Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Leonard-Congello Residence
Location: Morrison, Colo.
Client: John Leonard and Kim Congello
Description:
Built in 1875, this historic building is important in the history and civic fabric of Morrison. Understanding the sensitive nature of the project, the architect wanted the design to sit on the shoulders of those who had thought deeply about how best to preserve what makes communities special. The firm began by reviewing the U.S. Department of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings. These guidelines suggest strategies for designing adjacent new construction in ways that preserve older structures, while meeting present needs.
The owners asked that the schoolhouse be transformed into a residence. They wanted the new space to be sunny and moderate year round in a way that respected the existing late-19th-century structure. The architect studied 19th-century archetypes that offered these additional characteristics and found that, with the development of glazing in the beginning of the 18th century, a space called a l'orangerie was developed to provide a place of light and ventilation to complement the more closed-in types of spaces made by the load-bearing masonry wall structures.
The aforementioned rehabilitation standards had much to say about how the architect might design a modern-day l’orangerie that would respect the existing schoolhouse (excerpts in bold are taken directly from the guidelines):
• “When planning new alterations and additions, consider the effect on the significant historic materials and features of the property. Loss of historic building fabric should be minimized. The additions should not affect the ability to perceive the historic character of the building, especially from the public ways, such as streets, alleys and parks. Contemporary interpretation of the original structure is an appropriate alternative to a more replicative design.” Historically and currently, this civic building has contributed to Morrison’s civic presence. By placing the new construction on the side of the building, this presence is maintained.
• “Avoid obscuring or removing significant features to accommodate new additions and alteration.” Architectural features of the existing schoolhouse were preserved, repaired or carefully replaced in like manner.
• "An addition or alternation should be visually subordinate to the main building." The addition is placed to the side and slightly separate, allowing the schoolhouse to maintain its singular identity. Moreover, the architect employed in the addition no new masonry that would reduce the power and presence of the original masonry. Furthermore, the original entry, sidewalk and approach to the schoolhouse are maintained.
• "Design additions and alterations should be recognized as products of their own time. Avoid new additions and alterations that hinder the ability to interpret the historic character of the building." Although the 18th-century l'orangerie and the 19th-century precedence of fusing masonry, cast iron and glass are built upon, the architect used them with currently available materials and met current expectations of energy efficiency.
The interior of the existing structure had been modified over the years to accommodate various inhabitants. On the first level, as the partitions and furring on masonry walls were removed, the architect discovered the original wall colors and chalkboards painted onto the stucco. Taking advantage of this unique condition, it was decided to hold the new wall furring back from the corners of the room to reveal the original conditions from 1875. The clients’ program for this existing 1,150-sq-ft first floor with 12’ ceilings was for dining, living/entertainment, a children’s play area and a home office. To achieve both functionality and open living space, 2½’x 5’x 8’ rolling carts were created that could house these things. The carts can be arranged to transform the dynamic of the great room as the clients’ needs or desires change. The architect located the multimedia devices behind an uplifting screen above the fireplace, creating a fixed focal point directly opposite the main entrance to the house. The great room is defined by its original masonry openings but expands to the east through the addition (the l'orangerie), allowing it to share the openness of the kitchen, covered deck.
The existing 1,150-sq-ft second floor with 13+’ ceilings contains the master suite, children’s bedrooms and a loft that doubles as a sitting area or guest room. Again, this area is defined by its original masonry openings, but by adding skylights, exposing the interior roof slope and using translucent polycarbonite panels on the upper portions of interior walls, the volume and light of the space is maximized. The master suite opens to a large deck that is the roof of the addition. The deck provides a panoramic view of the surrounding nature, including vistas of Denver and Red Rocks Amphitheater. A steel pergola extends above the deck, which can be equipped with shade sails to create a comfortable, private outdoor retreat.
The goal was to design this renovation and addition in a way that would not dilute the power of its history and yet would allow it to be enjoyed in a new and modern way. We believe we have succeeded: At a glance, the Leonard-Congello residence’s previous life as a schoolhouse comes through clearly. For the owners, it bears both the complexity of its storied life and the benefits of modern design, construction and materials.
The owners asked that the schoolhouse be transformed into a residence. They wanted the new space to be sunny and moderate year round in a way that respected the existing late-19th-century structure. The architect studied 19th-century archetypes that offered these additional characteristics and found that, with the development of glazing in the beginning of the 18th century, a space called a l'orangerie was developed to provide a place of light and ventilation to complement the more closed-in types of spaces made by the load-bearing masonry wall structures.
The aforementioned rehabilitation standards had much to say about how the architect might design a modern-day l’orangerie that would respect the existing schoolhouse (excerpts in bold are taken directly from the guidelines):
• “When planning new alterations and additions, consider the effect on the significant historic materials and features of the property. Loss of historic building fabric should be minimized. The additions should not affect the ability to perceive the historic character of the building, especially from the public ways, such as streets, alleys and parks. Contemporary interpretation of the original structure is an appropriate alternative to a more replicative design.” Historically and currently, this civic building has contributed to Morrison’s civic presence. By placing the new construction on the side of the building, this presence is maintained.
• “Avoid obscuring or removing significant features to accommodate new additions and alteration.” Architectural features of the existing schoolhouse were preserved, repaired or carefully replaced in like manner.
• "An addition or alternation should be visually subordinate to the main building." The addition is placed to the side and slightly separate, allowing the schoolhouse to maintain its singular identity. Moreover, the architect employed in the addition no new masonry that would reduce the power and presence of the original masonry. Furthermore, the original entry, sidewalk and approach to the schoolhouse are maintained.
