Edward I. Mills and Associates Architects, pc, is an award-winning architectural firm with an international reputation for excellent and innovative design work. The firm prides itself in solving special and difficult problems in all aspects of architectural design, from housing and urban design to historic renovations, restaurants, retail design, custom residences, corporate interiors, and furniture.
Mr. Mills and his associates recognize the unique nature of each project and emphasize client involvement in resolving complex functional and budgetary issues. It is the firm's conviction that design excellence extends beyond aesthetics and symbolic perceptions: it must include the economical use of interior and exterior spaces and the successful resolution of conflicting regulatory requirements.
Through the creative use of lighting, color, and materials, the firm expresses its individuality and arrives at solutions which reflect each project's spirit of place and time, vernacular and social content, and the users' past experiences; thus, enhancing their deeper perception and appreciation of architecture.
The firm's more recent work can be summed up by a jury comment on the design of a commercial video editing studio called Post Expressions, Inc.:
"This project is distinguished by its refinement of detail and creative and poetic use of finish materials. It is composed of subtle, painterly blends of color and various and differing surfaces contrasted with striking juxtapositions in character resulting in a totally unique environment. An artful and craftsman-like product."
Mr. Mills has been in practice since 1978 when he co-founded Voorsanger & Mills. Early in his career, he worked with celebrated architects like Walter Gropius, I.M. Pei, Richard Meier, and Lewis Davis who inculcated in him the importance of creative thinking and a high degree of professionalism.
He has taught architecture at Columbia, Yale, Syracuse University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Rhode Island School of Design. His drawings and designs have been exhibited in galleries and museums such as Denmark's Louisiana Museum, the Museum of Finnish Architecture, the Architectural Association in London, Columbia, Cooper Union, New York University, and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
The firm has received a diverse array of accolades and awards from national and international architectural and design magazines, the news media, the American Institute of Architects, and other professional societies. Most important, however, is the high level of satisfaction of the firm's clientele as expressed by repeat commissions and referrals.
