Author: Jenna Earle
Rice Fergus Miller Wins 2026 NEWH TopID Award - Tuesday, May 5, 2026BREMERTON, WA – May 5, 2026 – Rice Fergus Miller (RFM) has been named a winner of the 2026 TopID Award by the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH). This is the seventh year in a row that the Bremerton-based architecture and interior design firm has received this honor. The TopID Award recognizes firms for their design work, professional service to the hospitality industry and involvement with the NEWH mission. Maintaining this designation for seven years reflects RFM’s consistent […]
Rice Fergus Miller’s Susie Parsons Appointed Strategic Director-at-Large to LeadingAge Washington Board of Directors - Monday, February 23, 2026BREMERTON, WA – February 23, 2026 — Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a leading architecture, interior design and planning firm, today announced the appointment of Susie Parsons, NCIDQ, to the LeadingAge Washington Board of Directors as a Strategic Director-at-Large. Susie, an Associate Principal and Interior Designer at RFM, brings more than a decade of expertise in senior living design. She holds a Certificate in Gerontology from the University of Washington (2023), furthering her expertise in the physical, social and psychological aspects […]
Connecting with Community for Women’s Equality Day, 2025 - Tuesday, September 16, 2025On Tuesday, August 26th, Rice Fergus Miller hosted their fourth annual community celebration for Women’s Equality Day. Each year, we celebrate the achievements of women in our community and explore ways to uplift and support women and girls in their education and careers. This year’s event was hosted by RFM’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) committee and included a keynote panel featuring three highly inspirational women in leadership roles across the Kitsap Peninsula: – Lucretia Robertson, Principal and Owner, Clarity […]
Kenya Jones-Lowell Honored as ASID “Ones to Watch” Scholar - Wednesday, September 3, 2025Rice Fergus Miller (RFM) is proud to announce that Kenya Jones-Lowell, Interior Designer, has been named a 2025 Ones to Watch Scholar by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Kenya was honored in August at GATHER 2025, ASID’s National Conference in Atlanta, GA. The ASID Ones to Watch program identifies and celebrates rising leaders in the design industry who demonstrate exceptional leadership potential and a commitment to advancing the profession. Kenya’s work centers around the power of community. As […]
Rice Fergus Miller Welcomes New Staff Member to the Team - Wednesday, July 9, 2025Aissa Avalos has joined Rice Fergus Miller’s Spokane office as an interior designer after earning a full-time role six weeks into her summer internship. A recent graduate of Washington State University (WSU), Avalos earned a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, graduating with honors. During her time at WSU, she served as Editor-in-Chief of Eunoia, a student-run magazine publication for the School of Design + Construction and was actively involved with the First Gen Center supporting fellow first-generation college students. […]
How Rice Fergus Miller Creates Culturally Rooted Hospitality Spaces - Wednesday, July 2, 2025Interiors + Sources recently featured Rice Fergus Miller’s Principal, Jennifer Fleming in “How Rice Fergus Miller Creates Culturally Rooted Hospitality Spaces.” The article explores RFM’s collaborative design process—led by Fleming’s vision, that partners with tribal communities, leverages local crafts, and embeds storytelling into every detail. These culturally informed strategies result in hospitality environments that are both authentic and welcoming.
Rice Fergus Miller’s Panorama Amenity Expansion Wins National AIA Design for Aging Review Award - Friday, June 20, 2025Bremerton, WA – Rice Fergus Miller is honored to announce that Panorama Amenity Expansion in Lacey, Washington, has received the 2025 AIA Design for Aging Review Award, recognizing innovative design solutions that enhance the quality of life for aging adults within specific project constraints. This award celebrates projects that demonstrate conscientious design approaches advancing environments for senior living. This national program highlights exemplary work that addresses physical, cognitive, and social needs through thoughtful design and planning. Completed in Fall 2022, […]
Meet Our 2025 Intern - Friday, June 20, 2025RFM is thrilled to welcome Aissa Avalos to our team as an Interior Design Intern based in our Spokane office! A recent graduate of Washington State University (WSU), Aissa earned her Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design in 2025. During her time at WSU, she served as Editor-in-Chief of Eunoia, the School of Design + Construction’s student-run magazine, and was actively involved with the First Gen Center, supporting fellow first-generation college students. This summer, Aissa is working closely with the […]
Call for Qualifications | WMBE/DBE Consultant Roster - Friday, June 20, 2025Women, Minority, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (WMBE/DBE) Roster Rice Fergus Miller is seeking qualifications from Women, Minority, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (WMBE/DBE) located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana for consideration on future design opportunities. Interested firms should submit a Statement of Qualifications that includes the following minimum information: Firm Overview: Include firm name, brief history, and identification of the main point of contact. Business Designation: Indicate current Women, Minority, Small, and/or Disadvantaged Business Enterprise designation(s), including certifying […]
Rice Fergus Miller’s Kenya Jones-Lowell Named to South Sound Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for 2025 - Tuesday, April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rice Fergus Miller is proud to announce that Kenya Jones-Lowell, Interior Designer and City Planning Commissioner, has been named one of South Sound Business Journal’s 40 under 40 honorees for 2025. The recognition honors rising leaders who are shaping the South Sound’s future through innovation, advocacy, and service, and Kenya’s story exemplifies all three. From her work designing spaces for tribal nations across the Pacific Northwest to her leadership on the Puyallup Planning […]
Rice Fergus Miller Welcomes New Staff Member to the Team - Friday, April 11, 2025Rhonda Gillogly has joined Rice Fergus Miller as a Senior Project Manager and will primarily serve the Civic Studio. She brings more than three decades of experience in architecture, construction, and firm leadership. Gillogly previously led her own successful architectural firm and most recently served as a studio leader at a multidisciplinary design firm with offices across the western United States. She has deep expertise in public sector project delivery and has guided complex developments ranging from criminal justice and […]
Rice Fergus Miller Earns Sixth Consecutive NEWH TopID Award - Tuesday, April 8, 2025Bremerton, WA — Rice Fergus Miller (RFM) has been honored with the 2025 NEWH TopID Award, marking the firm’s sixth consecutive win. This national recognition, presented by the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH), celebrates firms that exemplify exceptional hospitality design and demonstrate a continued commitment to the industry through education, mentorship, and community involvement. This year’s award recognizes RFM’s recent work at Tulalip Resort Casino, including the Salish Suite and the Grand Asian Suite— two stunning renovations that […]
How Quincy Jones inspired a project to revitalize downtown Bremerton - Monday, January 20, 2025Construction has commenced on the Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center in Bremerton, a project honoring the legendary musician’s roots in the city. This state-of-the-art facility aims to enrich the local arts scene and provide a premier venue for performances and community events. The center is expected to become a cultural cornerstone, celebrating Quincy Jones’s enduring legacy and inspiring future generations.
Rice Fergus Miller Celebrates Successful Grand Opening of Spokane Office - Friday, December 20, 2024Spokane, WA – Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), an employee-owned architecture, interior design, and planning firm, is thrilled to announce the successful opening of its new Spokane office. A Grand Opening celebration was held on November 13th, which brought together over 140 clients, partners, community members, and supporters to commemorate this significant milestone in RFM’s journey. The evening featured engaging displays of RFM’s recent projects, giving attendees an in-depth look at the firm’s innovative approach to design. Guests enjoyed delicious […]
RFM Welcomes Three New Team Members - Friday, December 13, 2024Bremerton, Washington –Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a premier architecture, interior design, and planning firm, is thrilled to announce the addition of three talented professionals to its dynamic team. These new hires joined RFM earlier this year and embody the firm’s dedication to exceptional design, collaborative teamwork, community support, and leveraging business as a force for good. Kenya Jones-Lowell returns to RFM with eight years of experience in high-end hospitality interior design. She specializes in tribal hospitality, planning and unique projects […]
Nampa Fire Station 6 wins 2024 FIERO Merit Award - Friday, November 8, 2024We are thrilled to announce that Nampa Fire Station #6 has been honored with a Merit Award in the 2024 FIERO Fire Station Design Awards Program. This 10,224-square-foot facility, designed to meet the current and future needs of the Nampa Rural Fire Protection District, features two drive-through apparatus bays, a back-in bay, specialized decontamination areas, and a dedicated training platform within one of the bays. Despite challenges such as labor shortages and cost inflation during the pandemic, the project was […]
RFM Announces Grand Opening of New Office in Spokane, WA - Monday, November 4, 2024November 4, 2024: Spokane, WA – Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), an employee-owned architectural, interior design, and planning firm, is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its new office in downtown Spokane, Washington. The grand opening will take place on November 13th, with an open house from 4-7pm. Members of the community, clients, and partners are invited to join us in celebrating this exciting milestone. A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 5pm, with members of the Greater Spokane, […]
A Lesson In Equity: Setting Up Classrooms For Success - Friday, October 11, 2024In a recent article by Facility Executive, Becky Wall, Associate Principal at Rice Fergus Miller, discusses the importance of flexible classroom designs that empower students with autonomy over their learning environments. She highlights the need for adaptable seating arrangements, such as sit-to-stand desks and movable furniture, allowing students to choose configurations that minimize distractions and enhance focus. Wall emphasizes that providing these options enables educators to create inclusive spaces where all students can thrive.
Cowlitz 911 Dispatch Facility Honored with AIA Washington Civic Design Award - Thursday, September 19, 2024We are honored to announce that the Cowlitz 911 Dispatch Facility has received a Citation Award in the 2024 AIA Washington Council Civic Design Awards. This 13,000-square-foot facility, designed with a focus on dispatcher well-being, incorporates biophilic design principles to create a nurturing environment. Features include ample natural light, a central courtyard for respite, and secure, state-of-the-art operational spaces. The project reflects our commitment to supporting first responders through thoughtful, health-centered design.
