Robert Miller

Rob (Robert J.) Miller (born 1954) is an American architect.

Rob Miller was born on March 12, 1954, in Oxford, Ohio.

He made an apprenticeship as carpenter (1973–1974) and worked for several architects while in college.

He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Clemson University (1976) and a Master of Architecture from Rice University with a certificate in Urban Design (1979).

While in his apprenticeship, he worked occasionally as a musician.

He has been registered as an architect since 1981, taught at Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, and Clemson University, where he got tenure and worked as a professor through 2010.

His book Implementing Architecture (Nexus Press, 1988), won the Grand Prize in Macworld's graphic design competition (1989).

From 1997–1999 he was professor in residence at the Charles E. Daniel Center in Genoa (Italy).

Miller was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy in Rome (1997) for his integrated teaching and practice.

From 2000 to 2010 he was director of the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston.

In 2009 Miller was awarded the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’s (ACSA) Creative Achievement Award for his design/build work.

Since 2010 he has been Director of the School of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Miller won first prize in the competition Präsenz der Zeit-European Cultural Capital 2010 Braunschweig, Germany (2004).

Rob Miller is focused on "hybrid learning": merging educational content with professional practices.

Under Miller's directorship, the Charleston Center won three NCARB Prizes for the Creative Integration of Practice and Education, plus the AIA's Best Mentoring Practices award.