J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize

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J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize
Awarded forSite-specific public installations advancing architecture, landscape, art, and design
CountryUnited States
Presented by Exhibit Columbus (Landmark Columbus Foundation)
First award2016 (first awards installed 2017)
Most recent recipientsAdaptive Operations; AD—WO; Studio Barnes; Studio Cooke John (2025)
Website https://www.exhibitcolumbus.org

The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize is an art and design award administered by Exhibit Columbus of the Landmark Columbus Foundation in Columbus, Indiana. The prize commissions four to five architecture and design teams each cycle to create temporary, site-specific public installations paired with significant civic sites and local partners. Established in 2016 and named for philanthropists J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller, the prize foregrounds community engagement, design research, and the city's modernist legacy. [1]

Contents

As of 2025, twenty-three teams have received the Miller Prize across five cycles (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025). [1]

Selection and format

Each cycle's curatorial partners select four or five recipients and pair them with a civic site and local organization. Teams develop and fabricate full-scale installations, which are exhibited alongside university fellows’ projects and community initiatives during the Exhibit Columbus exhibition season. [2]

Recipients

2017 (Inaugural)
2019 (Good Design and the Community)
2021 (New Middles)
2023 (Public by Design)
2025 (Yes And)

See also

References

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  4. 1 2 "Design Renaissance in Columbus, Indiana". Architectural Record. 2017.
  5. "SCI-Arc Faculty Oyler and Wu Win Miller Prize on Early Saarinen Site in Columbus, Indiana". SCI-Arc. 2017.
  6. "XX – A Miller Prize Proposal". Agency Landscape + Planning. 2019.
  7. "Soft Civic — Bryony Roberts Studio". Bryony Roberts Studio. 2019.
  8. "2019 Best of Design Award: Temporary Installation — Soft Civic". The Architect’s Newspaper. 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Miller Prizes on Display". World-Architects. 2019.
  10. "SO–IL creates over-sized tree hammock for Exhibit Columbus". designboom. 2019.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "'New Middles' Across Columbus". World-Architects. 2021.
  12. "Exhibit Columbus unveils site-specific pavilions for 2021 Exhibition". The Architect’s Newspaper. 2021.
  13. 1 2 3 "Exhibit Columbus's Miller Prize Winners Present Installation Designs". Architectural Record. 2023.
  14. "Exhibit Columbus raises bar for design expositions partnering with local communities". The Architect’s Newspaper. 2023.
  15. "Germane Barnes transforms a parking garage into an enormous sub-woofer system". Wallpaper*. 2025.