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Design for Health: The Next Decade of Positive Change
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Design for Health Equity: From Healthy Places to Inclusive Communities
Leading cities and organizations are looking upstream to build back better and address barriers to healthy housing, clean energy and air, reliable transportation and essential services. Erin Christensen Ishizaki shares highlights from recent planning and strategic efforts in Portland, OR, Denver and...
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Design for Health
Mithun’s Design for Health initiative applies evidence-based strategies and research to the creation of beautiful, inspiring and healthy places.
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UC San Diego Mesa Nueva Graduate and Professional Student Housing
A new mixed-use residential community serving more than 1,300 graduate students at UC San Diego
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Heartline
A new mixed use, transit-oriented development incorporating a residential highrise, timber frame office building and central courtyard
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The Evolution of Performance Metrics in Practice
An examination of the development and implementation of predevelopment baseline metrics.
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Coeur d'Alene Tribe Resort Expansion
Transformation of existing resort with new venues for dining, wellness and entertainment, as well as extensive landscape and sustainable improvements
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Mariposa Healthy Living Initiative
The Mariposa Healthy Living Initiative is a district strategy, widely-published best practice and ‘how-to’ guide to intentionally improve health through real estate, planning and design—recognized by the Center for Active Design, and as a CDC Healthy Places Planning Tool and HUD Policy Development and Research Practices Case Study
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University of Washington Maple and Terry Halls
Two mixed-use residence halls with linked amenities and public plazas within the urban West of 15th neighborhood
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Chatham University Eden Hall Campus
First phase of development for a 388-acre satellite campus, home to Chatham’s Falk School of Sustainability
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Louisiana Children’s Museum at City Park
New children’s museum with integrated community service centers and outdoor education to enrich the lives of children and families
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Perot Family Offices
New corporate campus for Perot family business enterprises in the heart of downtown Dallas
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UC Irvine Middle Earth Towers
New living-learning community for undergraduates along the central campus Ring Road
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National Nordic Museum
Museum and cultural center that celebrates the five Nordic cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
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2020 Vision for Mithun R+D
In these rapidly changing times, it is more important than ever to engage in critical research that challenges practice norms, proposes new paths and integrates diverse knowledge sets. Learn about our latest efforts and the five firm-wide focus areas for Mithun R+D.
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UC Irvine Mesa Court Towers
High-performance living-learning community incorporating residential, dining and educational programs
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ARRAS
Mixed-use residential community within the emerging, transit-oriented Spring District neighborhood
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University of Oregon Hamilton & Walton Transformation
Phased replacement and expansion of student life, dining and academic facilities, open space improvements and a new recruitment center to welcome prospective students and visitors
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Liberty Bank Building
Mixed-use affordable housing in Seattle’s Central District, developed by a partnership between Africatown Community Land Trust, the Black Community Impact Alliance, Community Roots Housing and Byrd Barr Place
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Mithun Receives 2023 AIA Architecture Firm Award
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently recognized Mithun with the 2023 AIA Architecture Firm Award. This national accolade celebrates exemplary design and practice, and is the highest honor the AIA bestows on an architecture firm.
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Tulalip Administration Building
New administration building designed to consolidate tribal government offices and services, and holistically support the community.
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Mithun Receives the AIA Northwest + Pacific Region Firm Award
AIA Northwest and Pacific Region names Mithun the 2017 Firm of the Year!
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Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge
One of 10 teams selected to work with communities to develop collaborative, implementable projects to address sea level rise and climate change across the San Francisco Bay Area
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Puyallup City Hall Block
Developed through a public/private partnership, this mixed use block incorporates municipal facilities, public plaza, residential and commercial space and public parking garage
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High Point
Federally-funded HOPE VI transformation of 713 World War II era public housing apartments into a diverse, internationally-recognized mixed-income sustainable community
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Rising Leaders Discuss the Future of Design
Recently promoted leaders share some of the latest trends being incorporated in our work across markets and disciplines.
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Novelty Hill Januik Winery
Modern destination winery that showcases the winemaking process and presents a sensory experience to elevate the human spirit
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Holistic Design Analytics
VisionChronic disease affects the majority of Americans, and is also the most costly and preventable type of disease. By looking upstream to root causes in the places we spend our time, there is potential to improve opportunities for healthy places and behaviors. In the last decade, market research ...
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Blakely Elementary School Replacement
New replacement elementary school incorporating diverse indoor and outdoor learning spaces for students in preschool through fourth grade
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Zoomazium
Interactive "green box" designed to teach children about the biome in which they live
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High Point Parks
Three distinct parks within the High Point neighborhood provide stormwater maintenance, view corridors, and a connected, vibrant public realm for residents
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Harley and Lela Franco Maritime Center
Global headquarters balancing marine industrial function with operational efficiency on Seattle’s Harbor Island
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Annie Wright Schools Boys Upper School and Gymnasium/Pool Expansion
New Boys Upper School and gymnasium/pool expansion for the preK-12 campus of a private school founded in 1884
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Weyerhaeuser Headquarters at 200 Occidental
Weyerhaeuser’s new office reconnects the company with a rich history, and advances its operational and brand transformation
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200 Occidental
A new mixed-use office building replaces a parking lot and mends a gap in the ring of buildings around Occidental Park
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A Year of Embodied Carbon
Mithun framed 2021 as the Year of Embodied Carbon to reaffirm our commitment to low-carbon buildings and communities, spark accelerated innovation internally and contribute decisively towards global efforts to limit atmospheric warming. This ideas post shares both successes and setbacks with the hop...
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Centering Health Equity
VisionMithun’s Design for Health research and practice initiative has tested design engagement, methods, and tools to address the social determinants of health, inclusion and resilience in communities across North America including Denver, Seattle and San Francisco. This work has helped shape neig...
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Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan
A visionary sustainable master plan for a 35-block area in Portland’s Lloyd District
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Expertise
we harness synergy between disciplines and practice areas to create meaningful places At Mithun, design is a holistic, interdisciplinary pursuit encompassing architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design and planning. Our integrated team employs shared research and collaborati...
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Turning Challenges into Learning Opportunities
Brendan Connolly and new Mithun principal JoAnn Hindmarsh Wilcox explore key opportunities present in disruption: designing for health, equity and agile learning with an eye to the future.
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University of Washington Lander Hall
Amenity-rich, urban living for undergraduates, with dining and student services to serve the 5,000-student neighborhood
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Teton Science Schools Jackson Campus
New campus for the first private accredited K-12 school in Wyoming, as well as residential environmental education programs
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Sun Valley Redevelopment Master Plan and Healthy Living Initiative
A Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan (completed 2015) and Healthy Living Initiative Action Plan (completed 2019) support the inclusive growth of an isolated neighborhood into an mixed-income, health-focused community
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South Lake Union Block 25
Interior architecture and design within two new ground-up buildings featuring diverse work and amenity spaces for technology engineers
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Affordable Family Housing: Designing for Social Resilience
How can we best support urban families and children through affordable housing design? Learn about five design strategies that strengthen family life and social resilience: in-building childcare, amenity suites, corridor lounges, flexible outdoor space and stairs as play space.
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UCLA Olympic and Centennial Residence Halls
New undergraduate student housing community with study/innovation center and bridge to main campus
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Taylor 28
Mixed-use redevelopment of an infill site near Seattle Center, including reorganization of the street to create public gathering space and a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood
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Navos Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth and Families
Redevelopment of a mental health campus to better support long-term inpatient and outpatient care in a compelling natural setting
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UC Irvine Medical Education Building
A high-performance academic building designed to advance medical education curriculum
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Keahuolu Land Planning
Keahuolu is a purpose driven, sustainable community that preserves environmental and cultural traditions, while serving the legacy of Queen Lili'uokalani
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Athenian School
Master plan and design of new classrooms and Innovation Center for independent college preparatory school serving grades 6-12
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How a Focus on Health is Transforming the Design Industry
Bert Gregory discusses the evolution of and potential for creating healthy places in this Urban Land Institute spotlight feature.
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Design in Kinship
VisionDesign in Kinship explores how to mainstream relational work and build kinship between designers and community leaders. If equitable design is the stated goal, relational work is the pathway to get there. What’s missing in the traditional design process is the time to build trust between des...
