built c. 2009 the miller hull partnership is an architectural firm based in seattle washington founded by david miller and robert hull . the firm s major works in the domains of municipal commercial and residential architecture reflect a modernist aesthetic and a focus on user needs geographic context and ecological sustainability . the firm has received many awards acknowledging its innovative green design approach and its contribution to the continued development of pacific northwest regional architecture . contents 1 history 1.1 awards and honors 2 building projects 3 external links 4 references history edit miller hull was founded in 1977 after the dissolution of rhone & iredale the vancouver based firm for which both future partners worked . the firm s first office was located in seattle s smith tower . 1 early projects such as a water quality testing lab in seattle seattle community college s marine technology facility and several earth sheltered houses demonstrated the architects interests in resource conservation and innovative use of off the shelf materials to keep project costs within budget . 70 % of the firm s projects involve public funding . 2 the architects credit their economical sustainable and regionalist approach to building to their time in the us peace corps in the late 1960s and early 1970s miller in brazil and hull in afghanistan . 1 founding partner robert hull died in 2014 . during hull s lifetime the two architects traditionally worked in collaboration one partner birthing an idea and the other refining . 2 in 2015 the firm employed 40 architects 8 partners 6 principals and 8 associates and had offices in seattle and san diego . 3 awards and honors edit in addition to numerous publications they are the recipients of the 2003 american institute of architects architecture firm award the aia s highest honor . 4 faia discussed the miller hull partnership s work including the fisher pavilion at the seattle center one of the aia committee on the environment s cote 2003 top ten green buildings in the spotlight on design lecture series held at the national building museum in 2003 . the firm was ranked 14 in the aia s 2013 list of top 50 architectural firms . 5 the bullitt center a 50 000 square foot living building challenge certified 6 office building in seattle s capitol hill neighborhood was named sustainable building of the year by both world architecture news and metal architecture magazine 7 8 and has received numerous other awards for its innovative design . miller hull s renovation of the odegaard undergraduate library at the university of washington received a 2014 aia honor award for interior architecture . 5 building projects edit bullitt center built 2013 odegaard undergraduate library interior redesigned 2014 fall city public library fall city washington built 2008 gorton bounds cabin marine technology facility seattle central community college art studios evergreen state college novotny cabin boeing cafeteria bullitt center marquand retreat university of washington coaches boat house olympic college shelton passenger only ferry terminal environmental pavilion 1996 summer olympics nw federal credit union lake washington school district resource center tahoma national cemetery point robert s border station north kitsap transportation station water pollution control laboratory discovery park visitors center yaquina head interpretive center hansman residence campbell orchard residence ching cabin michaels sisson residence roddy bale residence fremont public association vashon island transfer and recycling station king country library service center bainbridge island city hall external links edit official website references edit a b sturdy foundations miller hull partnership finds stability recognition during soft economy puget sound business journal . puget sound business journal . retrieved 2015 11 28 . a b olsen sheri 2001 . miller hull architects of the pacific northwest . princeton architectural press . isbn 1568982313 . miller hull people . www.millerhull.com . retrieved 2015 11 28 . architecture firm award recipients the american institute of architects . www.aia.org . retrieved 2015 11 28 . a b the miller hull partnership founding partner robert hull dies . architect . retrieved 2015 11 28 . nelson bryn 2013 04 02 . the bullitt center in seattle goes well beyond green . the new york times . issn 0362 4331 . retrieved 2015 11 28 . wan 2013 wan sustainable building of the year winner by wan awards . www.worldarchitecturenews.com . retrieved 2015 11 28 . metal architecture magazine features design awards living metal . www.metalarchitecture.com . retrieved 2015 11 28 . seattle s own miller hull receives architecture award seattle post intelligencer december 9 2002 miller hull aia firm of the year architectureweek january 8 2003 the miller hull partnership public works . new york princeton architectural press 2009 . isbn 978 1 56898 754 5 ojeda . ten houses miller hull partnership . gloucester rockport publishers 1999 . isbn 1 56496 450 7 stiles marc . prominent seattle architect robert hull dies puget sound business journal april 8 2014 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title miller hull & oldid 737200934 categories architecture firms based in washington state companies based in seattle navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 16 . text is available under the creative commons 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