Archinect - News2024-05-01T15:57:45-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150116905/hodgetts-fung-merges-with-seattle-based-mithun
Hodgetts + Fung merges with Seattle-based Mithun Paul Petrunia2019-01-14T16:19:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/db/db9d4a4526d68498e221fddb526bfd30.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The LA-based practice <a href="https://archinect.com/hplusf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hodgetts + Fung</a> and Seattle-based practice <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/88311298/mithun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mithun</a> have announced that they will merge, effective today. The Culver City office has updated its name, reflecting the new change, to Mithun | Hodgetts + Fung.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/47/47df3b9605c851145c5654433ea784ee.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/47/47df3b9605c851145c5654433ea784ee.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Hollywood Bowl / Los Angeles, CA [H+F project; image courtesy of Hodgetts+Fung]</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/38729652e4511be61490679e1164fea8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/38729652e4511be61490679e1164fea8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Wanapum Heritage Center / Mattawa, WA [Mithun project; photo by Ben Benschneider]</figcaption></figure><p>In a recent conversation with Ming Fung, cofounder of Hodgetts + Fung, she explained to me that she and Craig Hodgetts, her partner at work and home, had no plans to merge with any firm, but got quite excited about the possibilities upon hearing from Mithun's Brendan Connolly last year, pitching the idea. Both offices recognized a tremendous synergy between the firms, rooted in a deep reverence for humanity, with a body of work focused on care for their clients.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/337528a0dbbba60205d7c6360726ee9d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/337528a0dbbba60205d7c6360726ee9d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Sustainability Treehouse / Mount Hope, WV [Mithun project; photo by Joe Fletcher]</figcaption></figure><p>Mithun values the overlap in markets both firms have speciali...</p>