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.
27 October 2009 | Educational, Materials, Projects
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.
14 October 2009 | Lectures/Conferences
Stephen Kieran discussed recent work in a lecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design on September 21. The lecture is now available for free download on iTunes U. A full schedule of upcoming lectures is available on the PennDesign website.
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>>