• "Design additions and alterations should be recognized as products of their own time. Avoid new additions and alterations that hinder the ability to interpret the historic character of the building." Although the 18th-century l'orangerie and the 19th-century precedence of fusing masonry, cast iron and glass are built upon, the architect used them with currently available materials and met current expectations of energy efficiency.
The interior of the existing structure had been modified over the years to accommodate various inhabitants. On the first level, as the partitions and furring on masonry walls were removed, the architect discovered the original wall colors and chalkboards painted onto the stucco. Taking advantage of this unique condition, it was decided to hold the new wall furring back from the corners of the room to reveal the original conditions from 1875. The clients’ program for this existing 1,150-sq-ft first floor with 12’ ceilings was for dining, living/entertainment, a children’s play area and a home office. To achieve both functionality and open living space, 2½’x 5’x 8’ rolling carts were created that could house these things. The carts can be arranged to transform the dynamic of the great room as the clients’ needs or desires change. The architect located the multimedia devices behind an uplifting screen above the fireplace, creating a fixed focal point directly opposite the main entrance to the house. The great room is defined by its original masonry openings but expands to the east through the addition (the l'orangerie), allowing it to share the openness of the kitchen, covered deck.
The existing 1,150-sq-ft second floor with 13+’ ceilings contains the master suite, children’s bedrooms and a loft that doubles as a sitting area or guest room. Again, this area is defined by its original masonry openings, but by adding skylights, exposing the interior roof slope and using translucent polycarbonite panels on the upper portions of interior walls, the volume and light of the space is maximized. The master suite opens to a large deck that is the roof of the addition. The deck provides a panoramic view of the surrounding nature, including vistas of Denver and Red Rocks Amphitheater. A steel pergola extends above the deck, which can be equipped with shade sails to create a comfortable, private outdoor retreat.
The goal was to design this renovation and addition in a way that would not dilute the power of its history and yet would allow it to be enjoyed in a new and modern way. We believe we have succeeded: At a glance, the Leonard-Congello residence’s previous life as a schoolhouse comes through clearly. For the owners, it bears both the complexity of its storied life and the benefits of modern design, construction and materials.
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Image Credit:Tectograph
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Faleide Architects, P.C.
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: Wooten and Associates; Genera
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Byron Rogers U.S. Courthouse Reno LEED EB
Location: Denver
Client: General Services Administration
Description:
History—Constructed in 1965, the five-story Byron G. Rogers U.S. Courthouse and 18-story Federal Office Building are notable icons in the downtown Denver Federal District. The courthouse complex exhibits many hallmarks of the Formalist style: two self-contained blocks with symmetrical elevations and flat roofs and the incorporation of artwork and ornament. Both buildings are faced with precast stone, marble and glass, additional qualities of the Formalist style.
Built to house the Federal District Court, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Attorney’s offices and the U.S. Marshal’s offices, the courthouse contains two levels of underground parking. The landscaped plaza consists of the entry canopy, trees, lawn panels and outdoor seating.
Goals—The General Service Administration (GSA) is leading the country in sustainability. GSA was the first federal agency to require all GSA new construction projects and substantial renovations to be certified through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System of the U.S. Green Building Council. Most environmental policies required to pursue a LEED for existing buildings also are required by GSA. As a means of evaluating and measuring green-building achievements, projects like this must exceed basic LEED® green-building certification and achieve LEED® EB Gold.
Also, under GSA’s First Impressions and Design Excellence Program, federal complexes must be renovated with an eye toward preserving their architecture and living history while upgrading their systems to enhance public service and security.
Results—In 2002, GSA initiated a four-year design and construction process to modernize this tired but sturdy structure; over the past 40 years, very little had been done to upgrade the building’s systems, functions or appearance. A comprehensive interior renovation was planned and executed, which included careful integration of sustainable design features, pending LEED® EB Gold level. Additionally, the courthouse renovation was one of the first 50 projects designated for the pilot project for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED EB) program.
The renovation design included a new public entry and lobby; complete mechanical, electrical, security and technology upgrades; full asbestos abatement; ADA compliance, renovation of offices and public spaces; courtroom upgrades, rejuvenated exterior façade and site. Notable architectural details of the building’s Formalist style were preserved and recreated throughout the building.
Built to house the Federal District Court, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Attorney’s offices and the U.S. Marshal’s offices, the courthouse contains two levels of underground parking. The landscaped plaza consists of the entry canopy, trees, lawn panels and outdoor seating.
Goals—The General Service Administration (GSA) is leading the country in sustainability. GSA was the first federal agency to require all GSA new construction projects and substantial renovations to be certified through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System of the U.S. Green Building Council. Most environmental policies required to pursue a LEED for existing buildings also are required by GSA. As a means of evaluating and measuring green-building achievements, projects like this must exceed basic LEED® green-building certification and achieve LEED® EB Gold.
Also, under GSA’s First Impressions and Design Excellence Program, federal complexes must be renovated with an eye toward preserving their architecture and living history while upgrading their systems to enhance public service and security.
Results—In 2002, GSA initiated a four-year design and construction process to modernize this tired but sturdy structure; over the past 40 years, very little had been done to upgrade the building’s systems, functions or appearance. A comprehensive interior renovation was planned and executed, which included careful integration of sustainable design features, pending LEED® EB Gold level. Additionally, the courthouse renovation was one of the first 50 projects designated for the pilot project for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED EB) program.
The renovation design included a new public entry and lobby; complete mechanical, electrical, security and technology upgrades; full asbestos abatement; ADA compliance, renovation of offices and public spaces; courtroom upgrades, rejuvenated exterior façade and site. Notable architectural details of the building’s Formalist style were preserved and recreated throughout the building.
