News: Awards
Summit Slope Park Wins 2010-2011 Design Excellence Award
The Seattle Design Commission has selected Summit Slope Park as one of the five winners of the 2010-2011 Design Excellence Awards. The Commission, made up of ten appointed professionals from design-related fields, has chosen the park because of its elegant design concept, contextual integration and social inclusion, stating:
“The park is a clear example of how simple design and detailing can become a backdrop to the neighborhood, enhance our experience of the city and create a well used and loved space for the community.”
Read more at seattle.gov.
Walking Mountains Science Center wins 2012 Responsible Development Award
12.13.2011 Mithun, Awards, In The News
Mithun’s Walking Mountains Science Center was recently awarded the 2012 Responsible Development Award in the tourism category from Mountain Living Magazine. Each year the magazine awards top achievers in sustainable development for projects located in the high country of the Rocky Mountains. This year the Science Center was awarded top honor in the tourism category for its emphasis on maximizing energy efficiency, minimizing building footprints and protecting the natural ecosystem.
Mithun partnered with Zehren and Associates for the project. Award winners will be featured in Mountain Living’s March/April 2012 issue.
Coeur d’Alene Tribe Resort Expansion Wins Top Hospitality Award from IIDA
Mithun’s Coeur d’Alene Tribe Resort Expansion won Best of Competition for interior design at last night’s INawards 2011 event at the ACT Theater in Seattle. Presented by the IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter, the project was awarded this top honor in the Design IN Hospitality category.
The team’s integrated design concept and solution reflects a free spirit that celebrates nature. Interior and exterior spaces are specific to both the Coeur d’Alene people and their surrounding ancestral lands.
Federal Way Library Wins Merit and People’s Choice
Together with the King County Library System, Mithun was honored with two awards at this year’s AIA Washington Civic Design Awards event on May 19, 2011. Jurors honored the project with a Merit Award for the building’s intelligent and efficient design that transforms the existing library into a treasured civic amenity. Winner of the AIA Washington’s Facebook page vote, the team was also presented with the People’s Choice Award.
View all AIA Washington Civic Design Award winners.
Mithun Wins INawards Honorable Mention from IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter
Mithun received an honorable mention for their interior design at Federal Way Regional Library at Monday’s INawards10 held at McCaw Hall. Presented by the IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter, the team was awarded for their design excellence and innovation in the Design IN Public category.
Building upon the library’s rich natural setting, the design team drew upon principles of transparency, daylighting, and connection in order to visually open the building to the outdoors while enhancing the functionality of the spaces inside. The interior pallet used nature as an inspiration, introducing organic saturated colors and bringing wood elements into the space.
View all IIDA INawards winners.
Deb Guenther Receives 2010 ASLA President’s Medal
Congratulations to Mithun Partner, Deb Guenther for her receipt of the 2010 ASLA President’s Medal! Read the full story at ASLA.org:
Jose Almiñana, FASLA, of Andropogon and Deb Guenther, ASLA, of Mithun received the 2010 President’s Medals, a personal recognition bestowed by the outgoing president. The medals were given in gratitude for their tireless work for the Sustainable Sites Initiative, a partnership among ASLA, the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas, Austin, and the U.S. Botanic Garden.
Lopez Project Wins Best of Green Award from Treehugger.com
Mithun’s Lopez Island Community Land Trust project known as “Common Ground” has been chosen as a Best of Green Award winner in Treehugger.com’s Design & Architecture category for the Best Multiple-Residence Project. View a slide-show of all of the Design and Architecture winners or browse all the categories on Treehugger.com.