KieranTimberlake

The studio

KieranTimberlake is an award-winning and interationally published architecture firm noted for its research, and innovative design and planning services. Founded in 1984 in Philadelphia by Stephen Kieran, FAIA, and James Timberlake, FAIA, the firm is comprised of fifty four professionals, who reflect the firm's commitment to the highest quality in design and client service. Educated at the nation's finest universities, each of these professionals contributes a vital knowledge of architecture, construction and a conscientious execution and delivery of products.

KieranTimberlake' projects include the programming, planning and design of all types of new structures, their interiors; and the renovation, reuse and conservation of existing structures. The firm's clients include arts and civic organizations, cultural and educational institutions, corporations, industrial and research partners, and private residential clients.

We believe in process as the first art. Great and wonderful architecture cannot be made without the clear vision and guidance of a provocative client working in critical unison with the aspiring architect. We employ collective rather than singular intelligence in the making of architecture. Our process is holistic involving many layers of information and participants at one time. We believe the core acts of the architect are the creative selection, organization, integration and articulation of systems about the ideas, ideals and daily use of the inhabitant. Our art is the discovery of exteral and interal logics derived from this exploration. It is the needs of the inhabitant, in the context of site circumstance, that lead to a masterful articulation and expression of landscape, light, materials and systems. The result is a vision that is unique.