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Image Credit:Ron Pollard Photography
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects, P.C.
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: Martin/Martin, Inc.; Electric
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Unbuilt Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Generation
Location: Arvada, Colo.
Client: Norbert Klebl
Description:
The Generation neighborhood is envisioned as a model sustainable community that combines sustainable site planning, sustainable
building technology and energy performance standards to create a neighborhood that is “net-zero energy ready” for its residents. The innovative town planning strategies are transformations of regional and international precedents—both modern and traditional. The new typologies reduce energy demand and set the stage for a unique, diverse, mixed-use urban neighborhood.
Site Strategies:
• The 260-unit, 20-acre, two- to three-story mixed-use urban neighborhood in Arvada, Colo., is located close to regional shopping and employment and immediately along the Ralston Creek Regional Bikeway, which leads to the Rocky Mountains as well as towards downtown Denver.
• Solar access is optimized in relation urban density. Innovations in building placement, drawing from international examples, greatly reduce heating and cooling loads on individual homes.
• Building, lot and block types are transformations of urban typologies found in historic Denver, Latin American cities and 20th century northern Europe. The resulting development pattern is nicknamed “checkerboard.”
• Small planting beds along the sidewalk, following European precedents, unify the heterogeneous building placements.
• Ground materials and landscaping are designed to maximize earth permeability and reduce heat gain. Linear greens, sometimes replacing streets, filter storm runoff and bind a community together through a diverse pedestrian, park and drainage network.
• Small shops, live-work spaces, public gathering areas and the regional bikeway are accessible via tree lined walkways from every home, minimizing the need for commutes.
Building Strategies:
“Net-zero energy ready” is accomplished through:
• Optimized building siting for maximizing winter solar gain and minimizing summer solar gain.
• Minimal apertures facing north and west.
• Optimized solar overhangs on south, east and west.
• R30 walls, superior air infiltration values and air-to-air heat exchangers.
• “Earth tubes” for tempering fresh air supply.
• Window insulation.
• Higher levels of thermal mass.
• Neighborhood-wide geothermal heat source.
• Photovoltaics on most roofs and also positioned as window overhangs. A new state law provides financial subsidies for photovoltaics.
• Performance standards for energy consumption. Green construction is to be enforced via a greenpoints program.
A Diverse Community:
Key to the Generation vision is a particular effort to sustain diversity and heterogeneity. The mixture of building types and land uses proposed is intended as an armature to support affordability, diverse ages, family types and cultural outlooks, and a range of uses, including living, working, shopping and socializing. The neighborhood also will include one intergenerational co-housing community and one senior co-housing community.
A Strong and Healthy Community Must Nurture Both Sociability and Individuality:
The neighborhood design is intended as an armature to support a wide variety of ways in which neighbors can meet each other and interact. This can happen at central public spaces, local shops, community buildings, in common greens or parks, along quiet walks and alleys or from front porches. At the same time, the neighborhood design is intended as an armature to nurture one’s own privacy and individuality. This is sustained through extensive alternatives for pedestrian circulation throughout the neighborhood, distinct individual homes and structures, private outdoor space shaped like courtyards and a public-edge planting zone that defines clear boundaries between public and private realms.
building technology and energy performance standards to create a neighborhood that is “net-zero energy ready” for its residents. The innovative town planning strategies are transformations of regional and international precedents—both modern and traditional. The new typologies reduce energy demand and set the stage for a unique, diverse, mixed-use urban neighborhood.
Site Strategies:
• The 260-unit, 20-acre, two- to three-story mixed-use urban neighborhood in Arvada, Colo., is located close to regional shopping and employment and immediately along the Ralston Creek Regional Bikeway, which leads to the Rocky Mountains as well as towards downtown Denver.
• Solar access is optimized in relation urban density. Innovations in building placement, drawing from international examples, greatly reduce heating and cooling loads on individual homes.
• Building, lot and block types are transformations of urban typologies found in historic Denver, Latin American cities and 20th century northern Europe. The resulting development pattern is nicknamed “checkerboard.”
• Small planting beds along the sidewalk, following European precedents, unify the heterogeneous building placements.
• Ground materials and landscaping are designed to maximize earth permeability and reduce heat gain. Linear greens, sometimes replacing streets, filter storm runoff and bind a community together through a diverse pedestrian, park and drainage network.
• Small shops, live-work spaces, public gathering areas and the regional bikeway are accessible via tree lined walkways from every home, minimizing the need for commutes.
Building Strategies:
“Net-zero energy ready” is accomplished through:
• Optimized building siting for maximizing winter solar gain and minimizing summer solar gain.
• Minimal apertures facing north and west.
• Optimized solar overhangs on south, east and west.
• R30 walls, superior air infiltration values and air-to-air heat exchangers.
• “Earth tubes” for tempering fresh air supply.
• Window insulation.
• Higher levels of thermal mass.
• Neighborhood-wide geothermal heat source.
• Photovoltaics on most roofs and also positioned as window overhangs. A new state law provides financial subsidies for photovoltaics.
• Performance standards for energy consumption. Green construction is to be enforced via a greenpoints program.
A Diverse Community:
Key to the Generation vision is a particular effort to sustain diversity and heterogeneity. The mixture of building types and land uses proposed is intended as an armature to support affordability, diverse ages, family types and cultural outlooks, and a range of uses, including living, working, shopping and socializing. The neighborhood also will include one intergenerational co-housing community and one senior co-housing community.
