MIR Collective is an architecture studio in Chicago and Charlottesville, committed to research into the underlying nature of our clients' challenges, productive exchange with all project constituents, and synthesis of relevant issues and perspectives to create elegant design solutions. Our design methods draw upon our shared interest in producing culturally significant work, positive public impact, and in rigorous, authentic design. MIR is a root word with many translations connoting openness—see, wonder, peace—and historic exploratory, collaborative endeavors. The ethos of MIR Collective matches these ambitions, finding invention through open engagement, deep exploration, and risk taking to produce rich spatial and material environments.