MSD DEAN’S LECTURE
Presented by James Timberlake (Partner, KieranTimberlake , Philadelphia)

Free Entry. For further information & to book go “here“www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/events/deans-lectures/timberlake/index.html.

The American architecture firm KieranTimberlake is committed to the creation of high performance buildings through the seamless integration of design with research. They are dedicated to interrogating and advancing building design practices through material, system, process, and environment driven questions. Over the course of multiple projects, they have employed a range of approaches to off-site fabrication, from program-volume subdivision, to the articulation of entirely new systems of assembly. In his lecture, James Timberlake will discuss the construction methodologies the firm has devised to confront current productivity and environmental problems that undermine the building industry. An investigation of building information modeling (BIM), the supply chain and the creation of integrated component assemblies are posed as part of the solution, as well as trans-industry collaboration, cultivation of a deep environmental ethic, and assuming responsibility for the total lifecycle of a building.

James Timberlake is a partner at KieranTimberlake, an American architecture firm internationally recognized for its beautifully crafted, thoughtfully made buildings that are holistically integrated to site, program and people. To coincide with the lecture, an exhibition of selected projects by KieranTimberlake will be on display in the Wunderlich Gallery, Architecture Building, 23-31 August, 2011.