A Strong and Healthy Community Must Nurture Both Sociability and Individuality:
The neighborhood design is intended as an armature to support a wide variety of ways in which neighbors can meet each other and interact. This can happen at central public spaces, local shops, community buildings, in common greens or parks, along quiet walks and alleys or from front porches. At the same time, the neighborhood design is intended as an armature to nurture one’s own privacy and individuality. This is sustained through extensive alternatives for pedestrian circulation throughout the neighborhood, distinct individual homes and structures, private outdoor space shaped like courtyards and a public-edge planting zone that defines clear boundaries between public and private realms.
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Image Credit:Micahel Tavel Architects and David Kahn Studio
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Micahel Tavel Architects and David Kahn Studio
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: 553 House
Location: Denver
Client: Joseph and Maureen Poli
Description:
An exterior that plays around—Challenging prevalent local notions of what comprises “good” residential architecture, this new 2,900-sq.-ft. house stands apart from its Cherry Creek neighbors.
This residence avoids fitting neatly into any category represented by nearby residential, mixed-use and retail buildings, though it playfully interacts with all of them.
With a subtle exterior palette of glass, clear cedar and zinc, designed to reflect rather than subdue its surroundings, and a bevy of windows carefully placed to capture views, this urban abode seems content to sit back and let nature—with some input from city lights—take the upper-hand in decorating.
Interior spaces that work hard (and well) with a difficult lot—Highly functional living spaces were coaxed out of a very narrow parcel by vertically zoning all activities and giving outdoor access at every level. The street level holds public spaces: arrival (via a perforated steel bridge over a terrace and through a courtyard), formal living and entertaining. Off the kitchen, a detached garage provides a backdrop for a second outdoor court. Informal living and guest and teen rooms occupy the lower level, focused on a glass wall overlooking the terrace. Bedrooms for the adults and youngest child, plus the laundry, are located on level two, anchored by a study overlooking a double-height, south-facing glass wall and interior bridge structure. The top floor is a destination, offering a studio space among the trees and a rooftop terrace with contemplative vistas of downtown and Pikes Peak.
An architectural celebration—Reflecting the owners’ Modernist sensibility, both formally and materially, this tailor-made home celebrates the architectural process and offers a daily reminder of the diligence and craft of that pursuit.
This residence avoids fitting neatly into any category represented by nearby residential, mixed-use and retail buildings, though it playfully interacts with all of them.
With a subtle exterior palette of glass, clear cedar and zinc, designed to reflect rather than subdue its surroundings, and a bevy of windows carefully placed to capture views, this urban abode seems content to sit back and let nature—with some input from city lights—take the upper-hand in decorating.
Interior spaces that work hard (and well) with a difficult lot—Highly functional living spaces were coaxed out of a very narrow parcel by vertically zoning all activities and giving outdoor access at every level. The street level holds public spaces: arrival (via a perforated steel bridge over a terrace and through a courtyard), formal living and entertaining. Off the kitchen, a detached garage provides a backdrop for a second outdoor court. Informal living and guest and teen rooms occupy the lower level, focused on a glass wall overlooking the terrace. Bedrooms for the adults and youngest child, plus the laundry, are located on level two, anchored by a study overlooking a double-height, south-facing glass wall and interior bridge structure. The top floor is a destination, offering a studio space among the trees and a rooftop terrace with contemplative vistas of downtown and Pikes Peak.
An architectural celebration—Reflecting the owners’ Modernist sensibility, both formally and materially, this tailor-made home celebrates the architectural process and offers a daily reminder of the diligence and craft of that pursuit.
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Image Credit:Frank Ooms/Ooms Design
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Humphries Poli Architects, P.C.
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: S.A. Miro, Inc.; Electrical/M
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Casas de Rio Grande Senior Housing
Location: Del Norte, Colo.
Client: Colorado Rural Housing Development
Description:
The senior housing project is located in rural southern Colorado in the town of Del Norte, population 1,569. Colorado Rural Housing Development and HUD funded the project for low-income elderly residents in the region. Prior to the project’s completion, the resident waiting list was 90 percent filled.
The primary goal was to create a building that promoted resident interaction and a sense of community, while also giving each resident a unique and private space. A starting point was an efficient and cost-effective building type—a rectangular building with a double-loaded corridor. To promote the development of a sense of community among the residents, the architects conceptualized the corridor as a street, essentially creating an urban condition in which there are many opportunities for interaction and casual conversation. To grant each resident a sense of privacy and individuality, the architects shifted the two halves of the building to allow the entrances of each unit as much individual “frontage” to the street as possible, also giving each unit natural light from both sides. This design allowed the unit entrances to act as a filter between the unit and street, to evoke the sense of a porch and to give the occupants an individual sense of place along the street.
The building was layered so that it gradually opens and closes from public to private spaces. The interior of the 490-sq.-ft. units was organized around a central accent wall to provide one more layer to the street and create a private retreat for the sleeping area. The extension of the building’s halves created two exterior open yards along the street. CMU storage areas bounded one yard, creating a community courtyard for the residents.
Through layering, filtering and extension, the building itself facilitates an atmosphere of community and individuality, both important aspects for a healthily environment for a community of elders.
The primary goal was to create a building that promoted resident interaction and a sense of community, while also giving each resident a unique and private space. A starting point was an efficient and cost-effective building type—a rectangular building with a double-loaded corridor. To promote the development of a sense of community among the residents, the architects conceptualized the corridor as a street, essentially creating an urban condition in which there are many opportunities for interaction and casual conversation. To grant each resident a sense of privacy and individuality, the architects shifted the two halves of the building to allow the entrances of each unit as much individual “frontage” to the street as possible, also giving each unit natural light from both sides. This design allowed the unit entrances to act as a filter between the unit and street, to evoke the sense of a porch and to give the occupants an individual sense of place along the street.
The building was layered so that it gradually opens and closes from public to private spaces. The interior of the 490-sq.-ft. units was organized around a central accent wall to provide one more layer to the street and create a private retreat for the sleeping area. The extension of the building’s halves created two exterior open yards along the street. CMU storage areas bounded one yard, creating a community courtyard for the residents.
Through layering, filtering and extension, the building itself facilitates an atmosphere of community and individuality, both important aspects for a healthily environment for a community of elders.
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Image Credit:Tectograph
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Faleide Architects, P.C.
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: RNF Consultants; Electrical/M
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: The Granby Library
Location: Granby, Colo.
Client: Grand County Library District
Description:
A new form for traditional notions—Following the nationally reported June 4, 2004, bulldozer rampage of local Marvin Heemeyer destroyed the old library in Granby, Colorado, a new 10,800-sq.-ft. facility was designed for this unassuming mountain town that is 85 miles from Denver.
The Granby Library is a distinguished landmark that deftly combines contemporary aesthetics with local materials and historic forms, while taking advantage of the abundant Colorado light. Additionally, it signals the town's resilience and determination to cultivate good from destruction.
The library’s interplay of tall, shed-like forms derives from the area’s history of agriculture and ranching, wherein long, sloping sheds provide economical protection from snow. Two prominent “sheds,” oppositely angled, create a balanced composition that bestows equal attention to the town’s new Civic District and the long vistas to the west. Also, the wedges echo the surrounding mountains and even suggest the ramps of the skateboard park where the library was built.
Highly functional, graceful interior spaces—The interior of the library is designed to function efficiently in addition to providing a graceful setting. A highly transparent, centrally located staff area allows the entire facility to be monitored by a single librarian—a very real scenario in a small town.
Inside, the sloping ceilings playfully relate to the size of select areas’ users. The children’s section is harbored under a low, protective wing from which the ceiling “grows” into teen and then adult areas. A stone fireplace in the midst invites lingering over a new-found book or an old favorite.
Keeping it green—Sustainable measures are incorporated throughout. Glass walls and clerestory windows allow natural light to flood the library interior; the double pane, low-emission glazing, along with strategically located fritted glass, blocks excessive heat gain. Heating is handled primarily by a hydronic, in-floor system, while operable windows and an overhead door allow natural cooling in addition to an evaporative cooler that operates during summer months. Low-flow fixtures inside and native plantings outside minimize water use.
Embracing its public and civic roles—The Granby Library’s relationship to the Civic District is emphasized by the location of its primary entrance and the community room along the district’s amphitheatre and by the large expanses of glass that invite the public in to read or browse.
Envisioned as a sort of living room for the community, the community room’s overhead door allows events to spill into the civic area outside while drawing in passers-by. Its brick-masonry base proclaims its civic role; lap siding and shingles, its rural setting.
Focus on the community’s needs—The architects conducted focus group meetings with the public, library staff, library board and the building advisory committee. Additional input was gathered by teachers in the public schools and by focus groups involving high school seniors, mothers of preschoolers and other specialized groups. The resulting ideas presented to the design team were highly imaginative and as many of these were incorporated into the final design as was reasonably possible.
The Granby Library is a distinguished landmark that deftly combines contemporary aesthetics with local materials and historic forms, while taking advantage of the abundant Colorado light. Additionally, it signals the town's resilience and determination to cultivate good from destruction.
The library’s interplay of tall, shed-like forms derives from the area’s history of agriculture and ranching, wherein long, sloping sheds provide economical protection from snow. Two prominent “sheds,” oppositely angled, create a balanced composition that bestows equal attention to the town’s new Civic District and the long vistas to the west. Also, the wedges echo the surrounding mountains and even suggest the ramps of the skateboard park where the library was built.
Highly functional, graceful interior spaces—The interior of the library is designed to function efficiently in addition to providing a graceful setting. A highly transparent, centrally located staff area allows the entire facility to be monitored by a single librarian—a very real scenario in a small town.
Inside, the sloping ceilings playfully relate to the size of select areas’ users. The children’s section is harbored under a low, protective wing from which the ceiling “grows” into teen and then adult areas. A stone fireplace in the midst invites lingering over a new-found book or an old favorite.
Keeping it green—Sustainable measures are incorporated throughout. Glass walls and clerestory windows allow natural light to flood the library interior; the double pane, low-emission glazing, along with strategically located fritted glass, blocks excessive heat gain. Heating is handled primarily by a hydronic, in-floor system, while operable windows and an overhead door allow natural cooling in addition to an evaporative cooler that operates during summer months. Low-flow fixtures inside and native plantings outside minimize water use.
Embracing its public and civic roles—The Granby Library’s relationship to the Civic District is emphasized by the location of its primary entrance and the community room along the district’s amphitheatre and by the large expanses of glass that invite the public in to read or browse.
Envisioned as a sort of living room for the community, the community room’s overhead door allows events to spill into the civic area outside while drawing in passers-by. Its brick-masonry base proclaims its civic role; lap siding and shingles, its rural setting.
Focus on the community’s needs—The architects conducted focus group meetings with the public, library staff, library board and the building advisory committee. Additional input was gathered by teachers in the public schools and by focus groups involving high school seniors, mothers of preschoolers and other specialized groups. The resulting ideas presented to the design team were highly imaginative and as many of these were incorporated into the final design as was reasonably possible.
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Image Credit:Ed LaCasse/LaCasse Photography
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Humphries Poli Architects, P.C. and James K. Pool Architects
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: JVA, Inc.; Electrical/Mechani
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Littleton Church of Christ
Location: Centennial, Colo.
