6 November 2009 | LEED Platinum, Media Coverage, Offsite Fabrication, Residential, Sustainable
The first residential installation of the home we designed for LivingHomes®, a premier developer of modern, sustainable, prefabricated homes, took place Nov 5th in Newport Beach, California. Footage of the installation is available online.
3 September 2009 | Materials, Media Coverage, Offsite Fabrication, Residential
Cellophane House is featured on the award-winning original documentary series from the Sundance Channel, Big Ideas for a Small Planet, Episode 5, airing Tuesday evenings this fall. The series focuses on environmental topics with interviews with forward-thinking designers and features on green products and alternative ideas that may transform our everyday lives. Visit the series website for show times, or go to iTunes to download the full episode.
24 August 2009 | Media Coverage, Research
Interview by Sarah Wesseler, published on ArchDaily, 18 August, 2009
What do research and development mean in today’s design field? To learn more about architectural R&D, I turned to KieranTimberlake, a Philadelphia-based firm that has earned wide acclaim for its innovative work in arenas such as prefabrication and sustainable design. Partner Stephen Kieran and research director Billie Faircloth spoke with me about the history and practice of the firm’s in-house research team. Continue reading>>
7 January 2009 | Media Coverage
The New Republic
The Year in Architecture
by Sarah Williams Goldhagen
When environmentalism finally became cool.
Post Date January 6, 2009
To accurately assess trends in architecture and urbanism one needs a time horizon longer than 365 days. Just to design a building often takes longer than that. Even so, 2008 may come to be seen as a watershed year for contemporary architecture. Continue reading...