Proposed Renovation of the Kimmel Center as part of the Master Plan

Seeking a way to expand its role as a vital center for the arts in Center City Philadelphia, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts retained KieranTimberlake in 2008 to develop a master plan to transform its public spaces into inviting program areas at all times of the day, year-round. The master plan reestablishes the Kimmel Center as a vibrant, extroverted building with active uses and glazed walls at its perimeter, allowing a direct relationship with the life of the surrounding city. At the building’s interior, problematic circulation, acoustical and temperature issues are addressed through additions and renovations. KieranTimberlake is currently at work on the initial phase of the master plan, a new 130-seat restaurant with interior design by Marguerite Rodgers Ltd. and operated by Wolfgang Puck, in the former gift shop on Spruce Street. This addition will bring needed vitality to this public corridor while serving other nearby performing arts venues.

Read about the Master Plan in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Philadelphia's Kimmel Center sets stage for major renovation
By Peter Dobrin, Inquirer Music Critic

Changing Skyline: Rejuvenation plan offers brighter future for Philadelphia's Kimmel Center
By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic

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KieranTimberlake is pleased to announce the release of a new eBook, Cellophane House™,available for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle, Nook, Android, Mac and PC.

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-diversion 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.

Available at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks.