View of crescent courtyard from Payne Whitney Tower, photo © Peter Aaron/OTTO

Since its opening earlier this year,  KieranTimberlake's comprehensive renovation and addition to Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges at Yale University has recieved a Gold Medal from the AIA Philadelphia Chapter, and was shortlisted in the New/Old Category at the 2011 World Architecture Festival. The following is the presentation that was made to the Festival Jury in Barcelona.

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Underground additon, photo © Peter Aaron/ottoarchive.com

Our addition and renovation of Eero Saarinen's Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges are featured in the November issue of Architectural Record.

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

The Yale Herald
Morse, Modernism, and fifty years of Yale
Hannah Kieschnick, September 24th 2010

Hannah Kieschnick finds out what it means to be Modern at a school where old is gold, and tradition is king.

Morse has always been a new college. Constructed in 1961, Morse is less than thirty years younger than the original colleges, most of which were designed by John Gamble Rogers and built in the ’30s...Read Article