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UC Irvine Verano 8 Graduate Student Housing
New student housing complex delivering critical affordable housing for graduate students
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Wanapum Heritage Center
Heritage center and museum that tells the story of the Wanapum Band, preserves traditional artifacts and provides an active cultural center
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Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias
Planning and design to restore the largest grove of sequoias in Yosemite National Park
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Center for Urban Agriculture
Mixed use housing concept design that generates sufficient food, water and energy to fulfill residents’ needs and benefit the surrounding community
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Sun Valley Healthy Living Initiative and “SOL” Health Action Plan Receive APA Award for Excellence in Sustainability
This national award from the American Planning Association (APA) recognizes Mithun’s work with Denver Housing Authority to improve the health and well-being of residents in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Denver.
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Mithun R+D
A look at the evolution of research and development at Mithun, from the firm’s early days to current initiatives and what’s next.
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Sun Valley Community School Hagenbuch Hall for the Creative Arts and Middle School
New indoor and outdoor learning environments for the middle school and creative arts programs of a K-12 independent school
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Verano 8 Graduate Student Housing Opens at UC Irvine
The significant new residential and student-life community expands access to affordable housing on campus for the university’s growing graduate student population.
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About Us
We are united by a belief in the power of design We leverage technology and integrated disciplines to advance design that serves individuals, communities and our planet. Research and development programs enable our teams and collaborators to transcend boundaries, reaching ever higher levels of desig...
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2022 Mithun Promotions
We are pleased to announce staff promotions in our Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
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The Northwest School at 401 East Pike
New theater, dining and athletics building that enhances an urban independent school campus and the greater community
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Mithun Projects Honored for Design-Build Excellence
Two higher education projects earned Merit Awards from the DBIA national 2020 Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition.
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1036 Mission
Affordable housing in a nine-story courtyard building for families and formerly-homeless individuals
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Centering Health Equity Frameworks Launch
Mithun has launched the Centering Health Equity beta frameworks, in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council and University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Green Health Partnership.
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IslandWood
Residential environmental education center providing visitors with a deeper understanding of the natural environment through hands-on learning and outdoor field experience
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Advancing Sustainability: Health, Equity and Resilience
In search of the leading edge of sustainability innovation—reflections on Greenbuild 2016 and beyond.
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Federal Way Regional Library
Library renovation and expansion to better serve the diverse communities of southern King County, and connect with its forested setting
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Rising Leaders Discuss the Future of Design
Recently promoted leaders share some of the latest trends being incorporated in our work across markets and disciplines.
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UW Children's Center at Portage Bay
New Montessori-based childcare center within an existing facility, designed to provide indoor and outdoor learning spaces for infants and children.
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Goodwill Job Training and Education Center
New administration and education facility supporting Goodwill’s mission to strengthen communities, individuals and families through job training
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Wellness at Work
Small changes can have big impacts when it comes to promoting health and well-being in the workplace.
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Seattle and San Francisco-based Mithun and Hodgetts + Fung of Los Angeles Merge to Expand National Integrated Design Firm
The merger strengthens our collective practice, increasing expertise and capacity for large-scale projects throughout the West Coast.
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Casa Adelante at 2060 Folsom
Affordable housing development overlooking new neighborhood park in the Mission District
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Design Practice in Flux: Building a Dynamic Practice with “Next Generation” Designers
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Happy Spaces, Healthy People
Elizabeth Gordon explores the impact of optimistic spaces on health and well-being in the workplace.
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Sea2City: Decolonizing Design Practice
Key to the Mithun+One team approach to the Sea2City Design Challenge is the integration of First Nations knowledge and values through a process centering decolonization. This ideas post focuses on our process and reflections, and is the first in a series about the collaborative effort to create a vi...
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Designing the Future of Education
Mithun explores design thinking with Leadership+Design.
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Lopez Common Ground
A workforce housing community designed for economic, environmental and social sustainability
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Seattle Fire Station 9
Replacement fire station designed to support quick response time, community outreach and resource-efficient operations
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Integrated Environments for Healing
Located in a remarkable natural setting on the shores of Lake Burien, the new campus for Navos integrates innovative mental health approaches, a community-focused experience and connection with nature to truly support healing.
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Net Positive: Chatham’s Eden Hall Campus
A look into the integrated design and innovative results at Chatham University Eden Hall Campus, a 2017 AIA COTE Top Ten Project.
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UC San Diego Nuevo West Graduate Student Housing
Mixed use residential community serving graduate students and patients of the adjacent UC San Diego medical center
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Mithun Elevates New Executive Team, Marking Fourth Generation of Practicing Design Leaders
Partner Brendan Connolly joins firm President Dave Goldberg and partner Anne Torney in guiding daily operations.
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Sea2City Design Challenge
One of two teams contracted to explore coastal adaptation approaches along Vancouver’s False Creek
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A Summer to Remember: 2020 Mithun Interns
Student interns are an important part of the culture at Mithun. We asked this year’s cohort to share perspective into their inspirations, dream projects and summer experience.
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Advancing Positive Change through Pro Bono Design
As part of our commitment to support social equity, Mithun provides pro-bono design services to underserved communities by partnering with local grassroots organizations. Learn about recent projects.
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The David Brower Center
Vibrant mixed-use office building that is home to environmental organizations and events, and enriches downtown Berkeley
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State Center
Master plan update and design of first two parcels for significant urban revitalization project including new mixed-use neighborhood
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Fairview Research Center
Life sciences laboratory and office building in South Lake Union designed to optimize research and energy performance
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Advancing Well-being with the Green Health Partnership
USGBC+ features Mithun’s work with Green Health Partnership to advance human health and well-being through building and neighborhood design.
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Newcastle Library
A new community library at the heart of a growing suburban village
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Designing a Green New Deal
VisionEquitable workforce development drives jobs and justice, helping to secure community agency and stability in a decarbonizing world. When engaging in living infrastructure projects, it is imperative that planning and design professionals shape this work to support a just transition to a regener...
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Brightwater Center
Environmental education and events center on the campus of a wastewater treatment facility
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Mithun Chosen to Design State-of-the-Art Campus in Morganton, NC
The Industrial Commons has selected Mithun as the lead architect for design and development of the Innovation Campus in Morganton, NC. Mithun’s multi-disciplinary team will help transform the 27-acre tract of land from a neglected brownfield into a thriving and sustainable hub of manufacturing and...
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Award-Winning Schacht Aslani Architects Joins Mithun’s Integrated Design Practice
Mithun and Schacht Aslani have a long history of complementary expertise and professional collaboration, and this new union leverages the knowledge and client work of both firms for a wide range of projects.
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How Can We Design with Communities While Apart?
The current pandemic has inspired new ways to cultivate resilient community relationships and engagement, even as conventional practices are challenged.
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Engineering Training Center
Training center featuring a dynamic layout and diverse settings for education, work and gathering
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The Art of Sustainable Design
Museums can use environmental performance to enhance their mission and visitor experience.
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Design Firm Office
Thriving workspace and local hub for events advancing sustainable design and positive change
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REI Seattle Flagship Store
An immersive retail experience, instilling consumers with environmental values, a connection to nature and sense of adventure
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Navos’ New Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth and Families Opens
Mithun will join Navos to celebrate the grand opening of the new Behavioral Healthcare Center on Thursday September 24.
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Northwest University Health and Science Center
New home for nursing and science programs, designed to support academic success and foster community
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Louisiana Children’s Museum Takes Learning Outside
Louisiana Children’s Museum presents a new model for children’s museums that supports resilience in New Orleans with expanded environmental education, innovative water strategies and collocated community resources.
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Prefabrication and Modular Approaches Rise to the Challenge
In order to meet some of today’s greatest social and environmental challenges, Mithun is embracing emerging technologies to explore improved methods to design and build. Prefabricated construction shows particular promise.
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The Home Team Supports Resilience of North Richmond
As part of the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge, the Mithun Home Team is working with the North Richmond community to address local impacts of climate change and support regional resilience.
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Project Green
An international model for sustainable development emerges from an old water treatment plant site
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Mariposa – South Lincoln Redevelopment Master Plan
Master plan transforming the former South Lincoln public housing project into an energized transit-oriented community where people enjoy green, healthy living; arts and culture; and close proximity to downtown
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Outside-In and Inside-Out: A Seamless Campus Experience
Integrated site and workplace design supports collaboration and health at the Perot family’s new headquarters in Dallas.
