Miller Hull

Smack dab in the middle of Seattle is a freshwater lake known as Lake Union. The South Lake Union neighborhood has lived multiple lives: It was originally home to the Duwamish Indigenous people but morphed into an industrial region full of lumber mills and gas plants after white settlement from the 19th century on to the 1980s. Today, it has again shifted as the city transitions toward more sustainable living and working. The community, and Lake Union itself, is now encircled by green infrastructure like parks and pedestrian paths. Among these improvements is the renovated Lake Union Piers project by local firm Miller Hull. Its completion marks the firm’s first project completed under its EMission Zero initiative.

Lake Union Piers is a recreation spot located along the southern portion of Lake Union. Miller Hull renovated three 1980s industrial structures spanning 5 acres to allow local restaurants, entertainment, and retail to flourish within this public maritime hub. In between the buildings is an open plaza and along the waterfront is a promenade where people sit and take in the surrounding shoreline scenery.

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