Client: Littleton Church of Christ
Description:
A comprehensive, master-planning and programming process provided the leaders of the Littleton Church of Christ with the ability to make strategic decisions about the future growth of the congregation’s campus. The site itself was not the drawback; from the beginning, the design team realized the hilltop property’s tremendous asset to the congregation was its commanding views of the Front Range, specifically Mt. Evans. The existing structure, however, had three key drawbacks that were not allowing the congregation to better utilize its location:
1. Lack of a welcoming first impression. The existing structure’s main entrance was not visible from the main thoroughfare, Colorado Boulevard. From the street, the building was completely surrounded by parking lots, creating unnecessary disconnection and isolation of the large and expansive lawn areas around the property.
2. The building’s complete disregard of the views from the site. The design was introverted, sharply conflicting with the congregation’s desire to reach out to the community.
3. A building layout that presented a confusing and disconnected circulation path to members and visitors alike.
Phase two focused on a new entry addressing the street, expansion of spaces for children and youth and development of additional parking. The 26,165-sq.-ft. expansion is spread out on two floors and a partial basement. It includes the main entry and lobby area, 13 classrooms, two children’s theatres, a children’s library, nursery/daycare and a suite of classrooms and common spaces for youth. These were achieved within a tight budget of $152/square foot.
Phase three (54,000 sq. ft.) will concentrate on a 1,000-seat auditorium, adult classrooms, administration, a community food bank, kitchen, outdoor amphitheater as well as lawn areas for church and community events and more parking. The only remaining component of the original building, the auditorium, will be converted into a gymnasium/flex space that establishes an informal gathering space for the entire community.
During the planning and design of phase two, great consideration was given to the “final connection” not only to the existing spaces but more importantly to the future spaces in phase three. The high portion of the lobby will be stretched west towards the dramatic, distant views of the Front Range and Mt. Evans Peak. At the same time, the walls grow closer, tightening the aperture and highlighting the connection between heaven and earth. “The Wedge” is the vertical white element supporting the cross along the north side of the main entry. It will play a pivotal role in joining phases two and three by becoming the visual and physical anchor where both phases of construction will meet seamlessly.
Great efforts were made by the design team to break down the scale of the building by creating small shifts in plane and keeping well-proportioned massing changes. The fenestration of the building was intended to be varied and unique in order to improve on the building’s image—though the primary use and function of the expansion is educational, the team kept it from becoming a stereotypical school building; instead, it has an abstractly theological feel to it.
A steel and polygal canopy reaches out to the street and draws the eye back to the main entry while providing a sheltered walkway from the drop-off area to the front door. The lobby provides two different experiences: first, the soaring vertical entry space creates an upward focus to the heavens, while the second is a distinctly horizontal movement created by lowering a portion of the ceiling to form a more intimate conversation area of the lobby.
1. Lack of a welcoming first impression. The existing structure’s main entrance was not visible from the main thoroughfare, Colorado Boulevard. From the street, the building was completely surrounded by parking lots, creating unnecessary disconnection and isolation of the large and expansive lawn areas around the property.
2. The building’s complete disregard of the views from the site. The design was introverted, sharply conflicting with the congregation’s desire to reach out to the community.
3. A building layout that presented a confusing and disconnected circulation path to members and visitors alike.
Phase two focused on a new entry addressing the street, expansion of spaces for children and youth and development of additional parking. The 26,165-sq.-ft. expansion is spread out on two floors and a partial basement. It includes the main entry and lobby area, 13 classrooms, two children’s theatres, a children’s library, nursery/daycare and a suite of classrooms and common spaces for youth. These were achieved within a tight budget of $152/square foot.
Phase three (54,000 sq. ft.) will concentrate on a 1,000-seat auditorium, adult classrooms, administration, a community food bank, kitchen, outdoor amphitheater as well as lawn areas for church and community events and more parking. The only remaining component of the original building, the auditorium, will be converted into a gymnasium/flex space that establishes an informal gathering space for the entire community.
During the planning and design of phase two, great consideration was given to the “final connection” not only to the existing spaces but more importantly to the future spaces in phase three. The high portion of the lobby will be stretched west towards the dramatic, distant views of the Front Range and Mt. Evans Peak. At the same time, the walls grow closer, tightening the aperture and highlighting the connection between heaven and earth. “The Wedge” is the vertical white element supporting the cross along the north side of the main entry. It will play a pivotal role in joining phases two and three by becoming the visual and physical anchor where both phases of construction will meet seamlessly.
Great efforts were made by the design team to break down the scale of the building by creating small shifts in plane and keeping well-proportioned massing changes. The fenestration of the building was intended to be varied and unique in order to improve on the building’s image—though the primary use and function of the expansion is educational, the team kept it from becoming a stereotypical school building; instead, it has an abstractly theological feel to it.
A steel and polygal canopy reaches out to the street and draws the eye back to the main entry while providing a sheltered walkway from the drop-off area to the front door. The lobby provides two different experiences: first, the soaring vertical entry space creates an upward focus to the heavens, while the second is a distinctly horizontal movement created by lowering a portion of the ceiling to form a more intimate conversation area of the lobby.
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Image Credit:Ron Pollard
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: The McGlamery Structural Grou
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Merchants Row
Location: Denver
Client: Curtis Park Investors Group
Description:
Process—In 2002 the National Trust for Historic Preservation ranked historic neighborhoods as one of its top “endangered sites” in America. The Curtis Park neighborhood of Denver has provided a unique model for fighting the political and cultural mechanisms that contribute to this destruction of the historic fabric.