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Sanctuary Studios
Innovative wellness studio experience that balances the natural world with the latest technology to elevate wellbeing
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Microsoft U.S. Offices
Renovation of seven floors within an existing highrise to create open, connected workspaces with diverse settings for individual focus and team collaboration
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Edmonds College Hazel Miller Hall
New academic building for STEM career programs, serving as a terminus to the central campus spine
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Saltchuk Corporate Offices
New corporate headquarters uniting a diverse family of companies into a shared space with expansive views of the working waterfront
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ARTS at King Street Station
Major renovation of King Street Station's third floor to support local arts and culture, highlighting communities of color
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City of Phoenix Edison-Eastlake One Vision Plan
Sustainable mixed-use district framework and housing master plans for three transit-oriented existing public housing sites in the Edison-Eastlake neighborhood east of downtown Phoenix
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Mithun, Hensel Phelps Awarded New UC Irvine Graduate Student Housing Project
The $215 million Verano 8 residential community will house more than 1,000 graduate students and related amenity spaces in seven buildings.
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University of Washington Nordheim Court
Sustainable residential village for undergraduate students with inviting community spaces and integrated art
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Seattle University Sustainable Master Plan
Sustainable master plan, coupled with a Major Institution Master Plan (MIMP), for an urban university campus
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Peninsula College Allied Health and Early Childhood Development Center
New academic building for allied health programs, including nursing and medical assisting, and early childhood development programs
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Housing, Health and Positive Change
Anne Torney speaks to Q Magazine about the future of architecture, building vibrant cities, and how Mithun is working to achieve positive change.
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Yesler Community Center
Full-service community center within an inner-city neighborhood near downtown Seattle
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Mosler Lofts
Sustainable mixed-use midrise development with streetscape design geared toward a designated Green Street
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Suquamish Museum
Museum showcasing Suquamish culture, history and modern accomplishments
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Shilshole Bay Marina
Master plan for 50-acre marina, one of the largest in the Puget Sound, and implementation of new facilities, outdoor spaces and seawall restoration
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Seattle University Jim and Janet Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation
Gateway STEM complex including a new 110,000 sf academic building and partial renovation of the existing Bannan Science and Engineering buildings
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Anne Torney Honored for Residential Design Excellence
2018 Marvin Design Award winner Anne Torney is inspired by affordable housing’s ability to create social change.
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UC Irvine Middle Earth Expansion Opens at the Heart of Campus
The significant new residential and student-life center introduces higher density housing, dining, learning and amenity spaces along the central campus Ring Road.
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Hensel Phelps, Mithun Awarded UCI Student Housing
The University of California, Irvine Middle Earth Expansion will open in August 2019 to serve expanding demand for on-campus student housing.
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Mithun Selected to Design New Student Life Facility at Georgia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Mithun and local architectural partner Lord Aeck Sargent to design a new $95 million student life facility for its Atlanta campus.
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Liberty Bank Building Wins 2022 Northwest + Pacific AIA Design Award
The design jury highlighted community engagement, public art and interior spaces as key strengths of the affordable housing project.
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Sustainable Little Tokyo Vision
An inclusive neighborhood revitalization and Cultural EcoDistrict that establishes the community’s vision for sustainable transit-oriented development
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The End of Parking
VisionThe United States is estimated to have as many as two billion parking spaces to serve about 250 million cars, and parking represents the primary land use in many cities. As Americans living in cities continue the decade-long trend of driving less and owning fewer cars, one of the great challen...
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Mariposa Healthy Living Initiative Blazes a Trail
Mithun’s work with Denver Housing Authority demonstrates how equitable transit-oriented development projects can help cities improve community health.
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Erin Christensen Ishizaki
An urban designer, planner and architect, Erin is passionate about building physical and social community. Her collaborative, listening approach highlights well-being and inclusion for neighborhoods, housing authorities, private developers and local governments. Erin is a national leader and advocat...
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Process
We start every project by understanding the mission, vision and values of our clients, and considering how built form can reflect and amplify these core goals. This is the foundation for ideation, and the ultimate measurement of design success.
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Summit Slope Park
Transformation of an existing parking lot into a flexible public park for community gathering and gardening
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The Ohio State University Sustainability Plan
Synergistic solutions and design standards to enhance campus sustainability and drive towards carbon neutrality
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AIA 2023 Architecture Firm Award: Mithun’s Mission-driven Approach to Design Practice
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Resilient by Design Selects The Home Team
Mithun’s proposal was selected as one of ten international teams to develop innovative community-based solutions to strengthen the Bay Area’s resilience to sea level rise, severe storms, flooding and earthquakes.
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Walking Mountains Science Center
High-altitude environmental education center that was the first school in Colorado to receive LEED Platinum certification
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Hunters Point Shipyard Neighborhood Studies
Conversion of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard into a new mixed-use neighborhood
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International Biophilic Design Award for Louisiana Children’s Museum
Explore design strategies that reinforce connection with nature at the museum campus, honored with the 2021 ILFI Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award.
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Two Mithun Projects Win AIA Washington Civic Design Awards
New educational facilities for Bainbridge Island School District and Clover Park Technical College are honored for excellence in design and program resolution.
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No Higher Stakes
Designing “with, not for” communities: Deb Guenther explores ways to adapt design practice to build people-centered cities from the neighborhood up.
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Hensel Phelps, Mithun Win UC San Diego Student Housing Project
The Nuevo West Graduate Student Housing is utilizing design-build delivery and will open in 2019.
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Next Generation Inspiration: 2018 Student Interns
Student interns are an important part of the culture at Mithun. We recently sat down with this year’s group to talk about their inspirations, dream projects and summer highlights.
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How Legacy Can Maximize the Design Process
The idea of legacy can drive both the process and substance of a capital park design project.
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West Capitol Campus Historic Landscape Master Plan
Comprehensive plan for the design and management of the Washington State Capitol Campus grounds, originally designed by the Olmsted Brothers
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Nordic Museum Receives Civic Design Award
The new Nordic Museum wins a 2018 Civic Design Citation Award from AIA Washington Council.
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Expanding the Roster: The Design Paradigm That Prioritizes Equity, Community, and Justice
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Navos Named Among Best Healthcare Projects
ENR Northwest honors Navos Behavioral Healthcare Center with an Award of Merit in the 2016 Best Projects competition.
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Seattle Bouldering Project, Fremont
Adaptive renovation of an existing warehouse building for a climbing gym and fitness center in the heart of the Fremont neighborhood
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North Seattle College Health Sciences and Student Resource Center
Seismic renovation and addition to a 1970s concrete college building, improving health sciences learning and social environments
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Mithun Receives the PSBJ Healthy Community Champion Award
Dave Goldberg speaks to the Puget Sound Business Journal about the firm’s deep-rooted culture of giving and recent philanthropic initiatives.
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Earth Day Turns 50
A look back at the history of Earth Day, its Northwest roots and continued influence on the sustainable design movement.
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NE 85th Station Area Plan and Code
Station Area Plan that supports growth of a suburban area around a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station and regional trail, including a new plan, form-based code, sustainability framework, green innovation policies, incentive zoning program, design guidelines and Planned Action Ordinance
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The Student Housing Boom: Design and Development Outlook
Urban Land magazine explores the impact of changing forces on U.S. student housing markets, and the trends in design and development that are delivering results.
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Atlassian Austin Office
Interior architecture and design for five levels in a new ground-up building, including diverse work and amenity spaces
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Embodying Change
VisionThe embodied carbon emissions of building products and construction represent a significant portion of total global emissions—more than 11% annually. Designers are uniquely positioned to reduce this embodied carbon impact, but to do so, we must first integrate new types of analysis into our ...
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Blakely Elementary Receives AIA Education Facility Design Award
Blakely Elementary School earns an Award of Excellence in the AIA national design awards program for educational architecture.
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999 Third Avenue
Renovation of public lobby spaces within a 47-story high rise in downtown Seattle
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Mithun Ranks 13th in Architect Magazine’s Top 50 in Design
Architect Magazine, the journal of the American Institute of Architects, places Mithun in the top 20 design firms in the U.S. as part of their annual survey.
