Design from winning team KieranTimberlake/OLIN

OLIN is proud to announce that its team, led by renowned architects KieranTimberlake, has won the design competition for the new U.S. Embassy in London. Partners Laurie Olin and Hallie Boyce will lead the design efforts. From among 37 architectural submissions, four finalists were chosen to explore the symbolism of the Embassy and its presence and position in the cityscape of London. OLIN was the landscape architect of choice for three of the four competition finalists: KieranTimberlake, Morphosis and Richard Meier & Partners, all of whom worked for nearly a year before making their final presentations to the jury.

The U.S. Department of State’s goal was to create an Embassy and landscape with a timeless quality to appropriately represent the United States of America in the United Kingdom. The winning team was selected by a distinguished jury of both American and British leaders in the fields of architecture, academia and diplomacy for a design which “met the goal of creating a modern, welcoming, timeless, safe and energy efficient embassy for the 21st century.”

The anticipated ground breaking for the Embassy will be in 2013 with a goal to complete construction in 2017. In addition to KieranTimberlake and OLIN, members of the winning team include Arup for Sustainability, MEP/FP and Civil Engineering; Weidlinger Associates for Structural and Blast Engineering; Gensler for workplace design; Davis Langdon for Cost Consulting; and Sako & Associates for Technical Security. 

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OLIN Partner David Rubin (left) with Wishard Hospital CEO Matt Gutwein (right) on the existing grounds of Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis.

Healing, education and art will provide inspiration for OLIN’s designs for Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis. The hospital is relocating its existing facilities to a new site at the confluence of White River and Fall Creek, adjacent to a historic park designed by the Olmsted Brothers. The relocated medical campus will be in close proximity to downtown Indianapolis with adjacencies to major pedestrian connectors and recreational trails. OLIN will analyze the 37-acre site and propose design guidelines and concept designs for the landscape, including the main entry plaza, gardens and productive roof garden.

Yale University’s Kroon Hall School of Forestry and Environmental Studies recently received numerous design awards including Metropolis Magazine’s Smart Environmental Award, honors from the American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter and the American Institute of Architects, Connecticut Chapter, as well as a Tucker Design Award for the project’s incorporation of natural stone.

Since its founding in 1900 as the first professional forestry program in the United States, the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has grown into a leading institution for the study of the environment. Kroon Hall, which has been awarded LEED Platinum Status, is the new home for the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and will serve as a cornerstone for the ambitious sustainable and green construction efforts across the Yale campus. Its stormwater treatment system captures roof and site runoff, as well as excess water pumped from fountain drains. A unique and interactive stormwater basin collects and cleanses stormwater for greywater use within the building while itself becoming a dynamic public space, expressing a relationship between the architecture and landscape that is both transparent and didactic.