Meet the RFM Summer Interns - Tuesday, June 18, 2024RFM is excited to welcome Mel Caldwell and Nolan Hegnes to the RFM team for an 8-week internship. Both are pursuing degrees in Architecture and bring unique interests and perspectives to the team. Mel is a current student at the University of Washington, with a focus on education design, while Nolan has just completed his first year at the Arizona State University and aspires to work in the Tribal sector. Read on to learn more about their backgrounds and summer […]
RFM 2023 Holiday Video Wins SMPS Seattle 2024 Reign Award - Wednesday, June 12, 2024Each year, the Society for Marketing Professional Services Seattle Chapter hosts the Reign Awards, an event that honors the outstanding work of marketers in the A/E/C industry. In June 2024, RFM’s holiday campaign, Gifts for Good, which aimed to highlight local non-profits who support at-risk youth, won the One-Time Marketing Piece category, standing out among strong competition. This achievement marked a significant milestone for RFM, as it was the company’s first time submitting for a marketing award and winning. See […]
Rice Fergus Miller Welcomes Nine New Staff to the Team - Thursday, May 30, 2024Rice Fergus Miller, a Bremerton, WA-based architectural, interior design, and planning firm has welcomed nine new team members to the company, which is a Certified B Corp. In late 2023, Suzanne Hudson, Bali Mshar, Scott Waggoner, McKenzi Kent, Tim Dickerson, and Claire Kincaid-Slate joined the firm. John Leuck, Courtney Mosby-Gee, and Jenna Earle were welcomed in early 2024. Suzanne Hudson (NOT PICTURED) joined the firm in July of 2023 as a Project Coordinator, with a focus on RFM’s Civic Studio. […]
Rice Fergus Miller Celebrates 5th Consecutive Win of NEWH TopID Award - Friday, April 26, 2024Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a leading architectural and interior design firm, is thrilled to announce its fifth consecutive win of the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH) TopID award. The NEWH TopID program aims to recognize interior design firms who not only deliver exceptional design within the hospitality industry but also make meaningful contributions to their local NEWH chapters. The TopID award represents the pinnacle of recognition within the design community, celebrating firms that exhibit unparalleled creativity and […]
RFM’s HQ Office Sells for Record-Breaking Price; Firm will Remain in Building - Monday, February 12, 2024Bremerton, WA – Rice Fergus Miller (RFM) announced the sale of the building containing their headquarters office in downtown Bremerton, WA on February 8, 2024. The 18,961 sq. ft. commercial office building, located at 275 Fifth Street, sold for the record-breaking price of $6,000,000. According to the listing agents at Marcus & Millichap, this is the highest price per square foot on record in Kitsap County for an office building over 15,000 sq. ft. The building is currently occupied by […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announced as Designer of Tulalip Resort Casino Expansion & Renovation Project - Friday, February 9, 2024Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a leading architecture, interior design and planning firm based in Bremerton, Washington, is proud to announce their role as the lead architectural and interior designer of a 70,250 SF expansion and renovation project at the Tulalip Resort Casino property in Tulalip, Washington. Rice Fergus Miller has extensive experience serving Native communities including projects with Tulalip Resort Casino, other resorts and casinos and a variety of tribal healthcare, education, and civic projects across the region. The major […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces the Promotion of Four New Principals and Two Associate Principals - Thursday, January 11, 2024Bremerton, Washington – Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a leading architecture, interior design and planning, firm based in Bremerton, Washington, is proud to announce the promotion of four individuals to the position of Principal and two team members to Associate Principal. The firm’s newest Principals are Sarah Gladics, Inkyoung Haley, Erin Hatch, and Jason Ritter-Lopatowski. New Associate Principals are Susie Parsons and Becky Wall. The newly promoted Principals join the firm’s existing Principals Greg Belding, Jennifer Fleming, Gunnar Gladics, and Dean […]
Two RFM Designers Named to INTERIOR DESIGN Magazine’s Class of 30/30 - Tuesday, November 7, 2023BREMERTON, Wash. — Rice Fergus Miller (RFM) is thrilled to announce that two of the firm’s Interior Designers and Associates, Taylor Vigilia and Leah Svoboda, have been selected as INTERIOR DESIGN Magazine’s Seattle 30/30. This distinguished honor underscores these up-and-coming designers’ exceptional contributions to the design industry, their clients, and the firm. 30/30, an event which recognizes excellence in design, highlights Seattle’s 30 rising stars of the industry. These young designers, not yet 30 years of age, join forces with […]
Inclusive Aging – Fostering Connection within Community for All - Monday, November 6, 2023This article was originally posted on LinkedIn on November 6, 2023. The health benefits of positive social engagement for aging people are proven, and access to a social environment is a primary reason many older people choose to live in a retirement community with their peers. Current research tells us the negative impacts of loneliness and social isolation are on par with other established risk factors for mortality including smoking and obesity. Social isolation is a serious public health risk, […]
Rice Fergus Miller Awarded Best in Adaptive Reuse For Quinault Wellness Center in Aberdeen, WA - Tuesday, October 3, 2023BREMERTON, Wash. — Rice Fergus Miller won a 2023 Symposium Distinction Award for their design of the Quinault Wellness Center for the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN). Specifically, the project received ‘Best Adaptive Reuse’. The award, bestowed by the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo, is dedicated to honoring projects that “recognize a healthcare design project that creatively achieved the reuse of an existing structure or space originally used for another purpose,” according to the award’s website. The project, located in Aberdeen, […]
Rice Fergus Miller Celebrates Four New Associates and Welcomes Six New Staff to the Team - Monday, July 24, 2023Bremerton, Washington – Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a leading architecture, interior design, planning, and visualization firm based in Bremerton, Washington, is proud to announce the promotion of four exceptional individuals to the position of Associate, and six new hires. These individuals reflect the firm’s values and commitment to great design, teamwork, supporting community, and using business as a force for good. The newly promoted Associates bring a wealth of expertise and diverse backgrounds to Rice Fergus Miller. Their combined experience […]
B Corp Month Highlight: Four Ways Design Firms Can Implement a JEDI Focus - Tuesday, March 21, 2023While it’s true that a B Corp business values focus on three main facets: People, Planet and Profit; B Corps can come from a wide range of industries, and each have their own nuances. As an architecture firm and B Corp, RFM has found ways to address every facet of being a B Corp but over the last three years, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) work has risen to the top. After the murder of George Floyd, we along […]
Dean Kelly Recognized in 2023 Leadership Kitsap 20 Under 40 Award - Saturday, February 25, 2023Leadership Kitsap’s 20 Under 40 Awards Program identifies and celebrates exceptional business leaders under the age of 40 who are dynamic trailblazers in the Kitsap community. This awards program shares their stories and celebrates their successes. These individuals are brought together to grow into a powerful network of young leaders who can then leverage that network to make even more great contributions to our region’s economy and civic dialog. Congratulations to Rice Fergus Miller’s Dean Kelly on being recognized as […]
Designing for WELLness: Why the WELL Certification Matters - Thursday, February 23, 2023In 2021, the EPA found that Americans spent roughly 87% of their lives inside buildings. In that same study, they found that concentrations of some pollutants indoors are often “two to five times higher than typical outdoor concentrations.” As a result, it’s not surprising that one of the most common illnesses in office workers is Sick Building Syndrome, consisting of headaches, fatigue and respiratory irritation due to a building’s lack of ventilation as well as the presence of these higher […]
Interior Designer Leah Delaney Receives NCIDQ Certification - Thursday, February 23, 2023RFM Interior Designer Leah Delaney has been with the firm for four and a half years. As a designer, NCIDQ certification is the industry’s most recognized indicator of proficiency in interior design principles and a designer’s commitment to the profession. This is a three-part exam and requires at least six and half years of specialized education and work experience to complete. Leah has played a critical role on our community impact team over her tenure at the firm, and we […]
Bremerton project has musical overtones as a tribute to former resident Quincy Jones - Thursday, February 9, 2023The public and private effort is coming together to revitalize a downtown Bremerton street. As a musician and an architect, I have always found the two practices to have a fundamental connection. Both music and architecture are based in mathematical relationships that evoke emotional responses. The journey to designing Quincy Square in Bremerton, Fourth Street from Washington Avenue to Pacific Avenue, was no exception and unfolded like a jam session: we started with the architecture (geometry and space) added a […]
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Healing Clinic honored by DJC - Friday, February 3, 2023REN apartment tower REN brings together art, architecture and nature in the heart of Seattle. Situated along Denny Way, a vital east-west corridor connecting the booming Denny Triangle and South Lake Union neighborhoods, the 41-story residential tower is among a slew of new high-rises catering to the next generation of downtown residents. The building’s unique design expression responds to the compact, triangular site and its high-visibility location at the intersection of two city grids. Key for the owner was differentiating […]
A slew of fire station projects for Central Kitsap - Wednesday, February 1, 2023Construction will start next month on Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue’s Fire Station 57 at 14500 N.W. Coho Run, near Lake William Symington and Camp Union. When it opens in a year, the nearly 11,000-square-foot fire station will have four apparatus bays, living and sleeping quarters for five personnel, work areas and a small public lobby. It will be staffed around the clock, serving the Lake Symington, Lake Tahuya, Crosby, Holly and surrounding Seabeck communities. Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller is […]
Quinault Indian Nation opens new wellness center in Aberdeen - Wednesday, February 1, 2023In October, the Quinault Indian Nation opened the doors to its new $20 million wellness center at 511 West Heron St. in Aberdeen. The Quinault Wellness Center is an outpatient facility designed to address the opioid epidemic, which disproportionately affects indigenous communities, through evidence-based holistic substance use treatment. The project was fully funded by the Quinault Indian Nation. The 18,000-square-foot facility was designed by Rice Fergus Miller and built by Abbott Construction. The project is an adaptive reuse of an […]
Sound West planning 123 Bremerton units - Wednesday, February 1, 2023North of the Bremerton ferry dock, facing Evergreen Rotary Park and Port Washington Narrows, is a long-gestating multifamily development site at 631 Sheldon Blvd. Sound West Group acquired it about three years ago for nearly $2 million from another developer. Rice Fergus Miller is designing the six-story, 123-unit Evergreen Pointe, with Compass Construction indicated as the builder. Sound West says that the project is fully entitled, but the latest design will have a city review on Feb. 7, in a virtual presentation. […]
RFM Principal Dean Kelly Named a Leadership Kitsap 20 Under 40 Honoree - Tuesday, January 24, 2023Dean Kelly, one of Rice Fergus Miller’s four Principals, has been named a 2023 20 Under 40 honoree by Leadership Kitsap.