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Chatham Campus Receives AIA CAE Education Facility Design Award
AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) honors Chatham University Eden Hall Campus with the 2018 Education Facility Design Award of Excellence.
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Sustainability Treehouse Receives AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Design Award
The Sustainability Treehouse was honored with a Citation Award from the 2015 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Design Awards program.
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Tenaya Lake Area Plan
Restoration master plan and phased implementation strategy for Tenaya Lake area
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An Exemplary Model for Sustainable Schools
The Bush School’s new net-zero energy Upper School is the first Passive House certified school in the state and the first Salmon Safe certified school in the nation.
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Mithun Designs Among Best of Year
Two workplace and education projects are named finalists in Interior Design magazine’s Best of Year Awards program.
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Product Transparency: Evaluating Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Construction Products
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New Perot Campus Advances Health and Collaboration
The Perot family shares the inspiration behind and transformative impacts of their new Dallas headquarters.
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REI Denver Flagship Store
Transformation of a threatened landmark building into a new retail store with connection to local parks, transit and waterways
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Mithun Receives AIA Upjohn Grant for Sustainable Design Research
The research grant will support efforts to expand the existing Build Carbon Neutral embodied carbon calculator, a free online tool launched by Mithun and partners in 2007.
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Washington State University Olympia Avenue Student Housing
New student housing for undergraduates of all levels, featuring a mix of unit types and gathering areas to unite the diverse community
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Body Parametrics
A Mithun R+D effort investigates how the body can be embedded within contemporary design utilizing emergent digital fabrication tools.
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Western Washington University Buchanan Towers Addition
Addition and renovation of prominent student housing complex to support community at the eastern gateway to campus
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On Fire
VisionNearly all lands and plant communities in the western United States are adapted to fire exposure, and for thousands of years indigenous peoples here have used fire intentionally to cultivate plant and human health symbiotically. The consequences of 150 years of fire suppression as a developmen...
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2018 Mithun Promotions
We are pleased to announce staff promotions in our Seattle and San Francisco offices.
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2019 Mithun Promotions
We are pleased to announce staff promotions in our Seattle and San Francisco offices.
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Mass Timber Schools: Wellness in Wood
Humans have an innate need to connect with the natural world. At the same time, emerging mass timber technology has the capacity to help reduce and achieve net-negative embodied carbon. Finding a way to optimize mass timber technology that affords a cost-competitive biophilic approach to build bette...
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UC San Diego Mesa Nueva Achieves LEED Gold Certification
One of the nation’s largest graduate housing communities, UC San Diego’s Mesa Nueva has received LEED Gold certification from USGBC.
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Construction Starts on the New ULab at University Prep
The new building will expand UPrep’s Upper School enrollment capacity and project-based, interdisciplinary earning environments.
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Equity at Work
VisionBuilt environment design professionals are responsible for myriad spaces that contribute to positive or negative effects on societal health, well-being and happiness. Who designs the built environment (representation), and how they do it (equitable practice) matters. Improving the representati...
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Innovation Hall Breaks New Ground in Partnerships and Processes
Mithun and Lease Crutcher Lewis leveraged progressive design-build delivery to create a new STEM facility for Cascadia College and the University of Washington Bothell that brings people together around shared mission, goals and objectives.
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Sustainability Treehouse
Interpretive and environmental education facility that immerses visitors in the forest, and teaches about ecology and resource conservation
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The Heartwood and the Seedling: Portland’s Pearl District Grows More Public Realm
Heartline’s landscape sets the project apart and ties it into the neighborhood as a whole.
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Inhabit Modular Apartments
Design and feasibility study for modular apartment prototype
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Clover Park Technical College Center for Advanced Manufacturing Technology
New advanced manufacturing classroom building designed to produce graduates who are career ready, not just skill-ready
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Construction Begins on the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY) Campus Expansion
The Skanska | Mithun design-build team joined with the school community to celebrate groundbreaking on a campus expansion tailored to support CDHY’s bilingual educational program while maintaining Deaf culture for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Affordable Housing as Social and Cultural Infrastructure
Housing affordability is a critical issue for cities across the nation. New developments in San Francisco and Seattle highlight strategies to address this challenge, with design that advances social justice and celebrates local identity.
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UC Irvine Verano 8 Achieves LEED Platinum Certification
The new $221 mission graduate student housing community advances sustainable performance and promotes resident health and well-being with LEED and Fitwel certifications.
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200 Occidental: Sustainable Future of Historic Pioneer Square
There is nothing ordinary about the origins of 200 Occidental.
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Louisiana Children’s Museum Wins 2022 AIA COTE Top Ten Award
This national honor recognizes the project’s integration of design excellence and environmental performance to deliver social, economic and ecological value.
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UC San Diego Nuevo East Graduate Student Housing
Mixed use community for graduate students including five residential buildings ranging from five to 12 stories and a student wellness and resource center
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Heads Up Display
VisionEarly-stage modeling, planning, and design software are not very data-centric or easily customizable. Often, useful data such as floor area ratio (FAR), program totals, unit breakdowns and open space are calculated after design schemes have been modeled, and real-time decisions are made only f...
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Washington State Parks Arboretum Environmental Education Center
Predesign study for a new environmental education center that expands the Arboretum’s educational reach and programming for children and adults
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Façade Generator
VisionFaçade Generator bridges the gap between Revit and other modeling programs, specifically Rhino and Grasshopper, to easily study façade patterns and articulation that are otherwise too cumbersome to implement or explore in Revit at early stages of a project. The Façade Generator expands Mith...
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Mithun-designed Museums Honored Among 10 Best New Museums
Louisiana Children’s Museum and National Nordic Museum are voted among the top new museums across the nation.
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Press Blocks
A new mixed-use development on the MAX light rail line in the rapidly transforming Goose Hollow neighborhood
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University Prep Commons Renovation
New multipurpose collaboration and dining space along the central circulation spine of an existing independent school serving students in grades 6-12
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WASLA Merit Award for Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge: ouR-HOME
Mithun’s work with the North Richmond community to address sea level rise and climate change earned a Merit Award from WASLA.
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Affordable Housing and Sophisticated Design Merge at Mission Bay Gateway Site
1180 Fourth Street is hailed as an example of what affordable housing can and should be: decidedly urban, successfully dense, and architecturally sophisticated.
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Seven Hills Park
Small urban park designed with flexibility to serve its diverse and densely populated neighborhood
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How Growth Can Benefit Community: Kirkland’s Groundbreaking Station Area Plan for NE 85th
The City of Kirkland’s new NE 85th Street Station Area Plan addresses one of the biggest issues facing cities throughout the region: how to encourage growth that provides housing, jobs and community amenities while celebrating and supporting the people and the places that are there today.
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Activating Young Minds and Resilience through Outdoor Learning
How can we strengthen outdoor learning opportunities to extend school operations and address limitations of digital learning models? Six case studies offer replicable strategies for schools to enrich academic performance, maximize resilient operations and foster environmental stewardship.
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Hunters View Master Plan
Master plan for multi-phase redevelopment of San Francisco’s most grim public housing into a well-connected, mixed-income neighborhood
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Louisiana Children’s Museum Receives 2021 Buildy Award
The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) has awarded the Louisiana Children’s Museum with its top honor for new museums.
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All-Electric Multifamily ZNE
VisionThis R+D project analyzes energy efficiency strategies, barriers and successes of all-electric, zero net energy (ZNE)-ready, affordable multifamily housing projects across three climate zones in California. Prompted by the pioneering success of five Mithun-designed Bay Area projects achieving ...
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Building Bike-friendly Neighborhoods
Integration of bicycle and pedestrian strategies in urban planning and architectural design is vital to the creation of effective and connected cities.
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Workplace for Technology Engineers
Renovation of an existing building and landscape to create inspirational work space for engineers
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Mosaica Alabama Street Housing
Innovative mixed-use development incorporating affordable rental and ownership housing, commercial and light industrial space
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Large Technology Company Retail Store
Iconic retail environment for large technology company, designed to provide a memorable experience for employees and visitors from around the world
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Innovative Designs Enhance Seattle’s Historic Neighborhoods
200 Occidental and Ivar’s Pier 54 Renovation selected as NAIOP Night of the Stars Awards finalists.
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Binhai Hexie New City
Master plan for a new mixed-use residential district, and a more detailed design for a 27.5-acre demonstration neighborhood within the plan
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Construction Begins at Blakely Elementary
Bainbridge Island School District, our design team and the local community joined to celebrate the groundbreaking of Captain Johnston Blakely Elementary School.
