Richard
Miller, AIA, a New Paltz native, has an architectural practice in New
Paltz, NY focusing on environmentally-responsible design. In 1984
he received a professional degree in Architecture at Rhode Island
School of Design. Richard spent the following year researching and
working in Europe, and worked in New York City for 12 years, as an
architect. He recognized the importance of green building and
development early in his career, and began to actively seek work on
projects in the field of green architecture and development.
Richard began working in NYC as an associate at a firm specializing in
the rehabilitation of historic structures. In 1990 Richard partnered on
a residential project for a chemically sensitive client with Paul
Bierman Lytle, a founding member of the AIA Committee on the
Environment. Richard was a founding member of Network for Sustainable
New York, an NGO focusing on sustainable building and development,
primarily through the UN, and traveled and lectured in China on
sustainable development. While working as an architect in NY,
Richard also taught at Parsons School of Design, initiating a
sustainable design track in the Interior Architectural Department.
Richard worked as a project architect at Beyer Blinder Belle, a top
preservation firm, for 6 years on the rehabilitation of Grand Central
Terminal, from design through construction. Richard also worked on the
planning and design of EcoVillage, a green community in Virginia, as a
member of a design team that included Pliny Fisk, Center for Maximum
Potential Building Systems, and Amory Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky
Mountain Institute.
After completing Grand Central, in 1998, Richard moved to New Paltz
with his family, establishing an architectural practice focusing on
green architecture, and sustainable design. Recent projects have
ranged from the rehabilitation of larger historic institutional
structures, planning of arts facilities, as well as the design of
energy efficient, healthy, solar homes. |
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