When residents learned of a plan to build an apartment complex on a small lot, they pooled resources and expertise to form an investor group that purchased the land and secured a construction loan by putting their own homes up for collateral.
Recognizing that only those people affected by an environment have any right to its determination, this group of more than 20 residents set out to design and construct a project they felt to be more congruent with the scale and character of their neighborhood. Members of the neighborhood group include an attorney, accountant, architect, city planner, historian, real estate broker and several members of the building trades. The group appreciates the participatory actions of land acquisition and financing, political organizing, selection of professional engineers and contractors and, ultimately, constructing the project as components in the larger process of community building.
This model of community empowerment, from making very difficult decisions regarding profit versus density to working within a political system, generates a sense of pride and accomplishment as the neighborhood group witnessed the emergence of a cultural enterprise they helped shape with their own hands and ideas.
The first development effort, Champa Terrace, was completed in 2004 and sold out in just more than one month. The development model allows members of the group to invest in their own community by purchasing shares of the development company at $5,000 each. Participants of CPIG, Curtis Park Investors Group, realized a 65 percent return on their investment while benefiting from increased property values after the completion of the project.
The group decided to rollover its profits from this first effort into a second project called Merchants Row Brownstones. The group has now grown to more than 40 neighbors and this six-unit townhouse project was built for $2.5 million. The group is currently looking for a third project to take on.
Project Description—Modeled after the New York brownstone prototype, each unit’s main entry faces the street. Unit sizes range form 1,700 sq. ft. to 2,200 sq. ft. and include three bedrooms and three and one-half baths. Each residence can function as a live-work unit. They include a street-fronting walkout basement, perfect for a home office or “granny flat,” and a two-car garage. Also, large terraces and balconies provide downtown and mountain views.
On the exterior the primary feature of the contemporary design is a modern interpretation of an historic bay. Located in a historic district, guidelines require that all façades have “punched” window openings; however, the Design Review Board approved a three-story mullionless curtain wall because the pattern of both frosted and clear glass matches the proportions of historic homes in the district. Stepped out from the façade, side windows frame views down the Champa Street corridor to the heart of downtown. At night the translucent bays glow, activating the street with vitality.
Contemporary interiors feature a three-story light shaft topped by a skylight. Glass bridges span the atrium in the 26th Street units. Finishes include bamboo flooring, Richlite countertops, stainless steel appliances, Wet sinks and tubs, solid core doors, Berber wool-blend carpet, Trex decking and smooth-finish drywall throughout.
The design team utilized a fully integrated Building Information Modeling (BIM) process in order to coordinate all systems and structure. The ability to walk subcontractors through a “virtual” model brought subcontractor bids down almost one-third in some areas.
When residents learned of a plan to build an apartment complex on a small lot, they pooled resources and expertise to form an investor group that purchased the land and secured a construction loan by putting their own homes up for collateral.
Recognizing that only those people affected by an environment have any right to its determination, this group of more than 20 residents set out to design and construct a project they felt to be more congruent with the scale and character of their neighborhood. Members of the neighborhood group include an attorney, accountant, architect, city planner, historian, real estate broker and several members of the building trades. The group appreciates the participatory actions of land acquisition and financing, political organizing, selection of professional engineers and contractors and, ultimately, constructing the project as components in the larger process of community building.
This model of community empowerment, from making very difficult decisions regarding profit versus density to working within a political system, generates a sense of pride and accomplishment as the neighborhood group witnessed the emergence of a cultural enterprise they helped shape with their own hands and ideas.
The first development effort, Champa Terrace, was completed in 2004 and sold out in just more than one month. The development model allows members of the group to invest in their own community by purchasing shares of the development company at $5,000 each. Participants of CPIG, Curtis Park Investors Group, realized a 65 percent return on their investment while benefiting from increased property values after the completion of the project.
The group decided to rollover its profits from this first effort into a second project called Merchants Row Brownstones. The group has now grown to more than 40 neighbors and this six-unit townhouse project was built for $2.5 million. The group is currently looking for a third project to take on.
Project Description—Modeled after the New York brownstone prototype, each unit’s main entry faces the street. Unit sizes range form 1,700 sq. ft. to 2,200 sq. ft. and include three bedrooms and three and one-half baths. Each residence can function as a live-work unit. They include a street-fronting walkout basement, perfect for a home office or “granny flat,” and a two-car garage. Also, large terraces and balconies provide downtown and mountain views.
On the exterior the primary feature of the contemporary design is a modern interpretation of an historic bay. Located in a historic district, guidelines require that all façades have “punched” window openings; however, the Design Review Board approved a three-story mullionless curtain wall because the pattern of both frosted and clear glass matches the proportions of historic homes in the district. Stepped out from the façade, side windows frame views down the Champa Street corridor to the heart of downtown. At night the translucent bays glow, activating the street with vitality.
Contemporary interiors feature a three-story light shaft topped by a skylight. Glass bridges span the atrium in the 26th Street units. Finishes include bamboo flooring, Richlite countertops, stainless steel appliances, Wet sinks and tubs, solid core doors, Berber wool-blend carpet, Trex decking and smooth-finish drywall throughout.
The design team utilized a fully integrated Building Information Modeling (BIM) process in order to coordinate all systems and structure. The ability to walk subcontractors through a “virtual” model brought subcontractor bids down almost one-third in some areas.
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Image Credit:David Carnicelli
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: In Situ Design
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: Studio NYL; Electrical Engine
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Vail Mountain School
Location: Vail, Colo.
