Eero Saarinen with a model of Morse and Stiles Colleges, courtesy Yale University Archive
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future, the first retrospective on the Finnish-born architect, is currently on view in New Haven, Connecticut through May 2. The tour concludes at Yale, where Saarinen studied architecture and designed some of his most significant buildings and where the major archive devoted to his work resides.
Details of our current renovation of Saarinen's Morse and Ezra Stiles College are included in the exhibition. The project includes the restoration and renovation of all existing facilities, the reconfiguration and updating of living quarters, and the addition of a below grade, naturally-lit, 30,000-square-foot common space, all while retaining Saarinen's original design intent. Morse College, named for Samuel F.B. Morse (Yale, 1810), artist, physician, and inventor of the electric telegraph, and its companion, Stiles College, named for Ezra Stiles (Yale, 1746), theologian, lawyer, scientist, philosopher, and Yale president, were conceived as a single design, intended to be both responsive to and distinct from Yale's other residential colleges.
The United States Department of State announced today that KieranTimberlake has won the design competition for the New London Embassy. In statements given at a press briefing today in London, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, and Acting Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Adam Namm, remarked, "KieranTimberlake's design meets the goal of creating a modern, welcoming, timeless, safe and energy efficient embassy for the 21st century. Their concept most fully satisfied the requirements outlined in the design competition's mission statement. The concept holds the greatest potential for developing a truly iconic embassy and is on the leading edge of sustainable design." Continue Reading »
This holiday season, KieranTimberlake has made a donation to Heifer International, a non-profit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance and sustainability.
KieranTimberlake has been selected as part of an internationally experienced team including Cooper Robertson & Partners, master planners; OLIN, landscape architects; and HR&A Advisors, to develop the Master Plan for the Central Delaware Waterfront. The focus area extends from Allegheny Avenue on the north to Oregon Avenue on the south, and from the Delaware River on the east to Interstate-95 on the west. With the aim of transforming the Central Delaware River waterfront into a vibrant destination for recreational, cultural, and commercial activities for the residents and visitors of Philadelphia, the master plan will address land use; utilities and infrastructure investment; street plans; provisions for public transit; pedestrian and bicycle trail alignment, neighborhood connections, and related facilities; public access to the river's edge; and urban design guidelines. The team also includes several subconsultants in the fields of transportation, traffic engineering, planning and zoning law, ecology and historic preservation in order to address various elements of the plan.
"The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation's selection of a Master Plan Team is another big step forward in transforming the Central Delaware into a world class waterfront," said Mayor Michael A. Nutter. "Development of our waterfront is a priority for the entire city and I am particularly excited that citizens have had an unprecedented opportunity to play a role in this major project for the future of Philadelphia. Beginning with the Civic Vision for the Central Delaware developed by Penn Praxis and continuing with the establishment of the DRWC and the selection of the Master Plan team, waterfront development in Philadelphia is open, transparent, and is moving forward quickly."
Check out this timelapse video from the Orange County Register, published Nov 5th, documenting the Newport Beach, CA installation of the house we designed for LivingHomes. Who says you can't build a house in a day?
