KieranTimberlake: Fullness

KieranTimberlake: Fullness
Author: KieranTimberlake (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1580935540

"Kieran Timberlake: Fullness is the third monograph by the architecture firm KieranTimberlake, demonstrating its exacting, sophisticated, and elegant projects of the past decade. This book examines the concepts and contexts for seventeen recent projects in a range of scales and programs, from houses to campus buildings to a transit hub and an embassy, showing how the firm's formative values have combined with innovative design methodologies, a commitment to full-scale, in-house prototyping, and a collaborative ethos to realize works of ambitious scope and complexity. Organized in two volumes, this book illustrates the comprehensive range of architectural beauty present in KieranTimberlake's buildings and the evidence for their mastery of design at all scales and orientations. The first volume presents photographs of each project, depicting the visual whole of the architecture as a fully resolved work. The companion volume reveals the sum of its parts--the pivotal junctures that give rise to final form, including both the moments of discovery and the pragmatic tools of analysis and prototyping that the firm uses. Narratives, drawings, diagrams, details, and anecdotes capture the design process and reveal the varied approaches that give form to the art and science of KieranTimberlake's architecture. KieranTimberlake is an award-winning architecture firm founded in 1984. The 100-person practice is recognized for its transdisciplinary approach which integrates the expertise of architects, researchers, and communicators to create innovative, compelling projects and academic, art, cultural, government, and civic institutions throughout North America and overseas."--Container. Issued as volume one of two volume set

Situate, Manipulate, Fabricate

Situate, Manipulate, Fabricate
Author: Chad Schwartz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0429582803

This anthology of selected works outlines three critical instigators of architecture, all tied directly to the tectonic makeup of our built environment – place, material, and assembly. These catalysts provide the organizational framework for a collection of essays discussing their significant influence on the processes of architectural design and construction. With content from a diverse collection of notable architects, historians, and scholars, this book serves as a theoretical structure for understanding the tectonic potential of architecture. Each chapter is thematically driven, consisting of a pair of essays preceded by an introduction highlighting the fundamental issues at hand and comparing and contrasting the points of view presented. Situate, Manipulate, Fabricate offers an opportunity to explore the essential topics that affect the design and construction, as well as the experiential qualities, of our built environment.

Photography for Architects

Photography for Architects
Author: Martine Hamilton Knight
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2024-01-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000957004

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024*** We live in a world driven by images, but with so much visual noise, is anyone really looking? How does an architect ensure their portfolio is within view of the right audience? Photographs are still as vital to architectural practice as they ever were. However, creation and circulation, once in the hands of skilled professionals, is now perceived as being ‘free’ and within easy reach of all. But where is the clarity? What is the message? By setting out the case for curated image making, considered photography may again be placed at the centre of architectural marketing strategies. Photography for Architects guides the reader through various topics: from establishing a visual brand and sharing images online, to producing content in-house and commissioning professionals. It explores the still and moving image, creating books and exhibitions for legacy value, compiling award entries, and engaging with trade press. Little understood aspects regarding legal rights and obligations, ethics, copyright, and licensing images for use are discussed in clear language. Multiple photographic examples and conversations with international practitioners highlight the various themes throughout. Written by a working architectural photographer whose life has been spent in commercial practice, this easy-to-read, richly illustrated guide is essential reading for architects and designers alike who are working with images and image makers.

Cellophane House

Cellophane House
Author: Stephen Kieran
Publisher: KieranTimberlake
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2011
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0983130132

CELLOPHANE HOUSE(TM) 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. Cellophane House(TM) takes a holistic approach to factory fabrication, reinventing the way a building is assembled, its materials, and spatial experience. An innovative aluminum frame enables mass-customization of the home in multiple configurations, rapid assembly, and adaptability to different sites and climates. Disassembly, rather than demolition, is inherent as an end-of-life option to successfully preserve the embodied energy in the recyclable house materials. More than a building experiment, it suggests a new way forward in an approach to mass housing. Cellophane House(TM) has received awards from several groups: the AIA Housing Committee, the AIA Technology Committee, Boston Society of Architects, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, AIA Philadelphia and AIA Pennsylvania Chapters.

KieranTimberlake: Fullness

KieranTimberlake: Fullness
Author: KieranTimberlake (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781580935548

"Kieran Timberlake: Fullness is the third monograph by the architecture firm KieranTimberlake, demonstrating its exacting, sophisticated, and elegant projects of the past decade. This book examines the concepts and contexts for seventeen recent projects in a range of scales and programs, from houses to campus buildings to a transit hub and an embassy, showing how the firm's formative values have combined with innovative design methodologies, a commitment to full-scale, in-house prototyping, and a collaborative ethos to realize works of ambitious scope and complexity. Organized in two volumes, this book illustrates the comprehensive range of architectural beauty present in KieranTimberlake's buildings and the evidence for their mastery of design at all scales and orientations. The first volume presents photographs of each project, depicting the visual whole of the architecture as a fully resolved work. The companion volume reveals the sum of its parts--the pivotal junctures that give rise to final form, including both the moments of discovery and the pragmatic tools of analysis and prototyping that the firm uses. Narratives, drawings, diagrams, details, and anecdotes capture the design process and reveal the varied approaches that give form to the art and science of KieranTimberlake's architecture. KieranTimberlake is an award-winning architecture firm founded in 1984. The 100-person practice is recognized for its transdisciplinary approach which integrates the expertise of architects, researchers, and communicators to create innovative, compelling projects and academic, art, cultural, government, and civic institutions throughout North America and overseas."--Container. Issued as volume one of two volume set

Loblolly House

Loblolly House
Author: Stephen Kieran
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2008-06-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781568987477

Situated on idyllic Taylors Island, off the coast of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, Loblolly House inaugurates a new, more efficient way of building. Through the use of state-of-the-art building information modeling, the architects were able to streamline the design-build process. This is a manual for the componentized prefab.

refabricating ARCHITECTURE

refabricating ARCHITECTURE
Author: Stephen Kieran
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2003-12-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0071709088

This thought-provoking book presents a compelling argument for moving architecture from a part-by-part, linear approach to an integrated one that brings together technology, materials, and production methods. Using examples from several industries that have successfully made the change to an integrated component approach, these visionary authors lay the groundwork for a dramatic and much-needed change in the building industry. * Packed with graphics that illustrate how and why change is needed * Examples from the auto, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries illustrating how to improve quality while saving time and money * Redefines the roles of architects, materials scientists, process engineers, and contractors

Manual

Manual
Author: Stephen Kieran
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2002-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1568983131

"A must for practitioners and students alike, Manual brings the process of design and details of architecture to life, revealing the beauty of building derived from composition within a tradition of innovative assembly."--BOOK JACKET.

The Anatomy of the Architectural Book

The Anatomy of the Architectural Book
Author: André Tavares
Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Architectural writing
ISBN: 9783037784730

This book makes visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back.

Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design

Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design
Author: Timothy Beatley
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2016
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1610916204

"This publication offers practical advice and inspiration for ensuring that nature in the city is more than infrastructure--that it also promotes well-being and creates an emotional connection to the earth among urban residents. Divided into six parts, the Handbook begins by introducing key ideas, literature, and theory about biophilic urbanism. Chapters highlight urban biophilic innovations in more than a dozen global cities. The final part concludes with lessons on how to advance an agenda for urban biophilia and an extensive list of resources."--Publisher.