Upgrades underway at Washington State Fire Training Academy - Thursday, January 12, 2023By EMMA HINCHLIFFEA/E Editor More than 10 years after planning began, upgrades are underway at the Washington State Fire Training Academy, located on a 51-acre site just east of North Bend, near Exit 38. Phase one of work will see the construction of two new burn building training props, which are used for live fire and other firefighter and emergency services training. That phase broke ground in November 2022 following the successful receipt in 2020 of a special use permit to […]
RFM Welcomes New Leadership Upon Celebration of 35th Anniversary - Tuesday, November 1, 2022Dean Kelly and Gunnar Gladics join Jennifer Fleming and Greg Belding at the helm BREMERTON, Wash. — This September, Rice Fergus Miller celebrates 35 years as Bremerton’s beloved architecture, interiors, and planning firm. The occasion comes at a meaningful nexus of change, with two new Principals—Dean Kelly and Gunnar Gladics—joining the ownership team alongside Jennifer Fleming and Greg Belding. This is the first full change in leadership guard the firm has seen. Kelly is a leader in specialty housing projects […]
Dean Kelly And Gunnar Gladics Join Rice Fergus Miller Ownership - Monday, October 31, 2022In Celebration Of The Firm’s 35th Anniversary Marking A New Era Of Distributed Leadership, Transparency, And Mentorship BREMERTON, Wash. — Rice Fergus Miller, Inc., a B Corp. renowned for their community-based projects, celebrates 35 years as one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading architecture, interiors, and planning firms. The occasion is marked by welcoming Principals Dean Kelly and Gunnar Gladics as firm owners alongside Principals Jennifer Fleming and Greg Belding. Kelly and Gladics were personally selected by Fleming and Belding for […]
Rice Fergus Miller Awarded Best In User Centered Design For Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Healing Clinic - Wednesday, October 19, 2022BREMERTON, Wash. — Rice Fergus Miller won the 2022 User Centered Design Award for their design of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Healing Clinic. The award, bestowed by the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo, is dedicated to honoring projects that “best reflects and balances the requirements of patients, their family, and practitioners,” according to the award’s website. The clinic, located in Washington’s North Olympic Peninsula, opened its doors in the Spring of 2022 as a healing center for tribe and non-tribe […]
Ten Women Promoted to New Leadership Positions at Award-Winning Design Firm Rice Fergus Miller - Friday, July 15, 2022Bremerton, WA – Rice Fergus Miller, Inc., a B Corp., announces the promotion of ten new female leaders at the award-winning architecture, interior design, planning, and vizlab firm located in Bremerton, WA. The firm’s new Associate Principals are: Sarah Gladics, Erin Hatch, and Inky Haley. New Associates are: Jessica Archer-Rucshner, Kirsten Dahlquist, Leah Delaney, Jamie Hysell, Elaine Liffgens, and Becky Wall. Kim Huyber has been promoted to Associate and Director of Business Operations. Associate Principal Sarah Gladics, NCIDQ has been […]
Modern Aviation completes $25M terminal project at Boeing Field - Friday, July 8, 2022By JOURNAL STAFF Photo from Modern Aviation [enlarge] This 24,500-square-foot hangar was part of the second phase of improvements for Modern Aviation at Boeing Field. Modern Aviation recently finished a $25 million, two-phase development project and FBO terminal renovation at Boeing Field. The facilities are at 8285 Perimeter Road S. in Seattle. Modern Aviation opened at Boeing Field in early 2019, after it acquired Gateway USA LLC (Clay Lacy Aviation BFI), a fixed-base operator (FBO) of private jet terminals. Modern Aviation started […]
Health and hospitality drives design at Washington’s senior communities - Friday, June 24, 2022By EMMA HINCHLIFFEA/E Editor The new courtyard at Panorama retirement community is an example of how the biophilic trend is impacting this market. The experience of walking into a senior community in Washington might not be what you expect. Often associated with a clinical or institutional feel, today’s communities are more akin to entering a hotel or a luxury apartment building. Speaking with architecture firms in Washington, they note how hospitality-minded design has taken over the sector in the last 10 […]
Meet the Team: Stephanie Isaacs - Friday, June 24, 2022Stephanie Isaacs is an interior designer at Rice Fergus Miller working on the firm’s hospitality team. Her love for all things design is apparent in both her process and end product. She is a ‘boomerang’ employee, having returned recently to the firm in a remote capacity – she lives in Spokane! – which allows her to balance work with all the other important things in her life. She’s currently leading the design of several of RFM’s projects at Northern Quest […]
Telling a Story Through Design: How concepts inform physical spaces - Thursday, June 16, 2022Storytelling has been a key part of human culture from the beginning. It is a tool that helps us understand, explain, and process the experience of being human. A story can provide reason, purpose, and the proverbial “why.” Storytelling fuses communication with art, bringing people together in discovery and mutual understanding over something they can relate or respond to on a deeper level. Creating Meaning When it comes to design, storytelling is an imperative part of the process. If we […]
Capital Facilities Plans: A Roadmap for Success - Wednesday, June 1, 2022Running a fire protection district or department comes with a wide range of challenges. From labor management to training to complex budgets, thinking ahead 10 to 20 years for how the organization will operate, let alone what your facility needs might be, can be a daunting task. Chances are, planning your future facilities is not the highest task on your priority list, even if you know it should be. Where do you begin? Thankfully, there are a variety of knowledgeable […]
Meet the Team: Sarah Gladics - Wednesday, May 25, 2022It’s often questioned why a fire station project would need an interior designer, but Rice Fergus Miller Interior Designer Sarah Gladics is here to change your mind. An Associate and employee at the firm for seven years, Sarah is a talented designer with a passion for serving the people who serve our communities. She applies her experience in space planning, interior design, and creating functional spaces to all of her projects. When she’s not designing, she helps manage and market […]
Meet the Team: Gena Lee - Tuesday, April 19, 2022Associate Principal Gena Lee has worked as an interior designer at Rice Fergus Miller since 2007. Gena is one of two Certified Healthcare Interior Designers in the state of Washington, and she puts that expertise to work on the firm’s many healthcare projects. Currently she’s working on wrapping up a new MAT Clinic in Marysville, WA for The Tulalip Tribes, and a healing clinic in Aberdeen, WA for the Quinault Indian Nation. We chatted with her recently to learn more about her background […]
A Healing River: How tribal facilities for healing are helping their communities recover from opioid addiction - Monday, April 4, 2022Across the United States, more than 10 million people misuse opioids annually, and more than 50,000 people die from opioid overdose. Studies have found that of those, Native Americans have the highest per capita rate of opioid overdose deaths of any population group. It’s no wonder then that Tribes are celebrating the recent $590M settlement with drug distributors over the damage opioids have caused in their communities. But long before these reparations came to fruition, Tribes started strategizing ways to […]
Principal Dave Fergus to Retire from Rice Fergus Miller - Monday, April 4, 2022New Generation of Leadership to Continue His Legacy of Fire Station & Emergency Services Design Bremerton, Wash. – Rice Fergus Miller, Inc., a B Corp., announces the retirement of Dave Fergus, long-time Principal and market leader for the firm’s robust fire and emergency services market, on June 1, 2022. The Bremerton-based architecture, interiors, and planning firm has over 54 employees, over 20 of whom are working exclusively on the design and construction administration of fire stations, 9-1-1 call centers, and […]
Why do business with a B Corp? - Monday, March 21, 2022In honor of B Corp month, we’re taking time to reflect on what it means to us to be a Certified B Corp, and also what it means to YOU – the people we do business with. As consumers, many of us are drawn to make ethical choices in our personal lives. We buy organic foods or secondhand clothing, we recycle and compost, and we walk onto the ferry instead of taking our car whenever we can. But when it […]
Meet the Team: Gunnar Gladics - Friday, March 18, 2022If you haven’t had the privilege of working with Gunnar Gladics, it might be because you’re not the Commissioner of a fire district or Chief of a fire department. But for those of you who have worked with Gunnar, you probably know him as an even-keeled team leader with a deep interest in sustainability and practically oriented design strategies. As a Principal leading Rice Fergus Miller’s robust Fire & Emergency Services (FES) market, Gunnar works alongside Dave Fergus, who launched […]
Leadership in Design: The Importance of Professional Organizations - Tuesday, February 22, 2022This month, several of our interior designers attended the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH) Leadership Conference in Seattle, WA. NEWH is THE hospitality industry network. The non-profit organization is dedicated to all things related to the hospitality industry, providing scholarships, education, leadership development, recognition of excellence, and business development opportunities. Seattle has never hosted the NEWH Leadership Conference and is unlikely to again, so it’s exciting that it was in our very own backyard this year. We […]
Jennifer Fleming Named to Leadership Kitsap’s 20 Under 40 - Friday, January 28, 2022Leadership Kitsap’s 20 Under 40 Awards Program seeks to identify and celebrate exceptional business leaders under the age of 40 who are dynamic trailblazers in the Kitsap community. We want to share their stories and celebrate their successes, bringing these individuals together to grow into a powerful network of young leaders who can then leverage that network to make even more great contributions to our region’s economy and civic dialog. Congratulations to Rice Fergus Miller’s Jennifer Fleming on being recognized […]
Meet the RFM Market Leaders - Wednesday, January 26, 2022Ever wonder how the people who lead a design firm got their start? Or what inspired them to pursue a career in architecture or interior design in the first place? We talked to the leaders of each market at RFM to find out more about why they do what they do, what it means to work at Washington’s only architectural firm certified as a B Corp, how they balance work and life, and what they do in their free time. […]
Architect Steve Rice to Retire from Rice Fergus Miller - Wednesday, December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Architect Steve Rice to Retire from Rice Fergus Miller on December 31st; Firm to Remain in Bremerton, Guided by Second Generation of Leadership Bremerton, Wash. –- Rice Fergus Miller, Inc., a B Corp., congratulates firm founder Steve Rice, who will retire at the end of this year after 34 years as Principal and owner of the Bremerton-based architecture, interiors, and planning firm. Rice’s career-long leadership of RFM’s Community Architecture Studio paved the way for the firm’s other […]
Building Community: On the Retirement of Steve Rice - Wednesday, December 1, 2021Steve Rice can be a bit of an enigma. He harbors a certain intensity, suspended in emotional distance. But, get him talking—about those he’s worked with over the years—and that distance quickly dissipates. As he looks toward his retirement at the end of December, Steve shared how his mentors, clients, peers, and partners shaped him over the course of four decades. They include the new leaders of RFM who have practiced with Steve for years and now take the firm’s […]
Kenya Jones-Lowell selected as one of Boutique Design’s Boutique 18 Awardees - Tuesday, November 9, 2021Bremerton, WA—November 2021 Kenya Jones-Lowell, Interior Designer at Rice Fergus Miller, has been selected as one of Boutique Design magazine’s rising design stars. As an interior designer working with an acquired neurological disability, Kenya is passionate about disability rights and design justice in the hospitality industry and her community. As a member of Rice Fergus Miller’s hospitality team, Kenya works alongside architects, owners, and engineers to ensure successful, beautiful, functional built projects. In addition to her Boutique 18 honors, she has […]
A Conversation with Boutique 18 Awardee, Kenya Jones-Lowell - Tuesday, November 9, 2021Rice Fergus Miller is pleased to announce that Kenya Jones-Lowell, an Interior Designer working in the firm’s hospitality studio, has been selected as one of Boutique Design magazine’s Boutique 18 honorees. This prestigious group of rising design stars was chosen based on criteria by the Boutique Design editorial team and were nominated by industry peers. All of the 2021 Boutique 18 winners, including Kenya Jones-Lowell, will be honored at the BD|NY Kickoff Party on Saturday, November 13, 2021. We sat down with Kenya […]
2021 PSBJ Top Architecture Firms - Friday, November 5, 2021The Business Journal defines “local” as the Puget Sound region, including King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. Information was obtained from firm representatives and company websites. Information on The List was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by the Business Journal. Only those that responded to our inquiries or had reliable information available elsewhere were listed. In case of ties, companies are listed alphabetically.
