KieranTimberlake


KieranTimberlake


KieranTimberlake

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Luxury and Innovation: Your KieranTimberlake OpenHome

KieranTimberlake transforms visionary concepts into true statement homes, merging sculptural forms with dynamic design. Your OpenHome will be a signature masterpiece, crafted to exude luxury and elevate your living experience. With soaring ceilings, clerestory windows, rich materials and distinctive architectural profiles, every detail is meticulously refined. These homes are not only visually striking but also offer enduring comfort and energy efficiency, ensuring beauty and functionality for a lifetime.

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The Bensonwood Connection

Over the past twenty years, KieranTimberlake and Bensonwood have partnered on a series of innovative designs that challenge and celebrate sustainability in the built environment. Since the installation of the award-winning Loblolly House in 2006, their ongoing collaborations have advanced the possibilities for prefabricated and energy efficient residential design. OpenHome embraces this spirit of inquiry by coupling high-performance and sustainable construction with exceptional, custom design.

Loblolly House Book

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Awards and Accolades

KieranTimberlake has received hundreds of design citations, including the Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2008 and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture from the Smithsonian Institution in 2010. Recent projects have earned national AIA Awards in Architecture, Housing, Education, and Regional and Urban Design.
  • 2001 AIA College of Fellows Latrobe Prize
  • 2010 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award
  • 2017 Builder’s Choice & Custom Home Design Awards Project of the Year
  • 2018 AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Award
  • 2019 AIA Housing Award
  • 2020 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies
  • 2021 Center for Architecture and Design’s 35th Louis I. Kahn Award
  • 2022 AIA Architecture Award
  • 2023 AIA Regional and Urban Design Award
  • 2024 AIA Housing Award
  • 2024 AIA Architecture Award
  • 2024 AIA Education Facility Award

Meet The OpenHome Team

James Timberlake

FAIA, LEED Fellow, Founding Partner

For over 40 years, James has continued to break new ground with projects that explore some of today's most important topics—among them, efficient construction methods, resource conservation strategies, and novel use of building materials. His work reflects his belief in beautifully crafted, thoughtfully made buildings holistically integrated to site, program, and people.

Cooper G. Schilling

AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal

Cooper applies his technical expertise and construction experience to create cohesive, research-based building designs that transform meticulous detailing into well-crafted architecture. With over 25 years of experience, Cooper brings extensive knowledge of high-performance building systems and enclosures, material assemblies, and sustainable design.

Patrick Morgan

AIA, LEED AP, Associate

With over a decade of experience Patrick has applied his architectural knowledge and skills across a wide range of project types and scales, from small single family residential to large US Embassy projects. No matter the scale he aims to apply the same level of attention to the details of the design and work with the client to achieve the project goals.

"OpenHome allows customization not only of size and form, but also makes flexible arrangements possible to find the best solar orientation, natural light, and breezes. Bensonwood's proprietary system of thermally complete wall, floor, and roof panels, constructed with pre-installed windows and doors, designed to perform at Passive House levels allows site-specific customization and climate- responsive design that is rare in the prefabricated home market."

— Cooper Schilling, AIA - KieranTimberlake

The OpenHome Design Platform

OpenHome has three unique architectural design paths to serve as launch points for your design. Each home is sustainably built to our standards and designed to exceed expectations for home health, comfort, and aesthetic.
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