27 October 2009 |
Educational, Materials, Projects
Brockman Hall is composed of two bars nestled between existing buildings
In the spring of 2008, we began design for Brockman Hall for Physics at Rice University in Houston, Texas. This 110,000 SF facility will house research, teaching, and office space for the Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Nestled between existing buildings in the dense Science Quad, the building envelope respects the scale of the historic masonry vocabulary of the campus while extending it into a 21st century model for architecture and research at Rice. In this manner, lightness and transparency become the foil to weight and opacity. Further, as is common among other buildings on campus, subtle references to the building's program will be made with iconography incorporated into elements of the building skin.
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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.
28 May 2009 |
Announcements, Education, Educational, Materials, Residential
Yale School of Art Gallery and Sidwell Friends Middle School
photos © Peter Aaron/Esto (left) and © Halkin Photography LLC (right)
It was announced last month that the Yale University School of Art Gallery and Sidwell Friends Middle School have received 2008 Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Awards, presented by The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association and The Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau.
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26 January 2009 |
Materials, Monitoring, Projects, Publications
by Nicholas Tamarin -- Interior Design, 1/23/2009
Looking for a prefabricated home for an infill location that's moderately priced, factory-built and sustainable? Then look no further than Builder LivingHome, a collaboration between Kieran Timberlake, the American Institute of Architects's 2008 Firm of the Year, and developer LivingHomes. Continue reading...
3 December 2008 |
Materials, Offsite Fabrication, Research, Residential
Cellophane House, photo © KieranTimberlake
In an earlier post we described the initial stages of the Cellophane House disassembly. Since then, we have successfully lowered all of the chunks to the ground and have been disassembling and organizing the parts from each chunk in preparation for loading onto flatbed trucks. Jason Niebish and Elizabeth Kahley have been on site overseeing the disassembly effort for KieranTimberlake. They have collectively labeled the parts, transferred gussets from cardboard boxes to plastic crates and palletized parts in preparation for fork lifting to flatbed trucks.
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