News: In The News
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: A&E Perspectives
12.01.2011 Mithun, In The News
In late October, Mithun was surveyed by the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce* for their A&E Perspectives special section. The article discusses Mithun’s continued focus on sustainability with projects that focus on livable, healthy urban development and the conservation of our national resources and rural lands. Bert Gregory, Chairman and CEO, described the firm’s future and state of current projects:
“Many of our clients are moving forward with projects that might have been in the drawer and also new clients are moving forward.”
Continue reading at djc.com.
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Contemporist: Coeur d’Alene Tribe Resort Expansion
11.10.2011 Mithun, In The News
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe Resort Expansion is featured this week on Contemporist.com, a daily online source for architects and interior designers to discover new products and projects. One reader posted about the project’s water feature:
“That blue wall looks amazing. If it was straight it would lose the entire effect the slow curve totally takes it to the next level.”
Continue reading on Contemporist.com.
The Atlantic: Vertical Farming
10.04.2011 Mithun, In The News
October’s issue of The Atlantic features the Center for Urban Agriculture in its The Future of Urban Sustainability advertorial, sponsored by BMW:
Proponents say a solution can be found through wind and solar energy and recycling biomass — they say the future is looking up. The Center for Urban Agriculture offers a perfect example of these theories at work.
Continue reading on The Atlantic.
Crosscut: Industrial Poetry at Brightwater
09.28.2011 Mithun, In The News
Lawrence Cheek, the architectural critic for Crosscut.com, reviews the design of Brightwater Treatment System in Woodinville, Washington.
It’s industrial poetry, whatever vile prose might be flowing through the machinery. It’s the majesty of form following function, yes, and something more: it reminds us of the universality of functional form.
Continue reading on Crosscut.com.
Seattle DJC: Parking Garage Designed to Disappear
09.28.2011 Mithun, In The News
The design of a new parking garage for the Polyclinic in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood is featured in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. The “land-form” design takes advantage of the site’s steep slope to hide the structure and preserve views of the city skyline.
“It’s the best-looking garage ever,” Matt Anderson of Heartland said last week when he showed a rendering to the commercial real estate group NAIOP.
Continue reading in the Seattle DJC.*
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Birmingham Rebuild Gets Assistance from AIA
08.15.2011 Mithun, In The News
Nearly 100 days after a tornado destroyed much of Birmingham’s Pratt Community, an effort to create a new master plan is underway. The AIA Regional and Urban Design Assistance Team (RUDAT) visited Birmingham, toured the Pratt City community and met with neighborhood leaders and ministers. RUDAT will return in the fall for a four-day workshop to engage residents in shaping a master plan that reflects their vision and priorities for the community. During the first public meeting, Bert Gregory, who is leading the RUDAT design team, noted:
“This is really all about your community, and we need you folks to really define your community. You should think of us as the pencil for your vision.”
Continue Reading:
- Alabama ABC 13, American Institute of Architects to help rebuild Birmingham
- CBS 42, Pratt City’s Future Coming Into Focus
- al.com, Birmingham mayor counsels patience on rebuilding storm-damaged Pratt City
- al.com, Pratt residents meet with architects on master plan for tornado ravaged community
Columbia Magazine: Capitol Challenge
07.18.2011 Mithun, In The News
Washington State’s historic West Capitol Campus in Olympia is featured in this summer’s issue of Columbia Magazine. Susan Olmsted partnered with Spencer Howard (Artifacts Consulting) and Eliza Davidson for the full article and authored a fantastic piece describing Mithun’s planning approach for the West Capitol Campus Historic Landscape Preservation Master Plan.
Today as in the past, it is a multifaceted landscape: a beloved park and dignified foreground to the capitol group of buildings, a well-used, powerful, and highly valued gathering ground for diverse interests.
Download the full issue on washingtonhistory.org.