Brian Miller
@b-miller.bsky.social
architect/interior designer in DC, co-founder of Edit at Streetsense (https://streetsense.com/interior-architecture/), shorter thoughts on spaces/places/sounds/smells/tastes here, longer thoughts at grossgreat.substack.com
I’d have liked to see the answers to that question before and after showing respondents these Olson Kundig mid-rises
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’d have liked to see the answers to that question before and after showing respondents these Olson Kundig mid-rises
there are plenty of legitimate critiques of the Michelin Guide but disparaging them as “a tire company” is irrelevant when they’ve been doing this since 1900 - it would be like disregarding Sietsema’s meals at the Inn over the past decade because “Bezos footed the bill”
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
there are plenty of legitimate critiques of the Michelin Guide but disparaging them as “a tire company” is irrelevant when they’ve been doing this since 1900 - it would be like disregarding Sietsema’s meals at the Inn over the past decade because “Bezos footed the bill”
cursed seating arrangements
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
cursed seating arrangements
Barbary Coast
Howard Hawks
1935
Howard Hawks
1935
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Barbary Coast
Howard Hawks
1935
Howard Hawks
1935
Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Großfeldsiedlung, Hannes Lintl, 1975
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A treasure in Vienna’s suburbs with a kind clergy who welcome the occasional architectural tourist. While the neon-wrapped acrylic cross is the star of the show, the pews with their continuous felt-topped heated seats are a nice touch.
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A treasure in Vienna’s suburbs with a kind clergy who welcome the occasional architectural tourist. While the neon-wrapped acrylic cross is the star of the show, the pews with their continuous felt-topped heated seats are a nice touch.
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Großfeldsiedlung, Hannes Lintl, 1975
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A treasure in Vienna’s suburbs with a kind clergy who welcome the occasional architectural tourist. While the neon-wrapped acrylic cross is the star of the show, the pews with their continuous felt-topped heated seats are a nice touch.
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A treasure in Vienna’s suburbs with a kind clergy who welcome the occasional architectural tourist. While the neon-wrapped acrylic cross is the star of the show, the pews with their continuous felt-topped heated seats are a nice touch.
Good overview of apartment conversion projects - office gets all the hype but they’re only a quarter of the market, with hotels in the lead (for now). Very low conversion rates of C-class office buildings show why they’re of so little value.
www.multifamilydive.com/news/apartme...
www.multifamilydive.com/news/apartme...
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Good overview of apartment conversion projects - office gets all the hype but they’re only a quarter of the market, with hotels in the lead (for now). Very low conversion rates of C-class office buildings show why they’re of so little value.
www.multifamilydive.com/news/apartme...
www.multifamilydive.com/news/apartme...
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Bespoke soundsystem $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my daytime cafe is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
Bespoke soundsystem $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my daytime cafe is dying
October 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Bespoke soundsystem $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my daytime cafe is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
Bespoke soundsystem $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my daytime cafe is dying
flower pot / Josef Hoffmann / 1904
US Tax Court / Victor Lundy / 1974
US Tax Court / Victor Lundy / 1974
October 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
flower pot / Josef Hoffmann / 1904
US Tax Court / Victor Lundy / 1974
US Tax Court / Victor Lundy / 1974
sometimes a chair gets to show a little leg
October 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
sometimes a chair gets to show a little leg
GC solicitation slipped another 10 months from the last schedule update
The real issue will become obvious when they get bids - costs have increased substantially since the announcement of the old $92 million estimate getting ‘fully funded’
www.hillrag.com/2025/09/23/1...
The real issue will become obvious when they get bids - costs have increased substantially since the announcement of the old $92 million estimate getting ‘fully funded’
www.hillrag.com/2025/09/23/1...
September 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
GC solicitation slipped another 10 months from the last schedule update
The real issue will become obvious when they get bids - costs have increased substantially since the announcement of the old $92 million estimate getting ‘fully funded’
www.hillrag.com/2025/09/23/1...
The real issue will become obvious when they get bids - costs have increased substantially since the announcement of the old $92 million estimate getting ‘fully funded’
www.hillrag.com/2025/09/23/1...
my most pedantic annual take is that DC shouldn’t call it Art All Night when it ends at 3am… please just sponsor a couple places to say open until daybreak!
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
my most pedantic annual take is that DC shouldn’t call it Art All Night when it ends at 3am… please just sponsor a couple places to say open until daybreak!
how far we’ve fallen
September 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
how far we’ve fallen
a new restaurant we designed in Providence - Claudine, just 26 seats in a cloistered dining room, with a lighting approach that emphasizes coves and soft washes
www.rimonthly.com/claudine/
www.rimonthly.com/claudine/
September 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
a new restaurant we designed in Providence - Claudine, just 26 seats in a cloistered dining room, with a lighting approach that emphasizes coves and soft washes
www.rimonthly.com/claudine/
www.rimonthly.com/claudine/
in my mind our penthouse is a spiritual descendant of the Wendy’s sunroom
September 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
in my mind our penthouse is a spiritual descendant of the Wendy’s sunroom
new multifamily amenity spaces we designed at The Wendy in Arlington VA - high contrast light and dark spaces in a neutral palette taking advantage of great window lines
September 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
new multifamily amenity spaces we designed at The Wendy in Arlington VA - high contrast light and dark spaces in a neutral palette taking advantage of great window lines
amenity spaces we designed for a new apartment building in DC, Novel 14th Street - lots of warmth and texture to offset some low ceiling clearances
September 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
amenity spaces we designed for a new apartment building in DC, Novel 14th Street - lots of warmth and texture to offset some low ceiling clearances
food and beverages with a logo are currently the leading indicator of a subpar dining experience
September 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
food and beverages with a logo are currently the leading indicator of a subpar dining experience
fashion houses were the first to fall and they’ve been the first to retvrn
August 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
fashion houses were the first to fall and they’ve been the first to retvrn
just as the prophesy foretold
August 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
just as the prophesy foretold
this aesthetic probably hit peak zeitgeist with the Ace Hotel NYC lobby (Roman & Williams, 2009) - big American flag, vintage chesterfield sofas, screw in bulb marquee letters, chalk art, oak schoolhouse chairs, wool blankets, stenciled lettering
August 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
this aesthetic probably hit peak zeitgeist with the Ace Hotel NYC lobby (Roman & Williams, 2009) - big American flag, vintage chesterfield sofas, screw in bulb marquee letters, chalk art, oak schoolhouse chairs, wool blankets, stenciled lettering
crucial link to heritage craft on the left side of the chart with Taavo Somer, his Freemans (2004) and AvroKO’s Public (2003) as the LES establishments that shaped the next decade of aesthetics, call it deadstock design
August 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
crucial link to heritage craft on the left side of the chart with Taavo Somer, his Freemans (2004) and AvroKO’s Public (2003) as the LES establishments that shaped the next decade of aesthetics, call it deadstock design
speakeasy and listening room with stand up comedy and youth pastor energy
July 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
speakeasy and listening room with stand up comedy and youth pastor energy