Ten Years Later, RFM’s Office Continues to Tackle Climate Change Head-On - Friday, October 15, 2021In 1987, architect Steve Rice opened a solo practice in Bremerton, Washington. Bremerton, home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, was reeling from having lost nearly all its longtime retailers – Nordstrom Place Two, JC Penney, Sears — to a newly-opened regional shopping mall. Soon, downtown movie theaters, restaurants and bars went by the wayside. In the nearly-abandoned six-block by three-block downtown, Rice saw a need and an opportunity. “It was gritty, but I saw something special here. I like things […]
RFM Celebrates a Decade of its Pioneering, Self-Designed LEED Platinum-Certified Office & Studio - Tuesday, September 7, 2021Ten years after its creation, Rice Fergus Miller’s office in Bremerton, Washington remains a showcase for sustainability and community building. The project, which was completed in May 2011, is still one of the nation’s most energy efficient buildings. It remains among the top ten highest-scoring LEED Platinum for New Construction buildings in the United States. “Ten years ago, sustainability wasn’t talked about a lot on this side of the water. We were ambitious with our goals, taking a building that […]
Keep the Creative Spark in a Virtual World - Friday, September 3, 2021Our Director of Marketing, Erin Hatch, CPSM, recently wrote an article about how to maximize the creative potential of teams, even in a virtual work environment. At Rice Fergus Miller we have wholeheartedly embraced remote work, because we believe in supporting our employees both inside and outside the office. While working in a distributed fashion has proven to be challenging at times, it has also enabled our team members to spend more time with their families and less time commuting. This […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces Four Promotions - Wednesday, August 18, 2021Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a 52-person architecture, interior design, planning, and vizlab firm located in Bremerton, WA, has promoted four individuals to new leadership positions: Blake Webber and Jason Ritter-Lopatowski have been promoted to Associate Principal, and Susie Parsons and Kimberlyn Caoagas have been promoted to Associate. Blake Webber AIA is a new Associate Principal at the firm. He joined the firm in 2019 with over a decade of experience working as a healthcare architect throughout the country. Blake has worked […]
Hotel Features Stunning Carved Façade - Thursday, August 5, 20217 Cedars Resort Properties recently completed construction of a $33 million, 100-room hotel adjacent to S’Klallam Tribe’s 7 Cedars Casino on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Designed by Rice Fergus Miller Architecture, Bremerton, WA; and built by Seattle-based Swinerton Construction, this addition to the 7 Cedars Resort significantly expands the project beyond the already established golf, dining, entertainment and gaming facilities, now with an expansive event and meeting space and four floors of uniquely designed and art-filled guestrooms. The five-story, 100-room […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces Two New Principals - Monday, July 26, 2021Rice Fergus Miller (RFM), a 52-person architecture, interior design, planning, and vizlab firm located in Bremerton, WA, has promoted two individuals to Principal: Gunnar Gladics, AIA, NCARB, cSBA; and Dean Kelly, AIA, NCARB. Gunnar and Dean join the firm’s four other Principals: Jennifer Fleming, Greg Belding, Steve Rice, and Dave Fergus. Former Principal and owner, Mike Miller, retired earlier this year after nearly 19 years building the firm’s Senior Living and Healthcare studios. Gunnar Gladics is now a Principal […]
Washington tribe’s tsunami evacuation tower could become model for the nation - Tuesday, July 13, 2021The tower in Tokeland will be available in an emergency to tribal members and non-tribal residents who live off the reservation at the southern end of the peninsula. TOKELAND, Wash. — Ceremonial groundbreaking and land clearing for the first dedicated tsunami evacuation tower has begun in the coastal community of Tokeland on land belonging to the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe. The tower will be available in an emergency to tribal members and non-tribal residents who live off the reservation […]
Modern Aviation – The Chain Reaction - Monday, May 24, 2021On December 26, 2018, the operating executives behind Modern Aviation, the “new kid” on the block as far as top-tier fixed base operator (FBO) chains are concerned, announced their acquisition of Gateway USA, LLC at King County International Airport’s Boeing Field in Seattle, WA. It was a bold move and a consistent next step in the expansion of what they promised would be a national network platform of “premier FBO properties”. It also happened to be their third acquisition in […]
NEWH 2021 TopID Firms - Monday, May 24, 2021NEWH has announced the 2021 ToplD firms. Each year, chapter boards participate in the program honoring and promoting the industry’s most talented firms. The recognized firms are chosen based on their quality hospitality design work, along with membership and commitment the firms have shown to their NEWH chapters. The honor is NEWH’s way to show support and promote its designer membership on a platform where they are both acknowledged by their communities as design leaders and celebrated internationally amongst NEWH’s […]
NEWH and Hospitality Design Announce the Diversity in Hospitality Scholarship - Monday, May 24, 2021The Diversity in Hospitality scholarship, a partnership between the Hospitality Diversity Action Council (HDAC) and NEWH, and underwritten by Emerald, works to encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion in and access to the hospitality industry by supporting students who identify with under-represented and minority groups and are interested in careers in the industry. The scholarship is open to domestic and international students who are actively enrolled in an approved two-year, four-year, or graduate-level program. Students must hold a 3.0 cumulative […]
DJC – Mike Miller Rice Fergus Miller - Monday, May 24, 2021Architect Mike Miller is retiring this month after 19 years as a principal and owner of Bremerton-based architecture, interiors and planning firm Rice Fergus Miller. Miller has led the design of healthcare and senior living facilities. He joined RFM from Seattle architecture firm NBBJ, where he was a leader in senior living and healthcare. Miller came to realize that senior living, healthcare and hospitality design each serve a similar core audience. So at RFM he integrated those practices into a studio […]
People in the news, May 4 - Monday, May 24, 2021Mike Miller retires from Rice Fergus Miller Mike Miller Mike Miller, an architect at Rice Fergus Miller, will retire this month after 19 years as a principal and owner of the Bremerton, WA-based architecture, interiors and planning firm. Miller led the design of senior living and healthcare facilities, complementing the company’s focus on community architecture and planning. He was welcomed as a fellow owner of the firm in 2002. Moving forward, Jennifer Fleming and Greg Belding, both principals and owners, will […]
On the Retirement of Mike Miller - Monday, May 10, 2021In “Digging,” Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney contrasts his vocation with that of his father’s vocation and, before him, his father’s father. The elder Heaneys were farmers, diggers of potatoes and peat. Yet, while those men tore into the soil with spades, Heaney would do his own digging, with a pen, to compose poetry that would unearth meaning from Ireland’s collective memory. While the generations and tools may be different, all three men dedicated their lives to acts of uncovering. […]
Cowlitz County 911 call center to ease flood dangers - Thursday, March 11, 2021For nearly 28 years, Deanna Wells, the IT CAD vendor manager at the Cowlitz County 911 call center, has heard about the need to move from their current location — below the flood plain — in the Kelso Hall of Justice basement. On Monday, March 1, construction broke ground for the long-awaited project at 2790 Ocean Beach Highway on the east side of Lowe’s. “We’re excited,” said Wells. “We’ve dreamed of leaving the basement of the Hall of Justice for […]
Caldwell’s newest fire station aims to cut response times in half - Thursday, March 11, 2021CALDWELL — Caldwell’s new fire station, completed last month, is up and running, with a mission to improve the fire department’s emergency response times. The station will also house future equipment as the area continues to grow. The 3,000-square-foot station houses the department’s 103rd Engine company and battalion chief. Station #3, at 11945 Skyway St., will serve everything east of Interstate 84 in Caldwell and includes a monitor in each area of the station where crews are able to see […]
Catalyst Charter School - Thursday, February 11, 2021Catalyst is a tuition-free, non-profit charter school at 1305 Ironsides Ave. in Bremerton. The first phase included a full renovation of 20,000 square feet, with 12 classrooms, cafeteria, meeting rooms and faculty space. A custom “welcome wall” says, “We’re glad you’re here” in all languages spoken by Catalyst students. At the main entrance, warm woods are used to display Catalyst’s core values of BRAVE: Belonging, Resiliency, Achievement, Vulnerability and Enthusiasm. The original glass block windows maximize natural light and […]
Best Repositioning of 2020: Space Needle Architect’s CCRC Design Gets $57M Modernization - Friday, February 5, 2021Nestled in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood is a 10-story continuing care retirement community that, until a couple years ago, was on the brink of obsolescence. Built in 1960, Bayview’s interior and exterior looked extremely dated, compared to newer senior housing communities that opened in recent years. Eventually, the community’s board of directors recognized that a change was essential, and approved what would ultimately be a $57 million repositioning of the building. This master plan took years to get off the […]
2021 NEWH Top Hospitality Interior Design Firms - Friday, January 1, 2021RECOGNIZING DESIGN EXCELLENCE – The TopID award is a prestigious honor determined by NEWH chapter and regional boards to recognize and promote the best in our industry. A firm’s quality design work in the hospitality industry, along with membership and support the firm has provided the NEWH chapter/region, is considered in the selection process. This exclusive recognition is NEWH’s way of supporting and promoting our Designer membership. Not only are firms acknowledged by their local community as a leader […]
Phantom Restaurants: Off-site Profit Leaders - Monday, December 21, 2020The current hotel restaurant model is unfortunately a profit loss in most cases. The kitchen, although able to serve double duty in providing for both the restaurant and the room service, takes up valuable square footage that could be better utilized. By removing the hotel restaurant from the immediate premises, the owner is able to re-imagine that space as a lobby coffee shop and bar or profit-generating event and meeting rooms. The phantom restaurant concept is a standalone kitchen without […]
Westport tsunami platform preliminary design unveiled - Monday, December 21, 2020The Westport City Council got a good first impression of a proposed $15.2 million tsunami evacuation facility when preliminary designs were unveiled during a Zoom presentation to the council late last month. Proponents hope the massive structure would serve as more than just a “safe haven” for residents and visitors. It’s also envisioned as a landmark and future gathering place for the town’s marina and main tourism district. “We’re probably still 18 months from knowing if we’re even approved (by […]
Collaborative Spirit - Friday, December 11, 2020A trio of families turns to Rice Fergus Miller for a community hub in Washington State.
2020 PSBJ Top Architecture Firms - Tuesday, December 1, 2020The Business Journal defines “local” as the Puget Sound region, including King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. Information was obtained from firm representatives and company websites. Information on The List was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Only those that responded to our inquiries or had reliable information available elsewhere were listed. In case of ties, companies are listed alphabetically.
Boise Fire Training Center Wins Silver National Station Design Award - Sunday, November 1, 2020Firehouse Announces 2020 National Station Design Award Winners Fort Atkinson, WI, Oct. 26, 2020—Firehouse Magazine announced the winners of its seventh annual Station Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design from fire departments nationwide. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were issued across seven categories of facilities in this prestigious competition: Career 1 and 2, Satellite, Volunteer/Combination, Shared, Training and Renovated. All 74 participating entries will be published in the November issue of Firehouse Magazine and online at […]
Meridian, Idaho Fire Station 6 Wins First Place in National FIERO - Sunday, November 1, 2020 How do You Help Your Tribal Clients Build for Next Generations? - Wednesday, April 15, 2020Every issue we’re talking to folks who have assisted Tribal casinos with their visions, from bare dirt to hanging the perfect art on the wall. We’ll be exploring everything from new builds, additions, remodels, procurement and the technology and challenges that accompany these projects. To set the stage, in this first column, we asked our experts one question, “What are your Tribal clients saying is most important to them moving forward, and how do you get them there?” Here’s what […]
Designing for a Pandemic - Friday, April 10, 2020Design can be an ally in the fight against an invisible foe By Mike Miller & Blake Webber Design for Impact Sitting in our makeshift offices, working remotely because of the shelter in place order currently in effect, it is impossible for designers and planners to avoid thinking about a response to control or prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Like many in the design professions, we are thinking about how our talent and experience can be leveraged to […]
Museum feasibility study: Boeing Building ‘needs a new life’ - Thursday, January 9, 2020As part of a process in which the City of Aberdeen is considering a number of different sites for a new history museum, a feasibility study for the Boeing Building was presented to the Board of Museum and History on Tuesday evening. Principal Architect Mike Miller of Rice Fergus Miller in Bremerton made the presentation and said the building could be made suitable for housing museum exhibits and archives recovered after the Armory Building, which housed the Aberdeen Museum of […]