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JEDI
Our acknowledgments As a historically majority white-led firm, Mithun acknowledges the power and choice afforded our organization in an environment influenced by centuries of structural racism and other forms of discrimination. Mithun acknowledges our current responsibility to recognize and ameliora...
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Maceo May Apartments
Six-story modular construction building on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay providing 105 homes for formerly homeless Veterans and their families
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The Rose
This next-level green affordable housing demonstrates the possibilities for urban infill projects to promote equity and a sense of community together with healthy and sustainable lifestyles
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Student Housing at UW Embraces an Urban, Walkable Setting
UW residence halls provide students with unique learning environments, social connections and improved connectivity to the city.
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Mindful Living in the Sonoran Desert
The design of Miraval combines the desert’s rich human history with environmentally intelligent practices to enrich the award-winning spa experience.
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Hensel Phelps, Mithun Awarded Third UC San Diego Student Housing Project
The $211 million Nuevo East Graduate Student Housing community will open in 2020.
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Scripted Anthropometry
VisionAnthropometry, the study of the human body's shape and proportion, can be recognized as one of architecture’s earliest tropes. Expanding on this tradition, this Mithun R+D effort investigates how the body can be embedded within contemporary design utilizing emergent digital fabrication tools...
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New Los Angeles “SkyPark” Concept Revealed at Uber Elevate 2019
Our “SkyPark” design concept supports the commercial launch of Uber Air in Los Angeles and serves the greater community, incorporating transit connectivity, sustainable performance and neighborhood placemaking with an expansive public amenity at ground level.
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999 Third Avenue Plazas
Renovation and retail addition to a terraced plaza in downtown Seattle along the transit corridor
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Seattle Fire Station 30
New two-story neighborhood fire station in Seattle’s Mt. Baker neighborhood
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Casa Adelante 681 Florida Opens in San Francisco
The building contributes to a vibrant Mission District with 130 affordable homes, including 39 permanent supportive housing units, and ground-floor space for local arts organizations.
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Sanctuary Studios wins a GRAY Award
The prototype wellness studio design won the Commercial Interior Design category of this annual cross-disciplinary design competition.
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Casa Adelante 2060 Folsom Wins AIA COTE Top Ten Award
This national honor recognizes the project’s integration of design excellence and environmental performance to deliver social, economic and ecological value.
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Elizabeth Gordon
Elizabeth is an award winning designer with a holistic approach to design. With a strong focus on concept-driven, integrated design, she has led the design of numerous corporate workplaces in Silicon Valley for Fortune 100 companies, as well as other corporate and cultural projects in Seattle and na...
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JoAnn Hindmarsh Wilcox
JoAnn combines sensitive listening and agile problem-solving skills to craft innovative and rigorous architectural solutions that influence national K-12 and higher education design. For more than 20 years she has focused her practice on design for life-long learning, collaborating closely with stud...
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Wanapum Heritage Center Honored by AIA
Wanapum Heritage Center has received 2017 design awards from AIA Northwest and Pacific Region and AIA Washington Council.
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Seattle Preparatory School Liturgical and Fine Arts Center
New addition to McDonnell Hall featuring a flexible 350-seat auditorium for performance and worship
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Domaine
Multifamily housing community that integrates multiple buildings and pedestrian linkages to create an intimate sense of place alongside a major thoroughfare
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Zero Net Energy Student Housing
The strategies and systems behind ESTUARY, Mithun’s 2015 Architecture at Zero award-winning design concept for the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus.
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Bert Gregory Receives AIA Seattle Gold Medal
AIA Seattle honors Bert Gregory with its highest award, the Gold Medal.
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Two Additional Eden Hall Campus Buildings Achieve LEED Platinum Status
All four new buildings on Chatham University’s 388-acre satellite campus—including academic, dining, residential and commons facilities—are now LEED Platinum certified.
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UCSF Mission Bay Architecture at Zero Competition
2015 Architecture at Zero Honor Award-winning conceptual design for student housing on the UCSF Mission Bay campus
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Perot Corporate Campus Featured in Development Magazine
Seamless integration of architecture and landscape optimizes collaboration and employee health at the Perot Family Offices.
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Mithun Home Team Shares Vision for North Richmond
The Mithun Home Team presents ouR-HOME, a collection of sea level rise projects developed with the North Richmond community, at the Resilient Bay Summit today.
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Chatham Campus Wins AIA COTE Top Ten Award
The AIA Committee on the Environment has named Chatham University Eden Hall Campus a 2017 Top Ten Green Project.
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Pop Blocks Development Plan
Design and entitlements for a mixed-use, mixed-income development plan, including multi-modal public street and significant public open space
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The Iconic Sea Ranch Lodge Reopens Following Extensive Renovation
The revitalized landmark features strengthened connection to nature and reimagined spaces including a new dining room, bar and lounge, café and general store.
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UCI Middle Earth Towers Wins Two DBIA Awards
The Hensel Phelps | Mithun design-build team earns multiple honors in the Design-Build Institute of America’s (DBIA) Western Pacific Region awards program.
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Seattle Fire Station 20
Relocated fire station to improve response coverage, reduce gaps in service, and introduce a civic presence in the Interbay neighborhood
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Mithun Leaders Join AIA College of Fellows
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevates Bruce Williams and Richard Franko to the prestigious College of Fellows.
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Highlights from the AIA Conference on Architecture
It was fantastic to celebrate with friends, colleagues and collaborators at the AIA Conference on Architecture in San Francisco this month!
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Stateside Student Housing Achieves Fitwel Certification
New housing community offers health, wellness and amenity-rich living near the Western Washington University campus
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Annie Rummelhoff
Annie believes that design should be impactful, that thoughtfully crafted spaces can improve health and wellness, enhance productivity and engage the community. With a passion for integrated design, Annie strives for excellence with each unique client and team. She has worked on a wide variety of pr...
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2021 Mithun Promotions
We are pleased to announce staff promotions in our Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
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Building Better Schools
VisionEmerging mass timber technology is changing the construction industry with multiple advantages such as reducing embodied carbon and compressing construction schedules. There is also a growing body of research proving biophilic indoor environments can improve learning outcomes and enhance stude...
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Roger Gula
Roger is a spirited and creative design leader and project manager at Mithun with an ability to create beautiful design solutions within challenging project constraints. His recent work has focused on corporate workplaces and urban housing, including developer driven mixed use and student housing pr...
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Mithun Pier 56
Renovation of historic pier and flexible, high-performance workplace for a multi-disciplinary design firm
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Jason Steiner
Jason leads digital design integration at Mithun—guiding the application of performance-driven design, visualization and digital processes across the firm’s projects, research and development efforts. He brings creative thinking and big ideas to the work of the Mithun coLAB, empowering next gene...
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Innovation Hall opens at the shared campus of University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College
The new academic facility signals a significant expansion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research and education in Washington state.
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Westlake Park Children's Play Area
Children’s play area in Westlake Park to support families in downtown Seattle
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Habits of High-Performance Firms
Mithun is featured in a new report from the AIA Committee on the Environment about the best practices of leading design firms.
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University Prep Master Plan and Campus Renovations
Campus master plan and series of renovations to enhance learning environments at this growing independent school
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Robert Frost Auditorium
Dynamic renovation of an iconic 1960s-era auditorium to preserve the historic structure and create a contemporary performing arts center on the Culver City High School campus
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ESTUARY Wins Top Honor in Architecture at Zero Competition
Mithun’s net-zero energy student housing design for UC San Francisco Mission Bay receives the 2015 Architecture at Zero Honor Award.
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Bill LaPatra
With more than 40 years of practice, Bill serves as design partner on a range of higher education, civic, and mixed-use projects including housing and commercial. He leads projects from consensus-building input through completion, ensuring that each design grows from a deep green foundation, with te...
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Build Carbon Neutral 2.0
VisionIn the years since the buildcarbonneutral.org (BCN) calculator went live in 2007 it has served a vital purpose: in addition to educating people about the impact that construction’s embodied carbon can have on climate change, it is an easy-to-use tool for early assessment of that impact. The ...
