIA
ARCHITECTURE FIRM AWARD
December 13, 2007 — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors voted today for KieranTimberlake to receive the 2008 AIA Architecture Firm Award.

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TWO LEADERS IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN TO SHARE NEW PROFESSORSHIP
Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake will hold a University of Washington professorship in sustainability — one of the first such professorships in the U.S. As inaugural holders of the Mithun/Russell Family Foundation Professorship in Sustainability, Kieran and Timberlake will teach six related courses exploring designs and methods for reducing environmental impacts of construction.

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LOBLOLLY HOUSE RECEIVES 2008 INSTITUTE HONOR AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
Washington, D.C. — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the 2008 recipients of the AIA Institute Honor Awards, the profession's highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture.

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MAKE IT RIGHT FOUNDATION UNVEILS DESIGNS
FOR NEW ORLEANS HOUSING
KieranTimberlake is one of thirteen firms designing homes for residents of the lower ninth ward in New Orleans for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation.

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THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCES THE 2007 COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECTS

SIDWELL FRIENDS MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST K-12 TO RECEIVE LEED PLATINUM

YALE PROJECT WINS NATIONAL HONOR AWARD

PLUG + PLAY CONSTRUCTION
by Andrew Blum

NEW REALMS EXPLORED IN OFF-SITE FABRICATION

DESIGN INNOVATION IN CALGARY

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS BRING
DESIGN INNOVATION TO U OF C

ARCHITECTS SELECTED FOR UNC CHARLOTTE'S CENTER CITY BUILDING

SHOW-OFF SHOWPLACE
by Inga Saffron

KIERANTIMBERLAKE ASSOCIATES ACHIEVES ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFICATION

KIERAN AND TIMBERLAKE'S REFABRICATING ARCHITECTURE CLEARS 5,000-COPY HURDLE AT FULL STRENGTH