RFM is one of 2020 NEWH Top Interior Design Firms - Monday, January 6, 2020RECOGNIZING DESIGN EXCELLENCE – The TopID award is a prestigious honor determined by NEWH chapter and regional boards to recognize and promote the best in our industry. A firm’s quality design work in the hospitality industry, along with membership and support the firm has provided the NEWH chapter/region, is considered in the selection process. This exclusive recognition is NEWH’s way of supporting and promoting our Designer membership. Not only are firms acknowledged by their local community as a leader in […]
Offering something new: charter school coming to Manette in 2020 - Monday, December 23, 2019For parents and students looking for an alternative school option that prioritizes personalized learning and focuses on developing leadership, a tuition-free, nonprofit public charter school will be coming to Bremerton starting in the fall of 2020. For those unfamiliar with charter schools, co-founder of Catalyst Public Schools Amanda Gardner defines a charter school as a public school that is run separately from traditional school districts. According to their website, Catalyst Public Schools believes that far too many schools value compliance […]
Jamestown Tribe reveals MAT Clinic Plans - Sunday, December 8, 2019by Michael Dashiell SEQUIM — Some 200 advocates of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s proposed medicine-assisted treatment clinic were presented with the initial designs for it while dozens of protesters objected a few hundred yards away. The invitation-only gathering on Thursday evening was conducted in the tribe’s Jamestown Family Health Clinic on North Fifth Avenue. Tribal chairman W. Ron Allen said the medicine-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic planned on land owned by the tribe on South Ninth Avenue west of Sequim’s downtown, […]
New Silverdale Library Co-located with CKSD Schools - Monday, November 18, 2019SILVERDALE — Kitsap Regional Library now has renderings of what its new location, co-located on the Central Kitsap School District campus near Anderson Hill and Bucklin Hill roads, will look like. Central Kitsap School District and Kitsap Regional Library began the partnership in fall 2018, with Kitsap Regional Library Foundation raising $5.5 million for the project since then. Right now the designs are being finalized and those working on the project will apply for building permits by the end of […]
Boeing building to be studied for possible museum location - Tuesday, October 1, 2019The City of Aberdeen has entered an agreement with an architectural firm with local ties to perform a feasibility study into the Boeing building as a potential site for the Aberdeen Museum of History. The Aberdeen City Council approved the contract for not more than $38,000 to Rice Fergus Miller at a special meeting Monday. During that meeting, it also approved a bid from Rognlin’s Inc. to demolish the Armory Building, which housed the museum until it was gutted by […]
Virginia Mason opens new med center on Bainbridge - Monday, June 10, 2019Virginia Mason Health System had outgrown its Bainbridge Island medical facility on Winslow Way. Now the health system has a new 30,000-square-foot medical center at 1344 Wintergreen Lane N.E., which it completed in 2018. Visconsi Cos. developed the project. Wenslau Architects and C2K Architects did architectural work on the core and shell for the new building. Rice Fergus Miller provided architecture, medical planning and interior design for tenant improvements, the firm said in a press release. The center brings enhanced […]
Quincy Square’s reviving an old community ideal in Bremerton - Monday, June 10, 2019London’s Trafalgar Square. Paris’ Champs-Elysées. Barcelona’s La Ramblas. Istanbul’s Istiklal. Saint Peter’s Square. Pike Place. Since the Agora of ancient Athens, great cities have had great gathering places — and Bremerton is about to have one, too. The designs released by Rice, Fergus, Miller this month are downright thrilling. Quincy Square is a proposed public space honoring the local/global/intergalactic/transdimensional music legend with Bremerton roots. “Square” is something of a misnomer, as the brilliance of the space is that it adapts to serve […]
New Fishline food bank, services center opens in Poulsbo - Friday, February 15, 2019POULSBO – Some are still learning the office access code. Volunteers are still figuring out where to put the food and how to get in the building. The dental chairs still are being assembled upstairs. Clients are getting used to the new market. But this place is here and it’s finally open, after years of planning and fundraising. North Kitsap Fishline’s new food bank and services center has arrived. The 15,000-square-foot building, once just a fundraising thermometer and a dream, […]
Quincy Jones OKs Bremerton project - Thursday, January 31, 2019 Quincy Jones gives Bremerton go-ahead to build square with his name - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Construction on Jamestown S’Klallam’s four-star resort to begin soon - Friday, January 11, 2019 ‘Quincy Square’: Bremerton seeks Quincy Jones’ approval for public square - Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Community center proposed in downtown Port Orchard - Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Estimated completion of Silverdale VA clinic pushed back to fall 2019 - Friday, September 28, 2018Construction on the future VA Puget Sound community-based outpatient clinic in Silverdale is well underway, although a number of factors have already pushed back the clinic’s anticipated completion date by six months. Contract negotiations, construction drawing finalizations and a weeks-long unionized worker strike all contributed to the delays to the project’s original estimated end date of April 2019, said VA Puget Sound spokeswoman Tami Begasse. The clinic should be completed sometime next fall, “provided that no other additional delays occur,” Begasse said. Ground was broken on the project in April, […]
Bremerton alternative school breaks down walls to learning - Thursday, August 30, 2018The Central Kitsap community is an engaged and proactive group that has rallied behind its school district. Voters there have approved several key capital project measures in recent years, including a $220 million capital bond in 2016 with funding for the district’s alternative school programs. In 2017, the Central Kitsap School District graduated 95 of the roughly 45,000 students enrolled in alternative learning programs statewide. This was the largest, most-attended graduating class the district has seen. It can directly be […]
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe moves ahead on hotel plans - Tuesday, July 3, 2018 Silverdale port seeks a new ‘front porch’ for its waterfront - Saturday, May 19, 2018SILVERDALE – An events center and new public dock are among the ideas to improve amenities along the Port of Silverdale’s waterfront off Byron Street. Following the purchase of several additional parcels of property in recent years, the port has hired a Bremerton architecture firm to study how it could develop the land. Steve Rice, a principal at Rice Fergus Miller, frames the conversation around how best to improve the old town’s “front porch” for both sea and land visitors alike. […]
Virginia Mason Bainbridge clinic opening in June - Thursday, May 17, 2018BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Doctors tended to generations of islanders at Virginia Mason‘s Winslow Way clinic. The Seattle medical group’s new 30,000-square-foot health center on High School Road is designed with the space and flexibility to serve generations to come, said Dr. Catherine Edwards, who heads primary care at the clinic. The expanded Virginia Mason Bainbridge Island Medical Center at 1344 Wintergreen Lane off High School Road opens June 11. The 380 Winslow Way East clinic, which opened in 1945 and was operated by Virginia Mason […]
Silverdale VA clinic to open in 2019 - Wednesday, April 11, 2018Work has started on the 14,800-square-foot Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic at 9177 Ridgetop Blvd. in Silverdale.
Construction underway for a new VA clinic in Silverdale - Thursday, April 5, 2018SILVERDALE — It’s been a long time coming, but finally the ceremonial groundbreaking has taken place for what will soon be a new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Silverdale. “Today is a good step, it’s an important step,” said U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, “but it’s been a step that has taken far too long. “When we ask those who serve to step up, they don’t delay. When we ask them to go the extra mile, they don’t put […]
Kitsap Bank’s remodeled Port Townsend branch highlights green building practices - Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Design nearly final on new Silverdale VA clinic - Friday, January 19, 2018Veterans are a few steps closer to receiving healthcare at the future Veterans Affairs Puget Sound community-based outpatient clinic in Silverdale. Veterans Plaza LLC, the company that will construct the new clinic at 9177 Ridgetop Boulevard, filed building permits with Kitsap County on Friday. Architecture firm Rice Fergus Miller released a design rendering of the clinic. “The development and design teams have really tried to design a facility that is both functional and striking,” said Mike Brown, partner with Veterans Plaza LLC. “We are […]
Issaquah complex honored in senior housing awards - Thursday, January 11, 2018Timber Ridge at Talus in Issaquah was a runner-up in the continuing care retirement community category of the 2017 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sun City Tower Kobe, a 33-story luxury residential tower for seniors in Kobe, Japan, designed by BAR Architects, won in that category. There were more than 80 submittals to the program, which recognizes projects that improve the lives of seniors. For all the winners, go to http://tiny.cc/b9cppy. Timber Ridge was developed by Life Care […]
$145M Heron’s Key opens in Gig Harbor - Wednesday, October 18, 2017Emerald Communities has opened the $145 million Heron’s Key life plan community at 4340 Borgen Blvd. in Gig Harbor. The development sits on 18 acres of woodlands in the Harbor Hill neighborhood. The project has simple roof forms and vibrant shoreside colors that reflect a historic Scandinavian fishing village. There are 184 apartments and 10 cottage homes for independent living. Floor plans range from 729 to 1,800 square feet. An on-site health center called Penrose Harbor has 36 one-bedroom assisted-living […]
Largest Architecture Firms in the Puget Sound Region - Friday, October 13, 2017 Three decades of building community at Rice Fergus Miller - Monday, October 9, 2017 Rice Fergus Miller named a top firm - Wednesday, September 27, 2017Bremerton-based architecture firm Rice Fergus Miller was recently named one of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For by Seattle Business Magazine in the small companies category. Small companies are those with 15 to 59 employees. Rankings are based on scores derived from confidential employee surveys.
Classroom wing provides West Sound’s first new STEM space - Thursday, August 24, 2017In a school district where over 60 percent of the student population is on free or reduced-price lunch and less than 60 percent meet national testing standards, a STEM school is a definite lifeline for its students. The West Hills STEM Academy in Bremerton, which serves students in preschool through 8th grade, is the first new space dedicated to public STEM education west of Puget Sound. STEM programs focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The Bremerton School District bond […]
VA selects Silverdale site for new veterans clinic - Friday, July 7, 2017SILVERDALE — The site chosen for a new Kitsap veterans outpatient clinic couldn’t be more centrally located. At 9177 Ridgetop Boulevard, it’s at the county’s geographic and commercial hub. The site was chosen from 10 proposals, VA Puget Sound announced in a news release Friday afternoon. Urban City Brew drive-thru sits on the 3-acre property, which is bordered on the west by a Sherwin-Williams paint store and on the east by Clear Creek. Veterans Plaza LLC intends to erect a single-story […]
Community Impact Award - Thursday, December 22, 2016Green Products and Services – Silver Award 2016 Community Impact Awards: Green Products & Services Winner: Optimum Energy, Itek Energy, Rice Fergus Miller BY: KAREN WEST Gold Award: Optimum Energy Location: Seattle | Employees: 60 | Top Exec: Bert Valdman, president/CEO | optimumenergyco.com “Being green” is not a trend at Optimum Energy. The company, which enables campuses, health care facilities, pharmaceutical plants, data centers and other commercial buildings to cut energy costs by up to 50 percent, believes society […]
Kitsap companies get creative to keep employees healthy - Wednesday, September 21, 2016By Tad Sooter and David Nelson Posted: Sept. 07, 2016 “We spend so much time at work,” Yolanda Fong with Kitsap Public Health District said. “So how can we support workplaces to make it a healthy environment?” Kitsap employers have found many ways of answering that question, from hosting elaborate exercise challenges to simply swapping donuts for bananas at meetings. The initiatives are aimed at keeping employees happy, healthy and productive, but are also a savvy tool for recruiting and […]
Bayview Retirement community gets $57M rehab and expansion - Wednesday, September 21, 2016Sixties-era retirement community gets $57M rehab and expansion By LYNN PORTER Journal Staff Reporter Rendering courtesy of Rice Fergus Miller [enlarge] Mary Cordts, CEO of Bayview on Queen Anne, said baby boomers want more options when it comes to dining, fitness and entertainment as well as larger, updated units. The 10-story Bayview Retirement Community was built in 1961 on a Queen Anne Hill site that was donated for the care of older adults and children. This month, the nonprofit corporation, […]
Mike Miller wins LeadingAge WA 2016 Award of Honor - Tuesday, September 20, 2016The LeadingAge Awards Program, Awards of Excellence recognizes those individuals and organizations that have made an outstanding contribution in the fields of aging, health care, housing and community-based services. It is our way of saying thank you, to those who do more than what is merely expected of them, who do the right things for the right reasons.
