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Universities Adapt to Serve the Next Generation
Universities are responding to economic and enrollment challenges with initiatives to expand access to affordable campus housing that supports student priorities, reduces their carbon footprint and enriches the surrounding neighborhood fabric.
Posted: 08.05.2024
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Advancing Student Wellbeing Through Data-Informed Design
Post-occupancy evaluations provide key insights to cultivate student health, belonging and learning outcomes in K-12 school projects.
10.13.2025
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Equity Is Central to Climate Action
Deb Guenther and Jared Green, editor of The Dirt, discuss the synergy between equity and climate action, with lessons learned from decades of research, projects and practice.
09.30.2025
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The University of Washington and Cascadia College’s shared Innovation Hall demonstrates how architecture connects institutions, people, places and nature.
06.24.2025
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Innovations in affordable urban campus housing
Universities are leveraging co-housing models and shared food preparation to better address affordability and the complex needs of today’s students.
05.29.2025
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Leveraging DeafSpace Principles and Mass Timber to Advance School Design
Tuned for the needs of Deaf and hard of hearing youth, design strategies at Washington School for the Deaf could benefit any learning environment.
04.01.2025
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Take Their Word for It: Reflections from our 2024 Interns
Student interns are an important part of the culture at Mithun. Two interns share their experiences working with our integrated teams.
12.26.2024
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Advancing Park Design with Progressive Design-Build Delivery
Design-build delivery offers many opportunities to deliver parks projects on budget, on schedule and with design excellence by restructuring the design and construction process.
07.24.2024
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Centering Equity, Reconciliation and Community in Coastal Adaptation
Coastal adaptation can have far-reaching benefits for communities, prompting critical evaluation of design and planning processes, and leading to important shifts in the systems that shape the built environment.
04.03.2024
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Climate Approaches: Heat Resilience
Extreme heat, whether in the form of rising long-term average temperatures or punctuated by heat waves, is a global health threat. Learn how Mithun’s designers are addressing climate and health impacts of rising heat through innovative design strategies, R+D and real-world project applications.
12.14.2023
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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.
11.15.2023
