Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! This year, we’re particularly thankful for the resilient spring greens provided by mother nature. Sharing a meditative view from the deep-green Sustainability Treehouse in Mount Hope, West Virginia, an AIA COTE Top Ten Award winner. 📷: Joe Fletcher
Posted: 03.18.2020
We were honored to work with Seattle Foundation to craft a workplace that advances their mission to catalyze philanthropic efforts across the Puget Sound region. The Foundation’s work is particularly important at difficult times like these. Learn more about their COVID-19 Response Fund that will rapidly deploy resources to community-based organizations at the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in the Pacific Northwest: https://bit.ly/33ffMx6 (clickable link in bio) 📷: Ben Benschneider
Posted: 03.14.2020
Gray Magazine includes Sanctuary Studios among The Best Things We Saw Last Month: “Sanctuary might have finally cracked the code on using tech as a tool for finding presence in the real world. And, it doesn’t hurt that their studio is kitted out in swank, immersive décor with rich textures, dramatic lighting, and bold, saturated color. Walking into Sanctuary feels like being transported to your own private micro-retreat where nothing—and nobody—can distract.” Thanks, @gray_magazine! 📷: Lauren Segal
Posted: 03.10.2020
Did you know that women make up 46% of Mithun’s leadership team and the majority of our firm overall? We gathered to celebrate International Women’s Day in our offices Friday with toasts to women in design and those making an impact around the world.
Posted: 03.10.2020
Happy Leap Day! We celebrate every four years with a special Friday happy hour and the ceremonial opening of Mithun time capsules in each office. The tradition started in 2012, and we’ll continue to look back and add new artifacts with each leap year. What are your predictions for 2024?
Posted: 03.01.2020
Student Centered. The University Prep Commons Renovation transforms a dark, internal cafeteria into a light-filled commons for learning and community. Animated by student energy and centrally located along a main circulation spine, the welcoming space features flexible seating and collaboration surfaces to nimbly support diverse activities over the day. 📷: @k7scott
Posted: 02.29.2020
The Mithun Annual Art Show, an exhibit showcasing the artistic talents of our own staff, is on display through the end of March at Threshold Gallery. Now in its tenth year, the show includes diverse works including watercolor, ceramics, mixed-media collage, neon, origami, carved wood and calligraphy. Threshold Gallery is located within our Seattle offices at Pier 56, and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Thank you to our featured artists: Charlie Able, Nicky Bloom, Jayme Bowen, J. Don Bowman, Brendan Connolly, Lee Copeland, Martha Cox, Sean Cryan, Josh Distler, Carl Dominguez, Jamie Elderkin, Michael Everett, Emily Hagen, Lindsay Hawks, Kasia Keeley, Frances Lee, Lana Lisitsa, Johnston Roberts, Nathaniel Smith, Darin Vieira, Bruce Williams and Naoe White.
Posted: 02.26.2020
Anthropometry, the study of the human body’s shape and proportion, is one of architecture’s earliest tropes. Expanding on this tradition, a recent Mithun R+D effort investigated how the body can be embedded within contemporary design utilizing emergent digital fabrication tools. Read about the application of computer scripting, 3D printing and five-axis CNC fabrication to the design and fabrication of a concrete bench at Louisiana Children’s Museum: http://mithun.com/2020/02/11/body-parametrics/ (clickable link in bio). 📷: @k7scott
Posted: 02.12.2020
21st Century Workforce Training. The Center for Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CAMT) co-locates manufacturing-related programs and workforce development activities into a signature, state-of-the-art facility to serve as a magnet for students, teachers and industry partners. Classrooms and labs are designed to adapt to evolving programmatic and pedagogical needs. A focal point of the building is the “5th Lab,” a central atrium and multi-purpose space for group projects, demonstrations, displays and industry events. Designed as Schacht Aslani Architects with RGU Architecture, associate architect / lab planner; design-build project delivery in collaboration with Mortenson. 📷: @laraswimmer
Posted: 02.05.2020
Revealing History, Promoting Culture. ARTS at King Street Station is a welcoming, vibrant arts and cultural hub that highlights communities of color and honors indigenous origins. The space’s raw, unfinished character reveals the building’s evolution from an historic train station to a contemporary transit and cultural hub. In addition to gallery spaces, ARTS provides flexible, co-use areas for community gathering and workspace for the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. A public “Living Room” connects the gallery with a studio for artists-in-residence. Designed as Schacht Aslani Architects with Olson Kundig, gallery consultant. 📷: Benjamin Benschneider
Posted: 01.29.2020
