MITHŪN

Overview

Mithun’s office is a recycled industrial pier. Naturally lighted and ventilated and filled with views of Seattle’s port life, it embodies the firm’s sustainable values. An open layout promotes interaction, while selected materials achieve maximum resource efficiency. These choices are evident with natural fiber flooring, 96 percent recycled carpet, low VOC paints, low toxic adhesives, reclaimed lumber, engineered wood products and wheat board furniture. The blasts of ferry horns and cries of seagulls that enter the space through open windows keep everyone connected to the world outside.

Awards

2002
Business for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST), Sustainable Building Award

2001
Portland American Institute of Architects (AIA) / Office of Sustainable Development, Ten Shades of Green, Cascadia Region

2000
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Award Finalist, Night of the Stars

Links

• Pier 56 Mithun Offices, a two-page PDF in the Cascadia Region USGBC website’s case study directory.
• Choices by Susan S. Szenasy, Metropolis, September 19, 2007 – Inside this cavernous space, with its operable clerestories and windows, and large glass doors opening onto the dock, I feel water breezes and hear seagull cries and the occasional blast of a ship’s horn. Susan visits three sustainable offices in Seattle and comes away inspired, if not more comfortable.