Senior Housing – Two senior communities, 1,370 miles apart, reflect their distinct settings - Tuesday, August 23, 2016Issaquah’s Timber Ridge and Minnesota’s Trillium Woods differ in style but draw inspiration from nature to create community and draw residents outdoors. By MIKE MILLER, Rice Fergus Miller Good senior housing and assisted living offer residents the opportunity to live in dignity and grace in a community setting. Two retirement communities —Trillium Woods outside Minneapolis and Timber Ridge at Talus in Issaquah — do just that. They have the same program and the same operator (Life Care Services of Des […]
Big-box Store Gets a Second Life After Green Make-over - Wednesday, July 20, 2016We often see empty, underutilized buildings throughout our communities. The dilapidated warehouse, an abandoned strip mall, empty stores; each of these tell stories of recession, the flight to the suburbs, changes in the way we shop, and finding our way with new technologies. What if these existing buildings could be repurposed to help strengthen our communities instead of leaving a void? Rice Fergus Miller’s adaptive re-use work has focused on big box / retail and warehouse renovations – to transform […]
What We’ve Learned About Making Hospitals Better For Seniors - Thursday, July 23, 2015Today, seniors represent over 25% of the U.S. population. This number is only going up as baby boomers, one of the largest demographic generations to date, age. This means one in every four people entering our healthcare facilities seeking care is a senior. With access to information on how to live healthy, coupled with active lifestyles, these seniors are also living longer. These trends have fueled the rise of orthopaedic facilities nationwide. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, […]
Olympic Medical Center Starting Medical Office Building in August - Tuesday, July 21, 2015Construction will start in early August on a 42,000-square-foot medical office building at 907 Georgiana St. on Olympic Medical Center’s campus in Port Angeles. Architect Rice Fergus Miller designed the two-story building, which is expected to open in fall 2016. Kirtley-Cole Associates is the contractor. In a press release, the architect said the new building will have clinics that are now housed in four buildings on campus, including some specialty services now offered by OMC in Port Angeles, primary care and a walk-in clinic. Olympic Medical Center is the business […]
Olympic Medical Center Set to Break Ground on New Medical Office Building - Thursday, July 16, 2015With healthcare trends putting more emphasis on outpatient services, preventive care and chronic disease management versus hospital care, Olympic Medical Center (OMC) responded with a new 42,000 square foot medical office building on its Port Angeles campus. The new facility will be the new home for a variety of specialty services currently offered by OMC in Port Angeles, create space to meet growing primary care demands, and add a much-need Walk-In Clinic. Rice Fergus Miller designed this facility which combines […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces New Hires - Thursday, May 28, 2015Bremerton, WA — May 28, 2015 Rice Fergus Miller, a 40-person architecture, interior design, and planning firm has added two employees. Keith Evans, LEED AP, NCARB joined Rice Fergus Miller as an Architect. Over the last 15 years Keith has worked within housing, mixed-use, office, healthcare and master planning markets throughout the country. He joins Rice Fergus Miller’s community and healthcare studios. Sean Moyano has joined Rice Fergus Miller as a Designer. With a Bachelor of Architecture from New York […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces New Hires - Wednesday, March 18, 2015Bremerton, WA — March 18, 2015 Rice Fergus Miller, a 40-person architecture, interior design, and planning firm has added four employees. Michael Saito, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, joined Rice Fergus Miller as an Architect. Michael has worked in all aspects of the architectural field for over 20 years and has a focus in large senior living projects. Dean Kelly, AIA Assoc., has joined Rice Fergus Miller as Project Designer. With a Masters of Architecture from Louisiana State University, and a […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces Staff Credentials - Wednesday, December 4, 2013Bremerton, WA—December 4, 2013 Rice Fergus Miller, a 45-person architecture, interior design, and planning firm announces newly earned professional credentials by staff. Gena Lee, Interior Designer, NCIDQ, AAHID, has been certified by The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID). This organization certifies interior designers who, through qualification, demonstrate the knowledge, excellence, and commitment required to design in the highly specialized healthcare industry. The group is working to raise awareness of healthcare interior design and improve healthcare environments. Gena, a […]
Rice Fergus Miller One of Washington’s Green 50 - Wednesday, November 13, 2013Rice Fergus Miller was recently named one of Seattle Business magazine’s sustainability leaders at the 2013 Green Washington Awards. Seattle Business magazine honored Washington’s most sustainably orientated organizations within 12 categories from virtually every sector of the economy. Rice Fergus Miller was honored with Special Recognition for Cutting-Edge Buildings for their Rice Fergus Miller Office & Studio in downtown Bremerton Washington. Seattle Business magazine stated, “We are pleased to see many companies introducing innovative technologies, policies, and processes that make […]
Timber Ridge at Talus wins NW Construction Award - Friday, October 18, 2013Northwest Construction Honors the Best of 2008 Best of 2008 Washington Timber Ridge at Talus GLY Construction Inc. Best General Building Over $50 Million Although Timber Ridge at Talus is located in an area that features preserved land, the lodge also offers facilities that appeal to an urban lifestyle. It includes a lobby with a three-sided fireplace, library, creative arts center, fitness center, wellness center, cocktail lounge, formal dining, private dining, cafe, postal center, convenience store, beauty and barber salon, […]
Firm’s culture of community involvement makes Kitsap better - Wednesday, September 18, 2013The Rice Fergus Miller team assembled recently within their downtown Bremerton offices for the Healthy Tomorrow Award presentation. for an email to circulate the office with a plea for help with a specific charitable project. “The collective whole,” says Black- wood, “is a good example of how even if we have our individual groups that we hold close to our heart, it doesn’t take much to really get that power going – to really infuse the community with good things […]
9/11 memorial connects Kitsap to history - Wednesday, September 11, 2013BREMERTON — To those too young to have witnessed the twin towers fall, the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial is already teaching hard truths. Alaura Absher, at 11 years old, explored its circular center Wednesday night, 12 years to the day after the attacks. “I got to touch those,” she said, pointing at the mangled World Trade Center beams that anchor the memorial’s center and climb upward. “I don’t think I’ve ever been to anything like this.” Despite her age, she already […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces New Hires - Tuesday, August 13, 2013Bremerton, WA—August 13, 2013 Rice Fergus Miller, a 45-person architecture, interior design, and planning firm has added three employees. Amos Callender, LEED AP, joined Rice Fergus Miller as a Designer. Amos has worked in all aspects of the architectural field for over 10 years, from pre- design through construction administration. He has experience in healthcare, hospitality, and commercial tenant improvements. Jason Barry has 13 years of experience as a Designer with an emphasis on healthcare design and standards of practice. […]
Ecotope and Rice Fergus Miller Win First Place National ASHRAE Award - Wednesday, June 19, 2013Firms honored for LEED Platinum Office & Studio in downtown Bremerton (Bremerton, WA) June 19, 2013 — Rice Fergus Miller’s Office and Studio has been awarded one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The architecture firm, in conjunction with mechanical engineer Ecotope, Inc., received one of six 2013 National Technology Awards for its LEED Platinum Office & Studio. The building was the only commercial renovation to receive an award. The Rice […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces New Hires - Wednesday, June 12, 2013Bremerton, WA—June 12, 2013 Rice Fergus Miller, a 45-person architecture, interior design, and planning firm has added four employees. Austin Flink joined Rice Fergus Miller to provide graphic identities for architectural projects. He creates renderings, 3D models, signage packages, and project-specific brands across the firm’s markets. In addition to project graphics, he creates marketing collateral including presentation materials and print media. Jason Ritter-Lopatowski has over 8 years of design and project management experience. He has worked on various types of […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces New Hires - Thursday, May 16, 2013Bremerton, WA—May 16, 2013 Rice Fergus Miller, a 45-person architecture, interior design and planning firm, has added four employees. Sabina Fiore is a Designer with 12 years of experience who focuses on multi-family housing, senior housing and multi-use residential. Sabina’s experience includes design, management, and construction administration. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Design and Planning from University of Washington. Mike Wright is an Intern Architect focusing on community and housing projects. He has a Bachelor of Fine […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces Promotions - Friday, September 28, 2012Bremerton, WA—September 28, 2012 Rice Fergus Miller, a 35-person architecture, interior design and planning firm, has announced promotions of four employees. Jeremy Southerland, LEED AP, has been promoted to Principal in the firm. Jeremy is a designer and project manager who focuses on healthcare and senior living projects. He leads the firm’s integrated VizLab and holds a ACM SIGGRAPH designation. He actively promotes sustainable practices within projects across the firm’s markets. Jeremy also sits on the City of Bremerton’s Design […]
Silverdale hospital sets ambitious budget for new wing - Thursday, July 26, 2012By ERIC MIKE OLSON & MILLER One of the mottoes for the design was, “Don’t draw it until we know we can afford to build it.” is a budget goal that is signifi- cantly below what is currently being seen in the Puget Sound region for an inpatient facility of this type. Based on previous experi- ence with Harrison and other regional health care facilities, Bremerton design firm Rice Fergus Miller accepted this chal- lenge. Together with Seattle- based Andersen […]
Bremerton School District preempts levy vote, moves on STEM academy plans - Friday, July 20, 2012Bremerton Patriot July 20th, 2012 A few weeks before the public vote on the levy to pay for it, the Bremerton School District moved forward on its plans to build an addition to the West Hills STEM Academy. Last week the Bremerton School Board voted to award the STEM Academy design contract to Rice Fergus Miller of Bremerton. Rice Fergus Miller was recommended from three finalists for the contract by a panel, which included district superintendent Flip Herndon, director of […]
Rice Fergus Miller Wins Two Regional Sustainable Design Awards - Thursday, May 10, 2012Firm honored for its new LEED Platinum Office & Studio in downtown Bremerton (Bremerton, WA) May 10, 2012 — Rice Fergus Miller recently received two awards for the design of its high-performance, LEED Platinum Office & Studio — the most energy efficient commercial building in the Pacific Northwest. The Rice Fergus Miller Office & Studio was selected by AIA Seattle as one of its 2012 What Makes It GREEN? Awards recipients. The project was also awarded fist place in the […]
RFM Office & Studio - Sunday, February 26, 2012RFM Office & Studio Rice Fergus Millers‘s self-designed and now LEED Platinum-certified headquarters turns out to be an enriching experiment in energy efficiency By Suchi Rudra When Rice Fergus Miller Architecture and Planning (RFM) renovated a long-vacant building for its new office in downtown Bremerton, Washington, experimentation was a strong guiding principle. As the firm’s team explored the possibility of achieving net zero and pushing sustainability levels to the max, it still allowed the original structure of the building to […]
How we earned LEED platinum without blowing our budget - Thursday, February 23, 2012Keeping focus on budget and performance—not LEED points—helped architects avoid common cost traps. By STEVE RICE Rice Fergus Miller Rice Agrowing number of buildings in the Puget Sound region and beyond are pushing the envelope when it comes to green design. While these LEED and “living” buildings are raising the bar for performance, efficiency and beauty, many are also setting an example of sustainability with an unsustainable price tag. For leading-edge green design and construction to break through to the […]
How we earned LEED platinum without blowing our budget - Thursday, February 23, 2012Keeping focus on budget and performance—not LEED points—helped architects avoid common cost traps. By STEVE RICE Rice Fergus Miller Rice Agrowing number of buildings in the Puget Sound region and beyond are pushing the envelope when it comes to green design. While these LEED and “living” buildings are raising the bar for performance, efficiency and beauty, many are also setting an example of sustainability with an unsustainable price tag. For leading-edge green design and construction to break through to the […]
Rice Fergus Miller Wins Three Awards - Wednesday, October 5, 2011Bremerton, WA—October 5, 2011 Rice Fergus Miller has won awards for three built projects throughout the Puget Sound region. The Sophia Bremer Child Development Center at Olympic College in Bremerton won the People’s Choice IN award from the International Interior Design Association’s North Pacific Chapter. The LEED® Silver building, which includes seven dedicated childcare rooms, administrative offices, and a classroom is a teaching facility and childcare center that serves approximately 100 children. The building is filled with unique features including […]
