Training the Next Generation of Business Leaders

Creating an Active Hub

The Karl Miller Center is uniquely positioned to integrate with the city’s rich network of public open space and its diverse urban uses.

Benefiting from a diverse program, the design of the Karl Miller Center is centered around a five-story atrium that is animated with activities. By arranging a variety of spaces – informal meeting and study areas, gardens, classrooms, business incubators, student spaces, faculty and administrative offices and retail – to maximize communication and connectivity, the space goes beyond a transitional corridor and creates community for the School, the University and the neighborhood.

Enhancing the Pedestrian Realm

Rejecting the singular building construction that dominates the 200‘ x 200‘ city blocks, the new Center appears as two distinct buildings sharing a city block. This approach enhances the public realm by providing a more diverse streetscape and by reinvigorating existing links and creating new arteries between the urban center and surrounding pedestrians, transportation and parks. The result creates many pedestrian-friendly and transparent opportunities for future development along 6th Avenue, Broadway and Montgomery Street.