We’re excited to be supporting Designing Justice + Designing Spaces and community partners with landscape design for the transformation of an Atlanta jail into a Center for Equity. The project proposes to remove the detention facility for 1,300 inmates and replace it with social and educational services, reentry programs and an urban garden. Read more about this “world changing idea” via Fast Company: https://bit.ly/2Vd7xiD #DesignforPositiveChange
Posted: 06.19.2020
Our offices will be closed in honor of Juneteenth tomorrow, June 19th. On this day we pause to recognize and celebrate the official end of slavery in the United States 155 years ago, and renew our commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. Learn more about Juneteenth: https://www.blkfreedom.org/
Posted: 06.18.2020
UCI Middle Earth Towers student housing received two honors in the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Western Pacific Region 2020 Annual Design-Build Awards: the Design Excellence Award and the Regional Award. Congratulations to the University of California, Irvine and our design-build partner, HENSEL PHELPS! https://bit.ly/3chpGBs
Posted: 05.29.2020
Pepsi Blocks is featured in Portland Monthly Magazine’s coverage of “Three Projects Reshaping Portland Neighborhoods”! The first phase of this exciting mixed-use development includes housing, a public plaza and renovation of the iconic Pepsi warehouse structure into a retail pavilion that could accommodate a large food hall—expanding the Sandy Boulevard food scene that already features the Zipper, Providore Fine Foods and the Ocean. Read more: https://bit.ly/2WU9ct7
Posted: 05.15.2020
The new Middle Earth Towers at University of California, Irvine has achieved LEED NC Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)! From century-old passive techniques to state-of-the-art technologies, every design decision contributes in multiple ways to deliver carbon reduction and the deepest green integration. https://mithun.com/2020/05/08/uc-irvine-middle-earth-towers-is-leed-platinum-certified/ HENSEL PHELPS #LEEDPlatinum #DesignBuild
Posted: 05.08.2020
Join us in supporting the remarkable work of Sawhorse Revolution! Today is #GiveBigWA, and your gift will amplify their work building shelter for those experiencing homelessness, and connecting local teens with hands-on design and construction training. https://bit.ly/3dkWev6
Posted: 05.05.2020
We’re excited to share that the HENSEL PHELPS and Mithun #designbuild team was awarded the new Verano 8 graduate student housing project at University of California, Irvine. The $215 million residential community will house 1,050 students and related amenity spaces in seven buildings with LEED Platinum certification. Learn more about the design: https://bit.ly/3eVzAeq
Posted: 04.29.2020
Happy 50th Earth Day! We celebrate today recognizing we cannot join together in our parks and streets, but with a renewed understanding that each of us are linked as citizens in a global community, responsible for the health, life and prosperity of each other. Bert Gregory, FAIA looks back at Earth Day’s history, Northwest roots and continued influence on the sustainable design movement: https://mithun.com/2020/04/22/earth-day-turns-50/ (graphic by Mithun's Darin Vieira)
Posted: 04.22.2020
Louisiana Children's Museum presents a new model for children’s museums that supports resilience with expanded environmental education, innovative water strategies and collocated community resources. Explore the immersive visitor experience, design details and early impacts: https://mithun.com/2020/04/21/louisiana-childrens-museum-takes-learning-outside/ #DesignforPositiveChange
Posted: 04.21.2020
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. We’re excited to celebrate #EarthDay50 by supporting the Earth Day Initiative's #TogetherWeCan climate action campaign to help create positive change and build a better future. Join us to take climate action, stand up for science and make a positive green impact: http://www.earthdayinitiative.org/virtual-kick-off (graphics by Mithun's Sean Anderson)
Posted: 04.20.2020