New fitness and wellness center to open at Emerald Heights next summer - Wednesday, August 24, 2011by SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter Reporter Aug 24, 2011 Residents of Emerald Heights Retirement Community in Redmond will soon have 7.8 million reasons to look and feel their best. On Tuesday afternoon, they joined board members, staff and others for a groundbreaking ceremony for the community’s new $7.8 million fitness and wellness center. The new facility is the result of six years of planning and is scheduled to be completed June of next year. The building will include a 30-foot-by-60-foot swimming pool, […]
Architects transform Sears building to meet highest sustainability standards - Friday, June 24, 2011Rachel Pritchett Jun 24, 2011 Kitsap Sun BREMERTON – Two years and $5 million later, Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning is in its new home, which features the highest achievable standards of sustainability, but which also bows reverently to the past. Old-timers remember the 32,000-square-foot space as a former Sears automotive and appliance center at 275 Fifth Street. The huge, square shell stood abandoned and crumbling since the 1980s, when Bremerton’s retail core shifted to Silverdale. The building and garage […]
Rice Fergus Miller turns old Sears into new HQ - Wednesday, June 22, 2011Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning cel-ebrates the opening of its new headquarters with an open house on Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and a party at 7:30. The firm spent 10 months renovating the long vacant 39,000-square-foot former Sears Auto Center building at 275 Fifth St. in Bremerton. It designed the $5 million renovation and Tim Ryan Construction built it. Other team members are Ecotope, Gerber Engineering, PCS Structural Solutions and Westsound Engineering. RFM has 37 employees. It […]
Memorial designer draws inspiration from tragedy - Monday, May 23, 2011Steven Gardner May 23, 2011 CENTRAL KITSAP – The memorial planned for a Bremerton park will not be straight and perfect, a literal and figurative reflection of where America was before and after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Dave Fergus, designer of the 9/11 Memorial featuring two steel beams from New York City’s World Trade Center, showed renderings of the memorial’s plans to Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue commissioners Monday. The beams are the centerpiece of the site slated […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces Promotions - Friday, April 29, 2011Bremerton, WA—April 29, 2011 Rice Fergus Miller has announced promotions of six employees, certifications of two employees, and has added two more to its staff . Bob Guyt has been promoted to Principal. Bob is an architect and LEED AP BD+C® who specializes in healthcare, senior housing, hospitality, and retail design. Shawn Dinkuhn, LEED AP®, is now a Senior Associate. She is a project coordinator who works with healthcare, senior housing, and hospitality projects. Matt King, Jennifer Paige, Jeff Weis, […]
Gig Harbor Fire HQ Addition Gets National Attention - Tuesday, January 18, 2011Gig Harbor Life Staff Jan 18, 2011 GIG HARBOR – Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One’s Bujacich Road headquarters was recently featured in the national Fire Chief Magazine. The building was recognized as part of the magazine’s 2010 Station Style Design Awards, which are selected by peers in the fire service. The second-story space, designed by Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller architectural firm, is a seamless addition to the original 1996 building. The project included a stairway with an elevator and various […]
Rice Fergus Miller Employee Earns NCIDQ - Tuesday, January 11, 2011Bremerton, WA—January 26, 2011 Jennifer Paige, an interior designer with Rice Fergus Miller, recently passed the National Council for Interior Designer Qualification (NCIDQ) Examination and earned her NCIDQ Certificate. Jennifer specializes in hospitality, healthcare, and senior housing interiors. She graduated from Washington State University with degree in Interior Design. Passage of the examination and earning the NCIDQ credential signifi es that Jennifer has met the standards for education, experience and examination for interior designers in North America. A minimum of […]
Rice Fergus Miller Employees Selected in 40 Under Forty Program - Tuesday, November 2, 2010Bremerton, WA—November 2, 2010 Three employees of Rice Fergus Miller have been selected by the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal as outstanding young business leaders in their “40 Under Forty” program. This program highlights individuals making a notable impact on their business or industry. Monica Blackwood joined Rice Fergus Miller in 2001 and is the Director of Business Operations and a Senior Professional in Human Resources. Monica became a principal with the fi rm in 2010, and has a special focus […]
Olympic College Opens New Child Development Center - Thursday, October 28, 2010Angela Dice Oct 28, 2010 BREMERTON – Starting Jan. 3, kids, parents and students will fill the rooms of Olympic College’s new child development center. The facility, which opened Thursday with tours, a ribbon-cutting and a kid-staffed lemonade stand, brings together child care, a Head Start program, classes and observation rooms for students studying early childhood development. Named the Sophia Bremer Child Development Center, the wife of Bremerton founder William Bremer, the center can serve 96 children at any one time. […]
Rice Fergus Miller Ranks Number 85 on the 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies - Thursday, October 21, 2010Rice Fergus Miller Ranks Number 85 on the 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies List Released by Puget Sound Business Journal 2010 Companies Honored and Rankings Announced SEATTLE, WA – Oct. 14, 2010 – Puget Sound Business Journal announced that Rice Fergus Miller ranked number 85 on the 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list at an awards event at Meydenbauer Center on Oct. 13. The event, which drew nearly 500 people, announced and honored all 100 companies on the list and revealed each […]
Two Kitsap Companies Listed Among Fastest Growing in State - Monday, September 20, 2010Rachel Pritchett Sep 20, 2010 BREMERTON – Two Kitsap County companies that surfed high across the recessionary trough have made it onto Puget Sound Business Journal’s Top 100 list of fastest growing companies. Rice Fergus Miller Architecture and Planning of Bremerton and Avalara, the Web-based business tax management company on Bainbridge Island, are on this year’s just-released listed, though rankings have not yet been announced. The journal looks at companies’ revenue figures for the past three years, then calculates growth rates. […]
LEED Silver Building Stands as Beacon of Hope for Agency - Monday, August 30, 2010LEED Silver Building Stands as Beacon of Hope for Agency with Long Legacy of Fighting Poverty: Interview with Larry Eyre Kitsap Community Resources (KCR) achieved a long-held dream in 2007 when it opened the Bremerton Community Services Center (CSC). Since its founding in 1965 as part of the War on Poverty, this was the first time KCR was operating out of a building it had designed and constructed. It was also the first building to achieve LEED Certification in Bremerton. […]
Rice Fergus Breaks Ground for Building - Friday, August 20, 2010Kitsap Sun staff – Aug 20, 2010 BREMERTON – Bremerton architectural firm Rice Fergus Miller has broken ground on its own new office building, “cutting holes” in the late 1940s Sears Tire Center in downtown Bremerton to create a new home. The three-level building, with a mezzanine and open space cut through to the third floor, will house the firm and offer available lease space. A spokesman for the firm says the re-use of an existing, vacant building is one […]
Groundbreaking of Rice Fergus Miller’s New Office Space - Wednesday, August 18, 2010Bremerton, WA—August 18, 2010 Rice Fergus Miller PLLC just broke ground on its own new offi ce building. Actually, fi rm members cut holes. The re-use of the late 1940s Sears Tire Center in downtown Bremerton will create a new home for Rice Fergus Miller. The three-level building, with a mezzanine and open space cut through to the third fl oor, will house the fi rm and available lease space. A broad range of community members, clients and friends attended […]
Medical Office Building Under Construction in Poulsbo - Thursday, August 12, 2010Rachel Pritchett Aug 12, 2010 POULSBO – Construction has begun on a $10 million medical office building in Poulsbo expected to draw patients from the north end of Kitsap County and as far away as Jefferson and Clallam counties. Cascade View Medical Center, close to the Poulsbo branch campus of Olympic College, will house a full range of cancer-diagnostic services, numerous physicians’ offices and some Harrison Medical Center operations. It will cover 38,000 square feet of space over two stories. “We’re […]
Architects turn old Sears into new HQ - Monday, August 9, 2010By LYNN PORTER Journal Staff Reporter In 1943 in downtown Bremerton, Sears built an underground appliance mainte- nance facility with parking on top near its main store. In the late 1940s, it added two floors and a mezzanine, which served as Sears Tire Center. When the department store moved to Kitsap Mall in nearby Silverdale in the early 1980s, the building was left vacant and has been since. Now Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning is trans- forming the […]
New Shelter a Refuge for Moms, Kids, Grandmas - Friday, February 5, 2010By Rachel Brant For the Kitsap Sun Feb 5, 2010 BREMERTON – Denise Agee didn’t let a broken wrist or foot stop her from attending the Birkenfeld Stella Maris (Star of the Sea) House dedication Friday. “It’s like being pregnant and missing the birth,” she said. “There’s no way I would have missed this.” Agee, St. Vincent’s assistance office coordinator, broke her wrist and foot Jan. 13 when she fell while waiting for a commercial refrigerator to be delivered to the […]
Rice Fergus Miller Announces Promotions - Friday, January 15, 2010Bremerton, WA—January 15, 2010 Rice Fergus Miller PLLC, a 35-person architecture, interior design and planning firm, has announced promotions of three employees. Shawn Dinkuhn is a new Associate. Shawn came to Rice Fergus Miller over five years ago from a career in print media administration. Shawn built the Project Coordinator job description and was the first to fill it. She coordinates projects in community, healthcare, senior living and hospitality markets. Sustainability is important to Shawn and to that end she […]
Rice Fergus Miller Adds Three - Monday, October 26, 2009Bremerton, WA—October 26, 2009 Rice Fergus Miller PLLC, has added three new staff members, bringing the firm’s size to 35. Chris Lee is an interior designer specializing in original designs to improve the world in which we live. With Starbucks, Chris contributed to the design of retail interiors throughout the United States and Asia. His focus at Rice Fergus Miller will be designs for senior housing and hospitality. Jim Baurichter is an architect with over 10 years experience in the design […]
Work Begins Soon on New Child-Care Center at OC - Thursday, October 22, 2009Tara Garcia Mathewson Kitsap Sun Oct 22, 2009 BREMERTON – Olympic College will start work soon on a new child-care center that officials hope will allow more moms and dads to continue their educations. The $4.5 million Sophia Bremer Child Development Center will provide space for 190 kids to be cared for while their parents attend classes. That is nearly double the college’s current child-care capacity. The space is badly needed, according to Rhodes Lockwood, director of the Child Development […]
Housing projects honored - Friday, October 9, 2009Projects built for the Bremerton and King County housing authorities are two of 18 winners of the national Award of Excellence. Bremerton’s Bay Vista Commons Assisted Living Community won in the Program Innovation: Affordable Housing category. Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning of Bremerton designed Bay Vista, including the interiors. King County’s Nia Apartments in White Center, designed by GGLO of Seattle, won in the Project Design category. The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, or NAHRO, selected the […]
Bay Vista Commons Wins national Excellence Award - Thursday, October 1, 2009Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton Wins National Excellence Award WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 – The Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton (BHA) has won a national award honoring superior assisted housing and community development programs. BHA won in the Program Innovation: Affordable Housing category for Bay Vista Commons Assisted Living Community. The 2009 Award of Excellence comes from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), and will be officially presented on Oct. 6 at NAHRO’s National […]
Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton Wins National Excellence Award - Friday, September 25, 2009WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 – The Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton (BHA) has won a national award honoring superior assisted housing and community development programs. BHA won in the Program Innovation: Affordable Housing category for Bay Vista Commons Assisted Living Community. The 2009 Award of Excellence comes from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), and will be officially presented on Oct. 6 at NAHRO’s National Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. BHA is one of 18 […]
Rice Fergus Miller Employees Selected in Top 40 Under 40 Program - Monday, September 21, 2009Bremerton, WA—September 18, 2009 Two employees of Rice Fergus Miller have been selected by the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal as outstanding young business leaders in their “Top 40 Under 40” program. This program highlights individuals making a notable impact on their business or industry. Jennifer Paige is an interior designer with Rice Fergus Miller. Jennifer specializes in healthcare, senior housing and hospitality interiors. She is the lead interior designer for Harrison Medical Center and is a trusted ally to portray […]
Birkenfeld – Stella Maris (Our Lady Star of the Sea) House - Friday, July 24, 2009On May 28, 2009, St. Vincent de Paul, Our Lady Star of the Sea conference, held a groundbreaking event for a new shelter that they are building. The initial idea began several years ago with Board President Harry Morris, tired of putting “band aids” on their current shelter, wanted to see a new shelter for women in Kitsap County. Their current shelter consists of two small single-family homes, with a total of 1590 square feet, built in the 1930’s. They […]
