Miller Hull

6/2026: AIA National Conference – Scripps Center for Coastal Studies Tour: Heather Ruszczyk

Date: 6-12-2026
Time: 11:15am
Location: Tour departs from Lobby H, San Diego Convention Center, CA

5-9-2026 | Events

In their quest to understand coastal processes and the threats of our warming planet, institutions like the Center for Coastal Studies at Scripps Institution of Oceanography are playing an increasingly vital role in society.

Join us for a walkthrough of the new center, which sits atop a seawall at the intersection of earth and water. You’ll have an exclusive opportunity to tour the Scripps Pier and hear about the history of the Scripps campus and its world-renowned oceanographic research. Plus, learn about leveraging adaptive reuse and passive strategies to optimize the impacts of designing for low carbon and resilience.

Principal Heather Ruszczyk will be leading a tour of this Miller Hull project as part of the AIA National conference events.

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Heather Ruszczyk

AIA, DBIA, Principal

Heather works to bring purposeful placemaking, beauty, environmental stewardship and authentic sustainable practices to her project work, tracing these themes from a macro to micro scale through the design.  “Well-designed buildings and spaces have a net-positive effect on communities, individual lives and the environment,” she says, a truth that drives her full investment in each and every project to…

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