Meet Our Summer Emerging Professionals
Our summer emerging professionals have been hard at work designing our first ever Learnscape for a higher education entity!
More than Meets The Eye: Integrating Graphics and Curriculum
Environmental graphic design, at its core, enhances the user experience and connects people to place. As educational specialists, we’ve challenged ourselves to explore how these graphics can aid in the learning environment.
Beyond the Building: Colorado SKIES Academy’s impact on aviation and aerospace communities
As the first middle school in the country to be located on an active air strip, SKIES brings a free educational experience to students introducing them to aviation and aerospace through hands-on learning. Project-based learning and professional exposure boosts students’ imaginations and drives innovation.
Behind the Colorado School Bonds: Maximizing growth opportunities
In taking care of deferred maintenance and committing to capital improvements and repairs, as well as new construction projects, funding from bonds can move schools – and ultimately, the community – forward.
Behind the Colorado school bonds: Integrating furniture into learning
Like many parts of the learning experience, furniture in K-12 schools has evolved since many of us were students. Expectations for the physical make-up of the classroom have adapted to meet newly identified needs.
Behind the Bonds: Improvements leaving a lasting impact
NOTE: This is the first of a series of posts on upcoming bond measures on the Nov. 2 ballot. You will be able to read the rest of the series here. While school bond projects aren’t always the most fascinating thing to vote on, they are one of the most important things a community decides […]
Designing the future: Fostering next-generation talent
Emerging Professionals are, and always have been, the future of the industry and our firm. John Southard shares his journey from EP to Senior Partner and President.
More than “Going Green” – Designing an Enduring Educational Future
Educational architecture is about impacting tens of thousands of students at a time, as well as the communities around them. We believe sustainable design is inseparable from great design.
University Academy celebrates 20 years of offering a new choice to urban core
Now two decades after its founding, we asked a key leaders from University Academy what lessons have been learned in the last 20 years and where the school is headed in the years to come.
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Meet the Team: Hillary L’Ecuyer, Interiors
Hillary reflects on her industry involvement and what drives her inspiration to discuss what makes a successful interiors project.
Announcing Hollis + Miller’s First Higher Education Learnscape
Our first ever higher education Learnscape will be designed and built at Metropolitan Community College this summer!
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Hollis + Miller Awarded John Shaw Regional Award for Second Straight Year from Association for Learning Environments
A regional architectural design competition, the John Shaw Award is intended to showcase innovative design resulting from educators, students and community representatives – all of which are exemplified by the LEAD Innovation Studio.
Continuing Education: Hollis + Miller boosts educational expertise and research program
Hollis + Miller’s commitment to education remains strong, working with educational institutions across the country from pre-K12 through higher education to bolster student success. Dr. Chavey’s expertise is complemented by team members with an emphasis in education technology and educational [...]
Hollis + Miller receives AIA KC Design Excellence award for innovative outdoor learning space designed by emerging professionals
Hollis + Miller Architects is proud to announce the Liberty Public Schools Learnscape — an innovative outdoor learning environment— as a recipient of the 2021 AIA KC Design Excellence Awards. Learnscape, an annual philanthropic initiative led by the firm’s Emerging Professionals, is a [...]
Hollis + Miller Senior Partner, Interior Designer Earn Honors at IIDA MADA Elevate Awards
Two Hollis + Miller team members honored with IIDA Mid-America Elevate Awards for outstanding contributions to interior design.
Hollis + Miller Names Four New Partners
Hollis + Miller names four new partners joining the leadership ranks, each bringing extensive educational experience and client support.
Walden Middle School Captures Top Honor In A4LE Midwest Great Lakes Regional Competition
Hollis + Miller is proud to announce Walden Middle School has been honored with the A4LE John Shaw Award 2021.
Hollis + Miller’s 2021 Learnscape Recipient Announced
Our 2021 Learnscape recipient is...the Park Hill School District!
Hollis + Miller partners with Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, expands western presence
Marking Hollis + Miller’s second partnership with student athletic conference organizations, the new agreement comes on the heels of announcing a local sponsorship with the Kansas City-based Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA).
Ellen Ochoa Elementary School honored by Association for Learning Environments
Last year, the firm's Colorado office added seven new team members (growing from 10 to 17) and worked on 108 projects (as compared with 38 in 2019, an increase of 184%).
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Metropolitan Community College: Advanced Technical Skills Institute
Identifying an opportunity to create stronger program synergies and increase visibility and accessibility to the community it serves, MCC made the strategic decision to move its Business & Technology campus to the urban core in hopes to build the workforce pipeline with a new population of workforce [...]
Herndon Institute of Culinary Arts
The Herndon Institute of Culinary Arts needed a new facility, but faced budget and site restraints of the existing building’s footprint. Hollis + Miller designed a new center twice the size of the existing one, including a commercial kitchen outfitted with new technology and a dining area.
Soaring Heights Elementary
Now a decade after the deadly Joplin tornado, one elementary school looks back at what they did right when building anew.
Carl B. Bruce Middle School Environmental Graphics
The new Carl B. Bruce Middle School worked with Hollis + Miller Architects to incorporate graphics to brand the facility in powerful ways.
Colorado SKIES Academy
Hollis + Miller designs used an aviation setting to create a perfect balance between open-air learning, providing a secure environment and encouraging imaginative thinking.
Grain Valley Schools – District-Wide Facilities Master Plan
Hollis + Miller worked with Grain Valley Schools to develop the long-range master plan that would serve as the road map moving forward.
Outdoor Learning Environment at Sunflower Elementary School
As a partner of the Shawnee Mission School District, Hollis + Miller donated the design and construction of its signature outdoor learning classroom, known as Learnscape.
Blue Springs South High School – Freshman Center Addition
SITUATION With more than 14,000 students, the Blue Springs School District is one of the largest districts in the Kansas City area. Yet, for more than two decades, all ninth-graders at Blue Springs South High School attended a separate Freshman Center. After a bond issue was approved by area voters [...]
Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley Student Success Center
SITUATION As the most diverse location of Kansas City’s Metropolitan Community College, the Penn Valley campus welcomes nearly 6,000 students each fall. However, the school recognized the need to upgrade its Student Success Center to more effectively serve the student population and provide a better [...]
Summit Ridge Middle School
Jeffco Public Schools in Denver area needed more space to accommodate the additional 400 children coming the following year, and also wanted to incorporate collaborative learning in a way that could benefit every Summit Ridge student.