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Anne Torney Honored Among Bay Area Power Women
Bisnow names Anne Torney one of the Bay Area’s most influential women in commercial real estate.
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UCI Mesa Court Towers Wins Two DBIA Awards
The Hensel Phelps and Mithun design-build team brings home top honors at the Design-Build Institute of America’s (DBIA) Western Pacific Region awards program.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet Francia Russell Center
Adaptive renovation of a wood-framed warehouse into the new home for a dance school and performance center
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Erin Jacobs
Erin is a landscape architect and leader within Mithun’s interdisciplinary digital design team guiding advanced data-driven design, visualization and research initiatives. Her built and theoretical projects—incorporating a wide range of educational, residential, workplace, civic and cultural pro...
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Brendan Connolly
Brendan has focused his career on creating innovative built environments for educational and corporate clients. His passion for design runs from the earliest stages of conceptual development through the final days of construction, resulting in work that is both beautifully conceived, and of the high...
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Seattle Foundation Headquarters
New headquarters for a nonprofit organization in the heart of downtown Seattle
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Gemenskap Park
Design converting an existing street into a linear park delivering valuable open space, improved safety, green stormwater infrastructure and raised speed table plaza
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First Hill Streetcar
Concept design for the 2.5-mile First Hill Streetcar line’s stops and plazas seamlessly integrates transit infrastructure and celebrates neighborhood character
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Tim Mollette-Parks
Tim brings extensive experience delivering landscape projects of high-design quality in complex urban conditions. Tim’s resume of urban design and built landscape work is characterized by thoughtful design strategies that are highly conceptual, yet clear and flexible enough to endure a project’s...
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Richard Franko
Rich is a dynamic leader with deep sustainable expertise and a passion for finding unique design solutions merging mission, place and people. His skill in designing places of immersive and experiential learning is elegantly expressed in his concepts for museum and educational facilities. His design ...
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Craig Curtis Joins Mithun
Mithun welcomes Craig Curtis FAIA as Partner and Director of Emerging Building Technologies.
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New Student Life Facilities Enable UCLA Housing Guarantee
Mithun-designed student housing facilities totaling more than 4,000 student beds help UCLA clear its waitlist and guarantee housing for all freshmen and transfers. It is the first and only UC campus to do so.
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Support for Our Communities in Need
Mithun contributes to community-based foundations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle working to provide support and services for local workers and families most affected by the coronavirus crises.
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Navos Wins NAIOP Community Impact Development of the Year Award
Navos Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth and Families was honored with the Community Impact Development of the Year award at the 2015 NAIOP Night of the Stars Awards Program.
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UCSD Mesa Nueva Wins Energy Efficiency and Integration Award
AIA San Diego and San Diego Gas & Electric honored UC San Diego Mesa Nueva for exemplary achievement in energy and water performance, health and wellness.
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May So
May is a mission-driven architect with more than 20 years of experience leading urban mixed-use projects that connect people with each other and their environments to create sustainable, socially equitable cities. She is a skilled leader of multidisciplinary teams delivering complex, large-scale and...
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Mithun Projects Selected as Finalists for NAIOP Night of the Stars Awards
1101 Second Avenue and Navos Behavioral Care Center selected as finalists for the NAIOP 2015 Night of the Stars Awards Program.
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Shaping Cities with Integrated Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure planning and design provides the vital link to creating regenerative communities.
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Hilary Noll
Hilary is an architect and social impact designer specializing in sustainability. A background in environmental studies and community development informs her work with groups through participatory design to achieve holistic place-based solutions that address issues of resilience, social justice, hea...
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UC Santa Cruz Heller Graduate Student Housing
New mass timber student housing community as part of the Student Housing West P3 project development
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Suncadia Swim and Fitness Center
Modern recreation and amenities in a rustic setting
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Team Anywhere: Atlassian Explores New Ways of Working in the Hybrid World
In the wake of the pandemic, Atlassian is embracing what could be the new norm, the office as a cultural hub. Committed to a hybrid work model and with a work force across the globe, the company prioritized social connection in their new workspace.
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Carbon Neutral Operations Since 2004
The firm has conducted third-party certification and offset of operational carbon emissions annually since 2004.
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The ‘100 Percent Corner’ Moves Downtown
To keep attracting people to the city, Seattle must maintain its economic, ethnic and cultural diversity.
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UC Irvine Mesa Court Towers Wins Interiors Award
Mithun receives the top Education honor for UC Irvine Mesa Court Towers in the Contract 39th Annual Interiors Awards.
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Craig Curtis
Craig is a nationally recognized design leader with a focus on innovative, sustainable integrated design and the incorporation of emerging building technologies including cross-laminated timber (CLT), mass timber and modular construction. With strong listening skills and a highly collaborative appro...
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UC Irvine Middle Earth Towers is LEED Platinum Certified
The new mixed-use housing community has achieved LEED Platinum certification from USGBC.
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Mithun’s San Francisco Office Turns 10
We are celebrating a decade of Design for Positive Change in the Bay Area.
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2016 Mithun Promotions
We are pleased to announce the promotion of new Partners, a Principal, Senior Associates and Associates in our Seattle and San Francisco offices.
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Leading Through Listening
Tim Mollette-Parks reminds us to listen to the landscape, listen to the people who inhabit it, and to hold ourselves to the high design standards of the profession’s legacy.
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JC Letourneau
Jean-Claude, “JC,” is an architect who leads multi-disciplinary teams on complex public facilities with high performance goals. The high level of craft in his projects is the result a rigorous process – understanding the interwoven relationship between planning, design and construction facilit...
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Mithun at the 2020 Building Museums Conference
Join us at Building Museums to learn about museum planning at Louisiana Children’s Museum, celebrate National Nordic Museum at the Buildy Award luncheon and connect at the Expo Hall.
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Walter Schacht
Walter believes in the power of architecture to transform people and places. His strategic thinking and communications skills enable him to bring communities together around a common vision for their projects. His planning and design process engage the specific circumstances of each project, leading...
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2023 Mithun Promotions
We are pleased to announce staff promotions in our Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
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Mithun Landscape Architects Earn SITES Accreditation
Debra Guenther and Jason King are among the first class of SITES Accredited Professionals.
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David W. Goldberg
Dave is skilled at helping clients express their values and support their mission through integrated design. He has focused his career on the creation of immersive places for work and learning with organizations that care deeply about user experience, collaboration and conservation. Dave is a strong...
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Robertson Lane
New mixed-use development incorporating a dynamic mid-block pedestrian lane
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Erin Christensen Ishizaki Elevated to Partner
Mithun announces its newest partner, Erin Christensen Ishizaki.
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200 Occidental Honored for Sustainable Leadership
The 200 Occidental building receives the highest honor at Seattle 2030 District’s Fifth Anniversary Vision Awards.
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Pollination Innovation
VisionDue to loss of habitat and wide-scale use of pesticides, pollinators are declining at alarming rates. These bees, butterflies and hummingbirds play a vital role in maintaining the ecosystems on which our world relies. While there is general guidance for which plant species contribute to pollin...
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Mithun’s All-Electric Housing Projects Featured in Urban Land
The firm’s experience with all-electric affordable housing projects supports the case for a fossil-free future.
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Lisa Scribante
Creative workplaces that improve health, enhance productivity, and support a client’s values and mission are no longer a trend—they define the modern sustainable workplace. With more than 20 years of experience in the design and management of corporate, hospitality, and public sector projects, L...
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UC San Diego Nuevo West is LEED Gold Certified
The second phase of graduate housing development on UC San Diego’s East Campus has achieved LEED Gold certification from the USGBC.
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Watershed Headquarters
New administrative and operations building for the Cedar River Watershed
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UC Irvine Mesa Court Expansion Tops Out
The $93 million UC Irvine Mesa Court Expansion tops out, reaching a construction milestone. Scheduled to open in August 2016, this 780-bed, 250,000 sf complex will become the new standard of UC Irvine’s housing community.
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Jordan Downs Revitalization Breaks Ground
The first phase of new residential construction at Jordan Downs in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles will break ground with a public ceremony on Monday, June 5th.
