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Name
  
Robert Miller


Role
  
Architect


Rob (Robert J.) Miller (born 1954) is an American architect.

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Early life

Rob Miller was born on March 12, 1954 in Oxford (Ohio). He made an apprenticeship as carpenter (1973-1974) and worked for several architects (Winter Park, Clemson, New Orleans, Houseon) while in college. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Clemson University (1976) and a Master of Architecture from Rice University, with a certificate in Urban Design (1979). While in his apprenticeship, he worked occasionally as a musician.

Career

He is registered as an architect since 1981, taught at Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University and Clemson University, where he got tenure and worked as a professor through 2010. From 1997–1999 he was professor in residence at the Charles E. Daniel Center in Genoa (Italy). From 2000 to 2010 he was director of the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston. Since 2010 he has been Director of the School of Architecture; College of Architecture, Planning + Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Miller was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy in Rome (1997) for his integrated teaching and practice. His artist book, Implementing Architecture (Nexus Press, 1988), won the Grand Prize in Macworld‘s graphic design competition (1989). Miller won first prize in the competition Präsenz der Zeit-European Cultural Capital 2010 Braunschweig, Germany (2004).

Writings and researches

  • Dropping Hints: Peter Eisenman and the Inversion of Corbusian Aesthetics; in: Writing and the Architect (Charlotte: University of North Carolina, 1991).
  • Stereotype and Architectural Journalism; in: Art Papers, Jan/Febr. 1996
  • The Analogue and the Real: two paradigms for architectural education; in: W. Carpenter (ed), Learning the Building, New York, Van Nostrand 1997 / also in German
  • The Analogue and the Real: two paradigms for architectural education; in: Ausdruck und Gebrauch, Aachen, Germany, Shaker Verlag 2003
  • Praxis als Ausbildung; in: Kl. Hornung, A. Schäfer (ed), Stadt-Bau-Kunst Braunschweig, Münster, Germany, Waxmann Verlag, 2004 / also in Spanish in: Al Fondo, La Plata, Argentina Universidad de la Plata, 2004
  • Architecture is what Blows off in a Hurricane; in: Wolkenkuckucksheim | Cloud-Cuckoo-Land | Воздушный замок, Vol. 12, Issue 23, 2008
  • El MINImuseum de Richard McMahan, trans. Pablo E.M. Szelagowski, 47 Al Fondo 17 (La Plata, Argentina: Universidad Nacional de la Plata), 2008, 2-13.
  • Works and projects

  • GRAND’S GENERAL STORE; Powder Springs, GA (1986)
  • ATLANTA BAKERY INTERVENTION, NABISCO BRANDS INC.; Atlanta, GA (1988)
  • CHILD WELFARE INSTITUTE; Atlanta, GA (1989) (destroyed)
  • TERRI TEAGUE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO; Decatur, GA (1994)
  • NEXUS PRESS INTERVENTION; Atlanta, GA (1997–2000)
  • WILLIAMS WING; Mount Pleasant, SC (2007)
  • THE MINImuseum OF RICHARD MCMAHAN (Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art) College of Charleston, assisted by David Pastre, Sean Ahern
  • Teaching

    Rob Miller is focused on "hybrid learning": merging educational content with professional practices. Under Miller's directorship, the Charleston Center won three NCARB Prizes for the Creative Integration of Practice and Education, plus the AIA's Best Mentoring Practices award. In 2009 Miller was awarded the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’s (ACSA) Creative Achievement Award for his design/build work.

    References

    Robert Miller (architect) Wikipedia