Miller/Hull

Award-winning design firm Miller/Hull has grown to 37 staff members this year, up by four people from last year, with gross fees also up from $5.5 million in 1999 to $6.5 million in 2000 . The firm specializes in laboratory and higher education facilities, administration and office buildings, community and interpretive centers, and residential projects.

Recent projects include Pierce County Environmental Services Building in University Place near Tacoma; Seattle Pacific University Science Building in Seattle, and two projects for the Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences — the new Visual and Performance Art Center and a gymnasium and athletic center. Miller/Hull is beginning work on a mixed-use building in the International District.

“Business is good, and as with most other architects, this is a very busy time,” said marketing director Susan Kelly. “Our present goals are to expand our private sector work and to pursue projects and clients that challenge and excite us, and that share our design philosophy. One of the biggest challenges we face during busy times such as these is continuing to do work at the highest level, and finding the time for exploration.”

Miller/Hull is interested in clients who want to pursue sustainable ideas. Principal Dave Miller continues to provide leadership to the firm and the larger design community in the “greening” of architecture.

There are warning signs on the horizon for state-funded work, according to Kelly. The state will be losing money over the next biennium due to spending limits and because of increased budgets for the Department of Corrections and Department of Social and Health Services.