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UC San Diego Nuevo East is LEED Gold Certified
All three phases of graduate housing development on UC San Diego’s East Campus, totaling more than 3,500 beds, have achieved LEED Gold certification from the USGBC.
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Casey Huang
With a passion for affordable and workforce housing, and mission-based projects Casey brings clients a combination of design talent and technical knowledge that results in inspiring and cost effective design solutions. Her strong contextual approach makes each project responsive to its surroundings ...
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2015 Mithun Promotions
Mithun is pleased to announce the promotion of new Principals, Associate Principals, Senior Associates and Associates in our Seattle and San Francisco offices.
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Two Mithun Projects Honored by AIA Washington Council
ARTS at King Street Station and Liberty Bank Building received Citation Awards in the 2020 Civic Design Awards program.
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UCI Middle Earth Towers Wins DBIA National Award of Excellence
The Design-Build Institute of America recognized UC Irvine Middle Earth Towers with the 2020 National Award of Excellence in Educational Facilities.
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Gallery
Market-driven mixed-use development focusing on street presence and urban design
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Hazel Miller Hall Opens at Edmonds College
The new interdisciplinary academic center for STEM and nursing programs is an exciting achievement toward the college’s goal of increasing student access and success.
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Mithun Ranks No. 12 in 2018 Architect 50
2018 marks the fifth year that Architect Magazine has placed Mithun among the top design firms in the nation.
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Mithun at ASLA 2022
Our team will present multiple sessions about equitable practice and the design of open space for affordable housing that advances the vitality and resilience of urban neighborhoods. Join us!
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Beth Israel Memorial Chapel
Chapel and grounds connecting visitors to the cycle of seasons and the tactility of nature, as a ceremonial respite from the sealed, air-conditioned environments of Houston
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626 Mission Bay Boulevard North
Affordable mixed-use housing development with amenities serving residents and the broader community
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Mithun and Industry Leaders Call for Government Action on Climate Change
Mithun has joined with leading design and construction firms and organizations from around the world in committing to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5oC target, and challenging governments to do the same.
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Daniel Solomon
Dan is an architect and urban designer whose 50-year career combines achievements in professional practice with academic pursuits of teaching and writing. As a Design Partner, he brings extensive experience and expertise to the design of integral affordable housing and urban infill projects. His com...
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Douglass-Truth Branch Library
Library renovation and expansion that blends historic and contemporary architecture to create a striking composition that echoes social change in the surrounding community
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Mithun Projects Win AIA Seattle Awards
Blakely Elementary School and Louisiana Children’s Museum are recognized with Awards of Merit in the 2020 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture.
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Construction Begins at Portland’s Press Blocks
The second phase of development at Press Blocks will bring new apartments, work/live units, retail, commercial office space and a public plaza to the Goose Hollow neighborhood.
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Bill LaPatra Joins AIA College of Fellows
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the elevation of Mithun partner Bill LaPatra to the prestigious College of Fellows.
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Seattle University Landscape Wins WASLA Award
Mithun’s work with Seattle University earned a Merit Award from WASLA.
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A Living Treehouse in Rural West Virginia
Sustainability Treehouse is an icon of camp adventure, environmental stewardship and building innovation.
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Mass Timber Fire Testing
VisionThe goal for these fire tests was to create new opportunities for exterior wall and façade design and production in tall timber buildings. Mass timber is relatively new to North American construction, and most assemblies designed around wood at this scale are theoretically fire-resistant, but...
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Heidi Oien
With a passion for vibrant cities and a core belief that excellent design should be available to all, Heidi has focused her career on the urban realm. During her nearly 20 years of practice as an architect and urban designer, she has led a range of projects that revitalize or catalyze neighborhoods,...
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Blakely Elementary School Wins A4LE MacConnell Award
Seamless integration of landscape and shared collaborative spaces are hailed as Blakely Elementary wins the top international K-12 educational facility planning award. Experience the campus via this video tour.
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The New Landscape Declaration
Bold ideas from an unprecedented gathering of landscape architecture’s best minds and rising leaders.
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Jordan Downs
Master plan to rebuild public housing units within a new neighborhood that integrates market rate units, community and retail spaces
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Equitable Managed Retreat
Vision‘Managed retreat’ is the movement of populations and infrastructure away from hazard zones (Reidmiller et al., “Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II.”). Though the language may make it sound neutral, this is a complex, p...
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The EcoDistricts Protocol
How we live in cities is the biggest challenge of our lifetime.
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Casa Adelante at 681 Florida
Affordable housing and community arts space in the Mission
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Olympic College: College Instruction Center
New multi-disciplinary lab and classroom facility for Fine Art, Theater, Music and Health Occupations
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Model Resilient Zoning Code
VisionIt is critical that we make structural and systemic changes by 2030 to positively impact our climate. Zoning has significant influence. Most zoning codes in the United States are patched documents from the 1950s and 1960s—inequitable, climate agnostic frameworks that will not ensure the int...
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Christian Runge
Christian is a landscape architect passionate about designing at the intersection of nature, culture and human health. He has worked on ecological design and environmental education-driven projects across the country, from the Mariposa Grove Restoration at Yosemite National Park to the new Louisiana...
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Kapuso at the Upper Yard
Affordable housing and community-serving programs alongside a vibrant transit hub in the Outer Mission district
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Observations on Campus Planning
How campus planning is evolving to better support mission, educational delivery and community in a changing world.
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Elizabeth MacPherson
Elizabeth is a designer who knows how to translate visionary thinking into action by anticipating clients’ needs and considering each step in relation to the outcome. She possesses a keen awareness of sensory experiences and how people move through daily life that enables the melding of interior d...
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Debra Guenther
As a partner and landscape architect at Mithun, Deb has built a team that brings exceptional quality, critical thinking and award-winning design to projects. Deb is committed to connecting people with their surroundings and each other. She works on diverse projects — delivering conceptual design i...
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North Seattle College Opportunity Center for Employment and Education
Expansion and renovation to an existing 1970s-era concrete building to create a campus resource center providing integrated employment, educational and supportive services to students and the greater community
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UC Irvine Mesa Court Towers Opens to Freshmen
Mithun and UC Irvine celebrate the ribbing cutting of Mesa Court Towers, a new student life complex for freshmen.
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AIA San Francisco Honors the Technology Innovation Training Center
The Silicon Valley technology training center received a Merit Award with Social Responsibility Commendation in the 2017 AIA San Francisco Design Awards program.
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Sansome and Broadway Family Housing receives AIACC Honor Award
Our San Francisco affordable housing project was among seven projects honored by the California Council of AIA.
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The New Nordic Museum Opens in Seattle
Highlights of the design, grand opening events and media coverage for one of Seattle’s most anticipated cultural openings of the year.
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Mithun Partners with Techbridge Girls
We recently hosted a group of 20 students for a collaborative day of learning and hands-on exploration about STEM and the built environment.
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Placemaking in the Pearl
Heartline contributes to the culture and energy of Portland’s Pearl District with spaces to live, work and gather.
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Sade Borghei
Sade is an architect with a passion for applying creative design solutions to positively impact individuals, communities and the greater natural environment. His background in fine arts and early career designing housing in Holland inform his current work, which is focused on site-planning and archi...
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1180 Fourth Street Wins AIA Housing Award
The American Institute of Architects names 1180 Fourth Street among top ten housing designs of 2016.
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1180 Fourth Street
Critically needed affordable housing and a gateway presence for the rapidly developing Mission Bay neighborhood
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Hirabayashi Place Workforce Housing
Transit-oriented mixed-use housing at the gateway to Seattle’s historic Japantown
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sprague Butterfly Pavilion
New butterfly pavilion and multipurpose exhibit/event space advancing the museum’s educational mission and visitor experience
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Jesuit High School Chapel of the North American Martyrs
New chapel located at the Jesuit High School campus
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Seattle University Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons
Renovation and addition transforms historic library from book repository to dynamic learning hub at the heart of campus
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Evan Bourquard
Evan is a keen problem-solver known for his skill at leading complex renovations for civic and higher education institutions, including successful projects within historic structures and buildings with ongoing operations during construction. Recent efforts include the award-winning ARTS at King Stre...
