We were honored to attend the White House luncheon for the winners and finalists of the 2010 National Design Awards hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama on July 21, 2010.

The Smithsonian Institution, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced the winners and finalists of the 2010 National Design Awards, 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. Press Release >>

The New London Embassy design competition exhibit officially opened today at the headquarters of the American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is open to the public through June 30th, weekdays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, at 1735 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Admission is free.

The exhibit celebrates the completion of the design competition to select the architect for the New London Embassy for the United States of America. Models and information boards from the final four competing architectural firms, KieranTimberlake, Morphosis Architects, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Richard Meier & Partners will be on display as well as the model of the current London Embassy designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen in the late 1950's.

Section showing sustainable initiatives

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have announced that the Special NO 9 House designed by Philadelphia-based architects KieranTimberlake, with New Orleans firm John C. Williams Architects as executive architect, has been named a ‘Top Ten Green Project' for 2010. The house is one of thirteen single-family homes designed by prominent architectural firms for Make It Right, an organization founded by actor Brad Pitt to provide storm-resistant, affordable, and sustainable housing for the residents of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 14th year, celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology.

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View from Nine Elms Lane

The United States 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." Continue Reading »