Graci Mills, AIA, CPHD, LEED AP BD+C

Senior Architect / Project Manager

Graci is a licensed Architect, Urban Designer and Educator from Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand with diverse international experience in civic, multi-residential, infrastructure and public realm design –including on several award-winning projects. She’s energized by any opportunity to challenge presumed boundaries, be it via design, sustainable strategies, or new collaborations and environments. Graci is also a Certified Passive House Designer, and feels strongly that architects must hold themselves accountable in the race to decarbonize our cities and buildings–leveraging creative, technical and storytelling skills to do so. Outside of the studio, Graci loves biking and hiking up large mountains, getting lost in rainforests, hosting gigantic dinner parties in far-too-small apartments, and noodling on guitar (in her former band, Togs).

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Urban Design
Columbia GSAPP, New York

Fulbright New Zealand Scholar; GSAPP Award for Excellence in Design

Masters of Architecture
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Bachelor of Architecture Studies
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD IN NYC

Bedford Stuyvesant. It’s central to everything and full of energy.

FIVE THINGS

Aotearoa/New Zealand's rainforest, Sichuan peppercorns, the sound of the Mbira, the uphills and downhills of a long bike ride, waking up in a tent.

THE SUSTAINABLE TECH/METHOD THAT EXCITES ME MOST IS

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and mass timber construction.

PROJECTS

CONTACT

[email protected]
212.254.7060 ext. 620