News & New Work Sprouting
PROJECT NEWS:
SPICE ATLANTA has opened in a new 32-story high-rise building near the High Museum in downtown Atlanta. Reviewers are calling it the new IT spot restaurant in Atlanta for its exceptional food, drink and interior décor.
MONTERRA WOODS is a 212 Rental Townhome Community under construction in Elizabeth City, NC. It features a picturesque Amenities assembly at its center behind a coastal Marsh.
PALISADES AT WINDSOR LAKE This Garden-Style Multi-Family project in Columbia with 160 Apartments is our 40th Apartment project for Southwood Realty. The other 39 Apartment projects are in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. There are 11 in the Asheville metro area with one every 2.1 miles on average down Sweeten Creek between Asheville and Hendersonville.
OUTPOST ON RADIO HILL The Town of West Jefferson NC approved a text amendment to allow Planned Urban Developments and then approved Outpost on Radio Hill. The PUD is 27 cottage homes on a 3-acre lot in downtown West Jefferson by Beacon Partners. Phase I is under construction.
THE ROW AT THE STADIUM Columbia, SC
530 Bed Off-Campus Student Housing Complex. Redesign of wood-frame 4-story buildings into 3-Story Townhome style Apartments back-to-back that netted the same number of beds and 50 more parking spaces for 1space/bed ratio. Separate front porches for each unit made the project a popular choice. It was fully leased at Fall 2020 opening during the Pandemic. The project received the NAHB Best in American Living Game Changer Award at the International Building Show.
ARCADIA ON THE RIVER is a 53acre 88 Building Off-Campus Community on the Oconee River in Milledgeville, GA. The project of 88 buildings was built for $86/sf. It won 6 national awards including Multi-Family of the Year, Design Details of the Year and Best in Show from the American Institute of Building Design, Gold Awards for Multi-Family/Student Housing, Design Detailing, Outdoor Spaces from BALA Best in American Living of the NAHB National Association of Home Builders and Student Housing Business Best Off-Campus Student Housing over 400 Beds as well as an Honorable Mention from the IDA International Design Awards for Professional Design and an AIA Chapter Housing Citation.
ARCADIA STUDENT LIVING a 23acre $30M Off-Campus Student Housing Resort near the UNC Charlotte campus for Sanctuary Properties sold for a record-breaking price per Apartment. The land was paid for with the sale of outparcels Tony Miller carved out of his master plan. Site and vertical construction costs $27M. After 1 year of operation the Student Housing portion of the site sold for $27M. Three years later that portion sold again for $74.5M. Phase I with unique loft cottages opened for the Fall Semester of 2014. The built-out complex includes 765 beds in 205 Units. The project won Multi-Family of the Year from the American Institute of Building Design and a Gold Award from NAHB Best in American Living Awards for Multi-Family/Student Housing.
MAGNOLIA PAVILION This outdoor living project in Pinehurst has won the Platinum (and only) prize awarded in the Outdoor Living Category of the 2015 Best in American Living Awards. Miller Architecture also was awarded Best in Region (Middle-Atlantic) and the national Platinum award for Specialty Design for a technically Innovative and attractive Home Theater and Wine Room and the Middle Atlantic Regional Platinum Award for Residential Addition at the International Builders Show Gala in Las Vegas in 2016. Articles on aspects of the project have been featured in Fine Homebuilding, Hearth and Home and Innovative Solutions magazines. In late 2026 Miller Architecture is working on further enhancements to this National Award winning property.
VIVA CHICKEN Viva Chicken at Torrington Circle in Ballantyne became the third new Miller Architecture restaurant to open in October 2014. Several more will open by year’s end. Others are in development.
The 8100sf CHINA BUFFET restaurant in the University Place area of Charlotte opened in late November. Dining was relocated into an addition making room for the numerous buffet tables and make-to-order Sushi and Hibachi stations. Construction has begun on CHINA BUFFET restaurant renovations in Salisbury, NC and design work has begun for a 9200sf restaurant in Asheville, NC.
Come back to the website often to what exciting projects Miller Architecture will be working on next.
MILLER ARCHITECTURE NEWS:
Isaac Moretz joined Miller Architecture full time in Spring 2026. He is a graduate of UNC Charlotte College of Arts and Architecture.
Miller Architecture was the biggest winner at the 2025 NAHB National Association of Home Builders Best in American Living Awards in Las Vegas. We received gold for Best Single-Family Community, Best Innovative Housing Solution and Best Infill Community.
