David Miller
Seattle, Washington, and San Diego, California
Miller Hull is a firm whose work is grounded in the specific characteristics of their context in the Pacific Northwest. Their works all share a common set of ordering principles, yet they span from the domestic to the public scales—an increasingly rare achievement in today’s world. At all scales, their work is remarkably consistent in both its quality and formal resolution, and reflects their deep understanding of the nature of their place. They “are interested in discovering the specific manifestations of a place,” and their works are marked by the precision with which the experience of the inhabitants is engaged in the subtle fluctuations of climate, landscape, material, and light. Their work is at once a part of the modern tradition and an extension of the vernacular of the context in which they work. They believe that “architecture implies a constant rediscovery of dynamic human qualities translated into form and space,” and they “strive to make a significant contribution to a richer modernism.”
