Miller Hull

In Architect Magazine’s 10th annual ranking of architecture firms, Miller Hull stood above the rest.

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SEATTLE (Nov. 8, 2018) — The Miller Hull Partnership, an international, award-winning architecture and planning firm, is proud to announce it was ranked the Top Firm for Sustainability by Architect Magazine for the 2018 Architect 50.

“Long before LEED and the LBC, Miller Hull was designing environmentally friendly buildings using passive heating and cooling strategies that the founding architects had discovered during Peace Corps stints in Brazil and Afghanistan,” said Architect 50.

The firm’s current work includes the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology that is targeting Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification. In collaboration with Lord Aeck Sargent, the project is scheduled to be completed in 2019 and builds on Miller Hull’s experience designing the Living Building Challenge-certified Bullitt Center, known as the greenest commercial office building in the world. The Bullitt Center has achieved net positive energy and on Thursday, Nov. 1, the building’s rainwater-to-potable water system went live, meaning rainwater will now be filtered and treated for all purposes—including drinking.

The biggest challenges with the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design are meeting the LBC requirements in a southern environment. Still, the research and work done on the project will help advance projects in different climates to become LBC certified in the future, many of which are happening at Miller Hull. The firm’s work on the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design and Bullitt Center are two of six projects the firm has been selected to design that meet the LBC.

“Right now, our focus on design is to show that it is possible to create well-designed, compelling projects that essentially have no environmental footprint,” said Brian Court, partner at Miller Hull and one of the firm’s sustainable design leaders. “We believe that good design must take a strong position on the larger global issues we’re facing as a society. As architects, we have a unique opportunity to help show what is possible in a future where humanity exists in harmony with the natural world.”

The jurors for the sustainability category includes Vivian Loftness, FAIA, a professor at Carnegie Mellon, and Stephanie Carlisle, a principal at Kieran Timberlake.

For more information about The Miller Hull Partnership, call (206) 682-6837 or visit www.millerhull.com.

About The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP
The Miller Hull Partnership is an architecture, planning, urban and interior design firm that creates dynamic and environmentally-responsible buildings, striving for a regenerative and inclusive future. The firm has a studio in Seattle and San Diego with work extending across typologies for public and private clients, including single-family, multi-family, mixed-use, civic, commercial, higher education, independent K-12, community, cultural, gateways, infrastructure and public safety. Widely recognized for innovative, timeless designs and a partnership-driven practice, Miller Hull has received over 350 local, regional and national awards for design excellence, including the AIA National Firm Award and Architect 50’s Top Firm for Sustainability. For more information, visit www.millerhull.com.

Media contact:
Katherine Misel, Communications Specialist
The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP
kmisel@millerhull.com
206-254-2072

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