Miller Hull

Adaptive reuse meets mass timber ingenuity

Source: The Construction Specifier

12-8-2025 | News

A historic steam supply warehouse in Seattle’s Pioneer Square has been reimagined as Populus Seattle, a 120-room boutique hotel with architectural design by The Miller Hull Partnership, in collaboration with Urban Villages, Curioso, Aparium Hotel Group, and JTM Construction.

Originally constructed for a steam pipe supply company, the Westland Building’s deep floor plate limited daylight and ventilation.

Reimagining the structure as a hotel needed expanding an existing central Sky Court into a channel to bring light and air into the interior guestrooms, lobby, and the hotel’s signature restaurant via a large skylight.

Read the full story at The Construction Specifier