Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Immersive, Purposeful Campus Destinations
Transforming campus facilities while elevating SMU’s brand. From student unions to football training centers, residence halls, locker rooms and academic buildings, our partnership with SMU is about a top-to-bottom reimagining of the student/athlete/faculty experience with next-generation technology and strategic functionality.

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Designed an elevated brand experience for the four-level, 220,000-square-foot, hallmark expansion and renovation of the Cox School of Business.
The Garry Weber End Zone Complex is an elevated three-level, 192,000-square-foot, premier student-athlete and football training facility.
“The result is a state-of-the-art student center which reflects SMU’s vibrant campus life and will serve as the hub of student engagement and leadership development for years to come.”
Dr. Kenechukwu Mmeje





Garry Weber End Zone Complex
As a state-of-the-art, three-level, 192,000-square-foot student-athlete and football training facility, located at the south end zone of Gerald Ford Stadium, it fuels recruiting and provides a premium experience to SMU Mustang athletes. It also highlights a strong connection to Dallas, reigniting an athletic brand as a transformative leader.
Earning berths in the ACC championship game and first College Football Playoff after the 2024 season? That’s big time. And in the age of NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) and conference consolidation, your collegiate brand needs more to get there. SMU’s rise leans into leadership, innovation and creative pragmatism.
Hughes-Trigg Student Center
An optimized campus destination for all users that celebrates SMU and its students with purposeful innovation, digital integration and elevated branding.










The Varsity Lounge
At this social anchor and popular student hangout on campus, we elevated the space with upgraded branding and efficient execution to hit an accelerated timeline.
Miller Zell conceived, manufactured and completed on time and on budget in 60 days before students reported for their new school year.
This space blends elevated branding with efficient execution through vinyl wall applications, dimensional lettering and cladded wood paneling.
Moody School of Graduate & Advanced Studies
Produced and installed all décor, signage, graphics, divisional letters, millwork wall features and fixtures, as well as gold vinyl accenting the blue walls.










Smith-Perkins House
Student-centric modernizing of historic buildings. The value of a Miller Zell collaboration:
- Design that enhances residence life and the student housing experience, optimizing wayfinding and branded messaging
- Internal shared services for creative, production art & procurement
- On-site management and scope walks ensured accuracy and efficiency and minimized go backs
Cox School of Business
Optimized environments for the next generation of business innovators. The value of a Miller Zell collaboration:
- Designed an elevated brand experience for the four-level, 220,000-square-foot, hallmark expansion and renovation of the business school, integrating the school’s deep connection to Dallas—a thriving hub for business and innovation
- Led research and strategy insights, creative, digital, production art, procurement, fabrication and installation teams
- Coordinated technological integration and use training
- Project Managers served as first point of contact for the client


"Gallery 1911"
Customized spatial and digital experiences that boost brand affinity. The value of a Miller Zell collaboration:
- Designed, built and installed all fixtures, signage and graphics
- Developed and installed all digital and interactive content and all back-end systems to run the digital programs
- Centerpiece is a 40-plus-foot interactive, gesture-based, touchless digital wall that allowed for customized, event-specific content
“The Miller Zell team perfectly aligned with our effort to change the paradigm on project approach and delivery here at SMU. The insight and experience from conceptual brand development through design and implementation was efficient, imaginative, creative and powerful.”
Michael Molina