Rice Fergus Miller Wins Training Center - Tuesday, July 21, 2009Bremerton, WA- Rice Fergus Miller has been selected to design a multi-jurisdictional training facility for fi re and law enforcement personnel in Snohomish County. Snohomish County Fire District 7, Woodinville Fire & Life Safety (King County Fire District 36), the Cities of Everett and Lynnwood and the Snohomish County Sherriff have teamed together to construct a Regional Emergency Response Training Center. The training campus will include Class A & B burn props, live-fi re drill towers, confi ned space props, […]
New Building Brings Kitsap Coroner’s Office Into the 21st Century - Tuesday, June 30, 2009For years, Kitsap County’s death investigations have been conducted in a dilapidated house on Sidney Avenue in Port Orchard that fire officials had condemned as uninhabitable. “This is a county of almost 250,000,” Kitsap County Coroner Greg Sandstrom said, “and we’ve been working out of a house that isn’t even legal to occupy.” Thanks to decades of lobbying the county commissioners, years of planning and 3.6 million taxpayer dollars, that has all changed. The Kitsap County Coroner’s Office, which not […]
Rice Fergus Miller Boasts Certifications - Wednesday, April 1, 2009Bremerton, WA- Recently 14 of Rice Fergus Miller’s 35 staff earned professional designations. Steve Rice, Ron Easterday, Maurice Diaz, Shawn Dinkuhn, Erika Malpaya, Jeremy Southerland, Jeff Weis, Emily Winkels, Matt King, Bob Hutchinson, Craig Caliguiri and Howard Struve are all now LEED accredited professionals. In earning this designation, each has demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building principles, and work with clients to integrate those practices into the design of built projects. Ron Easterday also earned a Construction Documents Technology (CDT) certificate […]
Top Architect Comes Home to Help Bremerton Youth - Wednesday, March 25, 2009Chris Henry – Mar 25, 2009 BREMERTON – Steven Holl, a 1966 graduate of Bremerton’s West High School, has designed award-winning buildings in all corners of the globe. Now he’s leaving his mark on his hometown, helping to design a center community partners hope will fight the epidemic of childhood obesity that is prevalent among the city’s low-income youth. Holl’s curriculum vitae has earned him coverage in Vanity Fair and other high-profile publications, and he could pretty much name his price […]
Advancing the Common Good - Tuesday, March 24, 2009When you hear us talk about “advancing the common good” we are talking about ways we can make sure everyone in our commu· nity has the basic building blocks for a good life-an education, good health, and financial security that lasts through retirement There are lots of folks and organizations here in Kitsap who are working to advance the common good by volunteering or through providing direct services. But who would think that an architectural firm would be on that […]
New Life for a Decrepit Building - Thursday, March 12, 2009See sidebar link for full story
The Doctor Is In — at All Hours — in Port Orchard - Tuesday, January 13, 2009PORT ORCHARD The baby’s fever spikes at 3 a.m. Is it serious? Starting Thursday, South Kitsap residents won’t need to drive to Harrison Medical Center’s emergency room in Bremerton to find out. Harrison officials cut the ribbon on the nonprofit hospital’s new urgent care center Tuesday. The 36,000-square-foot expansion of Harrison’s Port Orchard campus includes a 24/7 urgent care center, expanded imaging with state-of-the-art equipment, physicians’ offices and a host of outpatient services. The center’s opening is part of Harrison’s […]
Is MRSA Lurking in Your Station? - Tuesday, October 28, 2008IAFC Foundation Book Project for Fire Chief Magazine Is MRSA Lurking in Your Station? By Karen Jones, Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning A piercing alarm slices through the still air changing the mood from casual to all business… its time to go to work. From training and experience, a firefighter’s natural instinct is to think of the victim first. “I want to fill my calling and to give the best in me, to guard my neighbor and protect his […]
Fire Station Budgeting and Cost Control - Friday, October 24, 2008Fire Station Budgeting and Cost Control By David Fergus Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning Throughout the course of your project many decisions will be made that affect your budget. From the quality of cabinets to the size of the App Bay, every decision has a cost – first a cost to construct, and then a long term cost to heat, clean, maintain, and repair. While some decisions may seem small individually, collectively they will add up to a lot […]
Rice Fergus Miller opens an office in Minneapolis, Minnesota - Sunday, October 12, 2008Bremerton, WA—October 23, 2008– No longer just a Washington based firm, Rice Fergus Miller, an architecture, planning and interior design firm, has recently opened an office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The office is staffed with a team of four to include architects and technical designers from Minnesota. Presently, the team is responsible for the design of Trillium Woods, a Continuing Care Retirement Community located in Plymouth, Minnesota. Trillium Woods is scheduled to begin construction in the Spring of 2009. Craig Caligiuri […]
Adults acting like kids for charitable cause - Monday, October 6, 2008JOHN BECERRA JR. Central Kitsap Reporter Staff Writer Oct 6, 2008 Kitsap County Health District Director Dr. Scott Lindquist passes Steve Rice of Rice Fergus Miller Architecture and Planning while racing down Fourth Street in the Bremerton Trike Race Oct. 3. The second annual event benefited United Way of Kitsap County. — Image Credit: Photo By Jesse Beals It’s not every day a bunch of grown men and women are seen riding tricycles down a busy street. But various members of the […]
Promotions - Wednesday, October 1, 2008Bremerton, WA- Rice Fergus Miller PLLC, a 40-person architecture, interior design and planning firm in Bremerton, has announced the promotions of six staff members: Andy Kosusko has been named a Principal. Kosusko specializes in senior living design and currently leads the design of the firm’s largest project, Timber Ridge at Talus, a $150M continuing care retirement community in Issaquah. He is a licensed architect and a LEED accredited professional. Bob Guyt, Ed McManamna and Jeremy Southerland have been named Senior […]
Kitsap Community Resources now LEED® certified - Friday, August 8, 2008New KCR building earns LEED Silver certification Kitsap Community Resources (KCR) has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification plaque, which signifies its new facility at 845 8th St. meets the nationally accepted standards of design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. Completed in Oct. 2007, the first green building in Bremerton serves as a single location for several of KCR’s services including the Bremerton WIC Nutrition Clinic, Employment and Training Services, AmeriCorps, Food Services, […]
Harrison Medical Center Has Plans to Build Poulsbo Facility Near 305 - Friday, August 1, 2008Rachel Pritchett-Aug 1, 2008 POULSBO Harrison Medical Center plans to build an outpatient cancer center in Poulsbo. To be called Harrison Poulsbo, the facility will offer care to cancer patients on the north end and on Bainbridge Island who otherwise have had to travel to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton or to Seattle to receive treatment. The facility, with more than 50,000 square feet of space, will be near Highway 305 in the vicinity of the Poulsbo fire station, 10th […]
SK Environmental Education Center Seeks to be Water-Wise - Wednesday, July 9, 2008Alison Pride For Port Orchard Life – Jul 9, 2008 Flush it, forget it. That’s what most of us want to do. But Bill Huntington and his fellow commissioners at the West Sound Utility District want us to think about where our wastewater goes and how we might plan to use it more wisely in the future. For now, water treated at the Karcher Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Port Orchard gets pumped through an 800-foot pipe into Sinclair Inlet. There’s […]
Women’s Shelter in Bremerton Plans for $1.3 Million Facility - Tuesday, July 1, 2008Rachel Pritchett Jul 1, 2008 BREMERTON Three bunk beds fill the tiny room at the St. Vincent de Paul women’s shelter. One person has difficulty turning around in here, but the room often fits nine — two sleeping in each of the lower bunks and one in each of the top ones. Since 1991, several thousand woman at life’s most desperate brinks have somehow managed in this space. Octogenarians ruined by medical bills have found a pillow next to young women […]
Reinvention continued: Harrison Medical Center to develop a master facilities plan - Tuesday, June 24, 2008Central Kitsap Reporter Jun 11, 2008 at 2:15PM An aging population of both patients and doctors, a tendency to check into Seattle and Tacoma hospitals, and a need for funds to supplement care for indigent clients are some of the reasons Harrison Medical Center is looking to reinvent itself. The hospital unveiled Vision 2010, a five-year strategic plan, in May focusing on the regional in the medical centers strive for redefining its community role. Harrison also commissioned two firms […]
Squeezing out hunger - Wednesday, May 7, 2008RACHEL BRANT, Central Kitsap Reporter Staff Writer May 7, 2008 United Way of Kitsap County and Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning of Bremerton recently joined forces to create the BoaCANstrictor at Kitsap Mall.— Image Credit: Paul Balcerak/Staff Photo A snake slithered into Kitsap Mall this week. United Way of Kitsap County and Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning of Bremerton recently teamed up to create this serpent of a different kind. For the second consecutive year, United Way participated in […]
Boomers influence next generation of senior housing - Thursday, April 24, 2008By MAGEN FORCE and KAREN JONES Rice Fergus Miller April 24, 2008 Change is the only constant. People and events throughout history have been the triggers that bring forth these changes. These waves of great change can be linked to specific generational groups, each with their own characteristics, values, viewpoints, goals and desires. These groups are known as the traditionalists, born 1908-1946; the baby boomers, born 1946-1964; Generation X, born 1965-1980; and the millennials, born 1981-1999. The health care industry […]
Rice Fergus Miller Adds Staff - Tuesday, March 20, 2007Bremerton, WA- The downtown Bremerton fi rm of Rice Fergus Miller has recently added Shao-Lin Cheng, Seth Murray, Gena Lewis and Mike Anson to its staff . Seth Murray will primarily be assisting on the fi rm’s senior housing projects, including Timber Ridge at Talus and Trillium Woods in Plymouth, MN. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design. Shao-Lin Cheng joined the firm as a Graphic Artist, assisting in the firm’s visualization lab, to create 3-D representations of […]
Vision for Central Kitsap - Friday, February 23, 2007Getting a Clear Vision for Central Kitsap’s Community Campus Brynn Grimley Feb 23, 2007 Silverdale The public had its first chance to see proposed site plans for the Silverdale Community Campus this week, as representatives from the Rice Fergus Miller firm presented drawings during a Central Kitsap Community Council meeting. This is the first time a site plan has been created for the property at the corner of Silverdale Way and Bucklin Hill Road, near the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. […]
New Fire Station Projects at Rice Fergus Miller - Wednesday, December 20, 2006Bremerton, WA- Rice Fergus Miller has been selected to design several new fire and emergency services projects: • City of Seattle Fire Station 17: Renovations and addition to this historic fi re station for the City of Seattle, in collaboration with Bassetti Architects; • City of Seattle Fire Department: Authorship of the a station design manual for the remaining 32 projects included in the City’s Fire Facilities Levy Program; • Port of Seattle Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Facility (ARFF): Renovations […]
Rice Fergus Miller Adds Eleven - Monday, October 23, 2006Bremerton, WA—October 21, 2008– Rice Fergus Miller PLLC, has added eleven new staff members, bringing the firm’s size to 40. Bob Dooley joins Rice Fergus Miller with 39 years in architecture, with a specialty in healthcare planning and infection control. In addition to direct project work, he has mentored young architects interested in becoming medical planners. He has a broad knowledge of medical equipment and its impact on planning. Sarah Johnson is a recent graduate from Oregon State University, with […]
Rice Fergus Miller Promotes Six - Wednesday, September 20, 2006Rice Fergus Miller Promotes Six Bremerton, WA – Rice Fergus Miller Architecture and Planning, LLP, has promoted six staff members. Greg Belding, Lea Duff y and Ron Easterday have been named Principals. Belding designs health care, community and custom residential projects, including ongoing work with the Jamestown S’Klallam Nation. Duff y is a lead Project Manager on the firm’s large-scale senior and affordable housing projects in several states, and Easterday leads many of the firm’s local institutional and government projects. […]
Grand Opening for Kitsap Credit Union - Thursday, August 17, 2006New Credit Union Building’s Grand Opening Set for Friday By: Steven Gardner 1:00 AM, Aug 17, 2006 Bremerton The Kitsap Credit Union headquarters building across Washington Avenue from the Bremerton ferry terminal and conference center complex gets its ceremonial ribbon-cutting at 8:30 a.m. Friday. Click sidebar link for full story
Aberdeen Hotel Proposal Designed To Spark Change - Monday, July 24, 2006Aberdeen hotel proposal designed to spark change The project includes renovation of an 82-year-old hotel and two blocks that surround it. By ANNIE MARTIN Journal Staff Reporter A group called Aberdeen Development, LLC plans to purchase the 82-year- old Morck Hotel in downtown Aberdeen and start a $12 million renovation this fall that will be completed by the fall of 2007. The group is also buying major portions of two blocks around the hotel, and plans to build 50 condos […]
Reinventing A Neighborhood in Bremerton - Friday, February 24, 2006The Bremerton Housing Authority’s vision for redeveloping the aging Westpark neighborhood has moved into high gear with the selection of Marathon Development to head up the project. “This is the largest redevelopment in Bremerton’s recent history, probably 40 years, if not longer,” said Ted Johnson, Marathon president and owner. “It will be the western gateway into the city of Bremerton.” Plans include over 800 housing units and 250,000 square feet of retail. Johnson said his firm is not investing in […]