KieranTimberlake is pleased to announce a new book, Cellophane House™

Released in January 2011 as a digital book, it is now offered in paperback, available for purchase on Amazon.com and at select bookstores worldwide including:

AIA Bookstore, Philadelphia
Builders Bookstore, Berkeley
Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles
Joseph Fox Bookstore, Philadelphia
Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
National Building Museum Shop, Washington DC
Peter Miller Books, Seattle
Quimby's, Chicago
RIBA Bookshop, London
Wexner Center Store, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
William Stout, San Francisco

With 110 illustrations and detailed commentary, the book chronicles the design and execution of a five-story, off-site fabricated home assembled on-site in just sixteen days as part of The Museum of Modern Art exhibition, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. Through a series of questions, the book explores several of KieranTimberlake’s ongoing research agendas including speed of on-site assembly, design for disassembly, a holistic approach to the life cycle of materials, and the development of a lightweight, high-performance, energy gathering building envelope.

PAPERBACK | 156 pages | 5.875” x 8.25” | 110 color illustrations | ISBN: 978-0-9831301-3-0 | $20 US | May 2011

Also available electronically on Amazon, iBooks and Google Books. Compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle, Android, Mac and PC  | $9.99 US | Jan 2011

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



James Timberlake is pleased to be serving as the international member of HOME New Zealand magazine’s Home of the Year jury. He sits alongside New Zealand judges Patrick Clifford of Architectus and Jeremy Hansen, Editor of HOME. “This is James’ first visit to New Zealand and we are privileged to have such a well-respected architect join us to help judge our 16th annual Home of the Year award,” explains HOME editor Jeremy Hansen, who organises the awards. Previous international judges of the award have included international architects Brendan MacFarlane, Glenn Murcutt, Charles Renfro, Kerstin Thompson and John Wardle.

James spoke earlier this month with Clare McCall of The New Zealand Herald, and via radio broadcast on April 18 on Afternoons with Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand.

He has two public lectures while in New Zealand, in Auckland on Monday 2 May at 6pm and in Wellington on Tuesday 3 May at 6pm. Tickets and more information are available at Ticketek, or at homenewzealand.blogspot.com

HOME New Zealand magazine’s Home of the Year award is announced at a gala event in August. The winning home and finalists in the award are featured in the August/September issue of HOME, on sale August 4.

The HOME New Zealand magazine Home of the Year award and James Timberlake’s visit are generously supported by Altherm Window Systems.

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Our new lab building, The Brockman Hall for Physics at Rice University, was dedicated yesterday. See the latest photos on Swamplot, Houston's Real Estate Blog.