Miller Architecture received a Silver Award for best Small Home Design for Sale.
Noah Hemmings and Jazmin Williams joined Miller Architecture full time in Spring 2025. Both are graduates of UNC Charlotte College of Arts and Architecture.
The January-February 2025 issue of Professional Builder featured Galt Commons Garden Hamlet in Kennesaw Georgia as an Innovative Model Community. The Agri-hood complex consists of simple Victorian Farmhouse homes within the Historic District of Kennesaw, Georgia.
Lidl 1542 is a 35,960sf opened June 28 as an interior upfit in DC-USA Washington DCs largest retail mall underneath a Target Store and above and underground parking garage on 14th Street facing Columbia Heights Plaza.
Inside the prison walls of the former Lorton Reformatory in northern Virginia Lidl 1460 is a new 29,670sf new eclectic prototype Building in the new Mixed-Use development branded Liberty Market at 9101 Power House Road.
Miller Architecture was awarded a 2020 Game-Changer Award from the NAHB for their innovative Student Housing complex The Row in Columbia, South Carolina.
Miller Architecture received an Honorable Mention in Professional Design from the IDA International Design Awards at their April 20th 2019 Ceremony.
MOA Korean BBQ and Bar was the first restaurant opening in NC to take advantage of the new “Grill Bill” and have outdoor tables with BBQ cookers on tables by the Tryon Street sidewalk.
Student Housing Business awarded Arcadia on the River the 2019 Innovator Award for Architectural Design of Off-Campus Student Housing over 400 Beds at their Interface Conference in Austin TX on April 9th 2019.
The National Association of Home Builders awarded Miller Architecture 2 more awards for Multi-Family projects at their International Builders Show in Las Vegas in February 2019.
The American Institute of Building Design AIBD awarded Miller Architecture BEST IN SHOW for the best project in the nation. Miller Architecture was also awarded their GRAND ARDA Awards in the categories of Multi-Family Design and Design Detail of the year.
A Miller Architecture project was awarded a 2017 Best in American Living Gold Award for Student Housing from the National Home Builders Association at the International Builder Show in Orlando in January 2018.
A cover article in the July 2017 issue of Qualified Remodeler entitled “The Rise of Detached Structures” featured the Magnolia Pavilion by Miller Architecture.
Jon Vaughan has joined Miller Architecture. He has 30 years’ experience in Production Drawings. He will be leading the 3D BIM production for Miller Architecture.
Miller Architecture has just made its first Virtual Reality presentation for an International Client. We posted a different versions of models online that can be viewed by Client controlled 360 degree panning throughout the models for their feedback.
Arcadia Student Living near UNC Charlotte has been Awarded 2016 the Multi-Family Grand ARDA Prize by the American Institute of Building Design at their Annual Conference in Denver August 27th.
Miller Architecture was awarded the 2016 Grand ARDA Award for Outdoor Living Design from the American Institute of Building Design at their Gala in Denver in August.
708 Summit has been awarded the 2016 Innovator Award from Student Housing Business for Off-Campus Boutique Apartments.
The Magnolia Pavilion project in Pinehurst has won the Platinum (and only) prize awarded in the Outdoor Living Category of the 2015 Best in American Living Awards. Miller Architecture also was awarded the national Platinum award for Specialty Design for a technically Innovative and attractive Home Theater and Wine Room and the Middle Atlantic Regional Platinum Award for Residential Addition at the International Builders Show Gala in Las Vegas in 2016.
Kyle Delker has been awarded this year’s AIA Award from the Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for his Master’s Thesis project.
Kyle Delker joined Miller Architecture in August as an Intern Architect from Ohio. His master’s degree in Architecture was from Kent State.
Miller Architecture has begun using REVIT for some BIM projects.
Tony F. Miller, AIA LEED AP has a new Architectural License in Florida and a reinstated Architectural License in Georgia for upcoming projects in those states.
Trigger, the office cat, died October 17th. He had been a warm presence since the start of Miller Architecture in all 3 of our office locations over the last 19 years.
Miller Architecture was voted Charlotte’s Best Architect in the BOB Awards (Best of the Best) survey conducted by Charlotte Magazine. This was the only year there has been a category for Best Architect.
Miller Architecture completed the expansion of our downtown offices. We now have room for additional staff and a product finishes showroom in the Suite adjacent to our office.
Miller Architecture has become a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Tony Miller has achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) professional accreditation.