Miller studied at the
Architectural Association (AA) from 1950 to 1956, where his tutors included British architect
Peter Smithson. He attended the AA alongside
Patrick Hodgkinson,
Kenneth Frampton and
Neave Brown and other prominent British architects and critics. The AA has described Miller as one of "the golden generation of post-war [AA] students". After graduating from the AA, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Miller worked for architectural firms in London including
Lyons Israel Ellis. In 1961 Miller co-founded the architectural practice Colquhoun + Miller with British architect
Alan Colquhoun. Miller's wife
Su Rogers joined the practice in 1986. In 1989 Colquhoun left the practice, which became John Miller and Partners. •
Royal Holloway chemistry laboratories (1970); • Pillwood House in Cornwall (1974), which was awarded Grade ll listed status by Historic England in 2017; • an extension and renovation of the
Whitechapel Gallery, which won a
RIBA Regional Architecture Award (1987); • the Queen's Building,
University of East Anglia, which won a
RIBA National Award for Architecture (1995); • a renovation of the
Serpentine Gallery (1998); • the Centenary Development at
Tate Britain, which was the most significant change to the gallery since its creation in 1897, adding 10 new and five refurbished exhibition spaces (2001); • the new Horner-Markwick Library at
Newham College, Cambridge (2004); • the courtyard extension of the
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2004); In the
2006 New Year Honours, Miller was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to architecture. During his career, Miller had various academic appointments including Visiting Critic at
Cornell University (1966–71), Visiting Critic at
Princeton University (1970), Professor of Environmental Design at the
Royal College of Art (1975–85), visiting professor at
Trinity College Dublin (1985–86), visiting professor at
University of Manchester (1986–89), Fellow of Royal College of Art (1976), Fellow of
Royal Society of Arts (1984) and Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art (1985). == References ==