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Fort Worden Building 202 Renovation
Adaptive reuse of an historic barracks building to create a community education center
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Fairwood Library
Renovation and expansion to an existing library, one of the highest circulation branches in the King County Library System
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Portland State University Stephen Epler Hall
Student housing with smart technology and climate-responsive design in downtown Portland
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Thea's Landing
New mixed-use development sparking a renaissance of urban living on Tacoma’s waterfront
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Peninsula College Maier Hall
New multi-disciplinary academic building with shared instructional resources and theater set within a remarkable natural environment overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca
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UCLA Weyburn Commons and Paseo
New graduate student housing community on a strategic site linking UCLA's southwest campus with downtown Westwood
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AIA|LA COTE Honor Award for Mesa Court Towers
The UC Irvine Mesa Court Towers student life community wins the top sustainability award from AIA Los Angeles.
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Antonio Pares
Antonio is an astute observer, and brings a passion for investigating the relationship of architecture and nature and how we define community in the 21st century. His creative ideas and inspiring design create a sense of place that poetically integrates and balances culture and ecology using sustain...
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Four Mithun Projects Win AIA Seattle Awards
Diverse Mithun projects located across the nation receive accolades in the 2017 AIA Seattle Honor Awards program.
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National Nordic Museum Wins AAM Sustainability Award
The American Association of Museums recognized National Nordic Museum with the 2020 Sustainability Excellence Award for New Construction
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NE 85th Station Area Plan Envisions Innovative, Inclusive Transit-Connected Growth in Kirkland
Kirkland City Council adopts resolution for innovative, inclusive transit-connected growth in NE 85th Station Area Preferred Plan Resolution
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National Elk Refuge Multi-Partner Visitor Center
Master plan and conceptual design study to re-imagine the potential of indoor and outdoor program and operations through the expansion of the existing 8,000 sf Visitor Center, shared by the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton Association, Grand Teton National Park, National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce and Wyoming Game & Fish
News
Debra Guenther Selected for LAF Innovation and Leadership Fellowship
Mithun’s landscape architecture practice leader is among six individuals selected by the Landscape Architecture Foundation for the prestigious fellowship.
News
Pacific Station North Receives EPIC Challenge Grant
The grant funds will support research into all-electric innovations including islanding and additional battery storage to improve resilience for the mixed-use development incorporating affordable housing, transit station and a prominent new pedestrian connection.
Employee
Ken Boyd
As a project leader, Ken guides a dynamic and efficient design process while fostering relationships that generate integrated, intelligent solutions. With more than 28 years of experience including corporate office and mixed-use environments for both private and municipal clients, Ken keeps project ...
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Washington State University Tri-Cities Student Union Building
New student union providing flexible social, study, recreation and event space situated along the Columbia River
Employee
Simone Barth-Auster
Simone is a project manager with 19 years of experience in the planning and execution of higher education, civic and cultural projects. She is a skilled facilitator of large and complex stakeholder groups, uniting diverse perspectives into shared goals and community-serving built environments. Her t...
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Yesler Family Housing Breaks Ground
Construction has begun on 156 units of affordable, family-sized housing with childcare and community-serving retail space at the nexus between Seattle’s Yesler Terrace, Little Saigon and Central District.
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Zygmunt Arendt House
Supportive housing for long-term homeless seniors set within a neighborhood of carefully tended Victorian row houses
News
Decarbonizing Buildings for All
Mithun’s all-electric affordable housing projects are featured in the Rocky Mountain Institute’s coverage of the Getting to Zero Forum and efforts to equitably decarbonize the economy.
Featured
Perot Family Offices is featured in Urban Land
The Perot Companies’ new Dallas headquarters capitalizes on design to connect businesses, spark collaboration and advance employee health along the banks of Turtle Creek.
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Peninsula College Library Media Center
New 26,700 sf library and media access center, and 7,500 sf faculty administration building that frame a new gateway to campus
News
Anthem on 12th Workforce Housing Achieves LEED Gold
The first private development of the Yesler Terrace revitalization, Anthem on 12th offers healthy and sustainable housing for an urban workforce.
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Westlake Park Play Area on Display
Westlake Park Children’s Play Area will be featured in a new gallery exhibition presented by AIA Seattle at the Center for Architecture & Design.
News
Weyerhaeuser Headquarters Opens in Seattle
The grand opening of Weyerhaeuser’s headquarters represents a milestone for the century-old company and the Pioneer Square neighborhood.
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Casa Adelante at 681 Florida Begins Construction
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and community leaders celebrate the groundbreaking of 130-unit Casa Adelante affordable housing in the Mission District.
Employee
Doug Leigh
Doug is an exceptional senior project manager, with 30+ years of architecture and planning experience on complex projects that involve public and private partnerships. He has a deep understanding of financial, technical, and design opportunities and constraints, resulting in strategic solutions for ...
Ideas
A Living Culture Connected to the Land
The design of Wanapum Heritage Center honors the inextricable relationship between the natural world and its people.
Employee
Chi Aoyama
Chi is a designer with more than 15 years of practice spanning a wide range of project types and scales—institutional, academic, workplace, commercial programs and mixed-use complexes up to two million square-feet in size. He has completed projects across the United States and internationally, wit...
Employee
Nick Wai-Poi
Nick Wai-Poi is a project designer and manager with more than fifteen years of professional experience in the United States, New Zealand and England. He brings valuable technical and program insight to a wide range of project types including mixed-use and multi-unit residential buildings, student ho...
News
National Recognition for Denver’s Sun Valley
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the Sun Valley EcoDistrict one of five Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grants nationwide.
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Sansome and Broadway Family Housing
Housing for low-income and formerly homeless families on a former Embarcadero Freeway ramp site
News
Grand Opening of Sansome and Broadway Family Housing
Grand Opening of Sansome and Broadway Family Housing with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Jane Kim.
Events
Adaptation Strategies for Urban Heat Islands and Multifamily Buildings During Extreme Heat Events
Project
Hunters View Block 4
Redevelopment of San Francisco's distressed Hunters View public housing into a thriving, mixed-income community
News
Demographic Trends Shaping New Developments
Mithun’s Anne Torney was recently quoted in Real Estate Forum regarding demographic trends and their impact on new projects.
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Anthem on 12th
New mixed-use affordable housing as part of Seattle’s Yesler Terrace Redevelopment
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Wadajir Market and Residences
Affordable housing and marketplace development for a growing community of Somali and East African immigrants, incorporating carbon-smart modular mass timber construction
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Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Plant
State-of-the art wastewater treatment facility using membrane bioreactors to provide enhanced water quality, and offering diverse educational opportunities
News
Navos Outpatient Building is LEED Silver Certified
The building incorporates diverse programs, clinical care and opportunities to engage with nature as part of the healing process.
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Childcare Center Opens at UW
A ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the completion of the UW Children’s Center at Portage Bay.
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CLT Student Housing Prototype
Prototype student housing community using cross-laminated timber (CLT) technology to transform the way buildings are delivered and perceived
Employee
Mariel Steiner
News
2017 Mithun Promotions
We are pleased to announce staff promotions in our Seattle and San Francisco offices.
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The Bush School New Upper School
New deep green classroom and commons building for a private K-12 school
News
Chatham University Eden Hall Campus is LEED Platinum Certified
The first phase of development at Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus has achieved LEED Platinum certification from the USGBC.
Events
Adaptation Strategies for Urban Heat Islands and Multifamily Buildings During Extreme Heat Events
News
UC Irvine Mesa Court Towers Wins Sustainability Award
Mesa Court Towers earns a 2017 Best Practices Award for exemplary sustainable design among California university projects.
Ideas
Social Cohesion: The Root of Resilience
Mithun explores the growing importance of placemaking and human relationships in cities’ emergency planning.
News
Terry and Maple Halls Bring Connectivity, Activity to University of Washington’s West Campus
Terry and Maple residence halls provide students with unique learning environments, social connections and improved connectivity to the city.
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Mithun Introduces Paid Parental Leave Benefit
The firm’s new gender-neutral paid leave plan supports employees and their families.
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Darrington Wood Innovation Center to Break Ground in 2021
Mithun is designing the mass-timber production facility and hub for innovative wood product manufacturing.
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UCSD Nuevo West Student Housing Breaks Ground
Construction begins on UC San Diego’s new housing community for graduate students and university medical center patients and their families.
