Archive for February, 2009

Cellophane House Lean Manufacturing Podcast now available

26 February 2009  |  Announcements, Education

© Bosch Rexroth/KieranTimberlake

In Bosch Rexroth’s latest lean manufacturing podcast, James Timberlake discusses how aluminum structural framing, commonly used in factory applications, was used to build the Cellophane House.

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Kohler LivingHome at TED2009

4 February 2009  |  Announcements, Projects, Residential

LivingHome hybrid assembly diagram

After its debut at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas last month, the off-site fabricated home we designed for LivingHomes will be on display at the TED Conference in Long Beach. Designed to achieve LEED-Platinum certification, the two-story Kohler LivingHome features furnishings, materials, products and technologies that showcase the best in high design and technology with a low ecological footprint. Following the TED conference, the show home will remain open for public viewing from February 8 to February 21, 2009.

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Make It Right Housing Update

2 February 2009  |  Announcements, Projects, Residential

Special No 9 House, Make It Right Foundation, photo © John Williams Architects

In January we paid a visit to Melba and Baxter Barnes, the owners of KieranTimberlake's first completed Make It Right home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

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