Mithun Receives 2023 AIA Architecture Firm Award

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[["strong"],["a",["href","https:\/\/www.aia.org\/showcases\/6572178-mithun"]],["b"]],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"WASHINGTON \u2013 Dec. 7,\n2022 \u2013 "],[0,[],0,"The Board of Directors and the Strategic Council of\nthe American Institute of Architects (AIA) today honored Mithun with the 2023\nAIA Architecture Firm Award. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The annual AIA\nArchitecture Firm Award is the highest honor the AIA bestows on an architecture\npractice. The award recognizes a firm that has consistently produced distinguished\narchitecture for at least 10 years."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Mithun, founded by\nUniversity of Washington Professor Omer Mithun in 1949, is an integrated design\nfirm that introduces positive change through its holistic, interdisciplinary\npursuit of architecture. At its founding, Mithun emerged as an award-winning\nfirm producing Mid-century Modern work across the Pacific Northwest. True to\nOmer Mithun\u2019s curious spirit, the firm engaged in early explorations in passive\nsolar design. Today, the firm has additional offices in San Francisco and Los\nAngeles, but its 180 professionals espouse a \u201cone studio, three doors\u201d spirit\nas they advance Mithun\u2019s mission: Design for Positive Change. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"With a deep belief in\ndesign\u2019s ability to change people\u2019s lives and connect them deeply to place, the\nfirm embraces its 70-year history of excellence but remains committed to\naddressing today\u2019s critical challenges. In doing so, Mithun carefully balances\nthree crucial outcomes of a successful modern architecture practice: beautiful\ndesign, an eager embrace of sustainability leadership, and commitment to the\nsocial contract."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Mithun has remained at\nthe forefront of the sustainable design movement since the 1990s and was among\nthe earliest signatories to the AIA 2030 Commitment. Mithun\u2019s portfolio includes\nseven AIA COTE Top Ten Award-winning projects, 11 net-zero energy\nbuildings, and four Living\nBuilding Challenge target buildings. In\naddition, its sustainability research is shared widely with the profession\nthrough countless presentations and publications as well as design tools such\nas buildcarbonneutral.org, which design professionals across the country\nregularly access."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"As a multigenerational\nfirm founded by a professor celebrated for his mentoring ability, Mithun has\nlong explored ways to empower its junior designers and professionals early in\ntheir careers. The firm was an early adopter of emerging design and\nvisualization technologies, centering those tools within a culture of\nmentorship and integrated design. The resulting concept, which Mithun called\nthe coLAB, is a central component in its offices, allowing the next generation\nof design leaders to spur innovation. Within the coLAB, designers of all levels\nrely on digital and analog tools to uncover bold new ideas together."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Visit "],[0,[1],1,"AIA\u2019s website"],[0,[],0," to learn more about Mithun\u2019s selection as the 2023 AIA Architecture Firm\nAward recipient. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[2],1,"About AIA"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Founded\nin 1857, AIA consistently works to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and\nsustainable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. Through more than 200\ninternational, state and local chapters, AIA advocates for public policies that\npromote economic vitality and public wellbeing."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"AIA provides members with tools and resources to assist them\nin their careers and business as well as engaging civic and government leaders\nand the public to find solutions to pressing issues facing our communities,\ninstitutions, nation, and world. Members adhere to a code of ethics and conduct\nto ensure the highest professional standards."]]]]}