Client: Vail Mountain School
Description:
The evolution of Vail Mountain School parallels that of the ski town itself. The opening of a new ski resort in Vail in December 1962 created a fledgling population of less than 100 people in the town. Parents took action and opened Vail Country Day in October 1962, making it the oldest institution in the Vail Valley. During its reaccredidation with the Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS), in 1998 the leadership of Vail Mountain School decided to significantly expand its educational program and increase enrollment to accommodate 325 students.
A central theme for Vail Mountain School was to create a warm and friendly sense of place for the students. For many years students have referred to the school as a “home away from home.” A keystone for the design solution was the plan organization; a plan that maximized building area on a limited site and respected the patterns of a traditional home.
The plan arrangement presents student gathering areas and public-use spaces along the south-facing “community edge” of the site and protects the academic spaces on the neighborhood side of the site, away from the obtrusive noise of I-70. The design team strived to connect exterior spaces with interior spaces and expand the learning areas to the surrounding environment. Classrooms are clustered (to promote inter-age learning) around small protective courtyards allowing diffused natural light to enter into classroom spaces.
The main entry and commons—the heart of the school—is a centrally located gathering area for students and is designed to accommodate multiple uses. The library is designed to meet the needs of a lower-school student as well as the college-bound senior. The lower-school reading area is an intimate space, while seniors have independent work stations along the central hall outside the library and adjacent to the commons. A main stair, adjacent to the commons, allows students vertical movement within the building and promotes sought-after interactions found within a home. The fireplace serves as a focal point within the commons, demarcating the extended library space from the general assembly space. For community use, the commons is used as a pre-function space for the auditorium. The auditorium is designed to support multiple types of performances (from the voice of a kindergarten student to the robust sound of a premier musical performance) and is used throughout the year for various community events.
The building vernacular embraces material typology associated with “mountain architecture” and implements the use of indigenous materials such as rough-sawn cedar board and Colorado moss stone with timber and copper accents. Local stone creates the building base, allowing the board and batten siding to accentuate the texture of the exterior walls, while the use of color reinforces the elements of the building composition. The dining hall is designed with large expansive windows and extended overhangs to capture the view of dramatic Booth Falls to the south and the extended down-valley views to the west.
A central theme for Vail Mountain School was to create a warm and friendly sense of place for the students. For many years students have referred to the school as a “home away from home.” A keystone for the design solution was the plan organization; a plan that maximized building area on a limited site and respected the patterns of a traditional home.
The plan arrangement presents student gathering areas and public-use spaces along the south-facing “community edge” of the site and protects the academic spaces on the neighborhood side of the site, away from the obtrusive noise of I-70. The design team strived to connect exterior spaces with interior spaces and expand the learning areas to the surrounding environment. Classrooms are clustered (to promote inter-age learning) around small protective courtyards allowing diffused natural light to enter into classroom spaces.
The main entry and commons—the heart of the school—is a centrally located gathering area for students and is designed to accommodate multiple uses. The library is designed to meet the needs of a lower-school student as well as the college-bound senior. The lower-school reading area is an intimate space, while seniors have independent work stations along the central hall outside the library and adjacent to the commons. A main stair, adjacent to the commons, allows students vertical movement within the building and promotes sought-after interactions found within a home. The fireplace serves as a focal point within the commons, demarcating the extended library space from the general assembly space. For community use, the commons is used as a pre-function space for the auditorium. The auditorium is designed to support multiple types of performances (from the voice of a kindergarten student to the robust sound of a premier musical performance) and is used throughout the year for various community events.
The building vernacular embraces material typology associated with “mountain architecture” and implements the use of indigenous materials such as rough-sawn cedar board and Colorado moss stone with timber and copper accents. Local stone creates the building base, allowing the board and batten siding to accentuate the texture of the exterior walls, while the use of color reinforces the elements of the building composition. The dining hall is designed with large expansive windows and extended overhangs to capture the view of dramatic Booth Falls to the south and the extended down-valley views to the west.
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Image Credit:James H. Berchert Photography
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: klipp
General Contractor: Contractor Name: Structural Engineer: JVA, Inc.; E
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Unbuilt Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Playa Blanca Wildlife Interpretive Center
Location: Colorado
Client: Colorado Division of Wildlife
Description:
The San Luis Valley, located in south-central Colorado, consists of seven counties within a 150-by-45-mile-wide area, running north to south. It is considered to be the world's largest high-elevation valley. The semi-arid desert valley floor, perched at an elevation of 7,600 ft., averages less than 6” of rainfall per year and is completely ringed by the majestic San Juan and Sangre de Christo mountains, more than 13,000 ft. high. The valley is a high-mountain, desert valley characterized by high evaporation rates, moderate winds, cold winters, moderate summer temperatures, and abundant sunshine. The local economy is based on irrigation agriculture, tourism, commercial livestock production and mining.
Water in the San Luis Valley, essential for agriculture, wildlife and the quality-of-life it brings to the communities that have grown around these precious natural resources, is a defining issue for this place. As written by Jim Hughes of the Denver Post in his article, Emotions Run Deep in the Valley, “’Sin agua no hay vida.’ Without water, there is no life.”
The Playa Blanca State Wildlife Area provides viewable wildlife opportunities for both sophisticated and novice bird watchers. An existing Native Aquatic Species Restoration Hatchery on site provides aqua culture operations and serves as the current public interface for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. This project set forth to define a new visitor facility to relieve the hatchery of this function and to provide a more focused effort in providing information and education related to the cultural history of the valley and the role of water in the region.
The site is flat and includes areas of playa wetlands, natural and man-made ponds, and an agricultural area on the northern edge. Rock Creek traverses the southern end of the site, and natural vegetation includes Upland Sage and Chico. The playas and natural wetland areas experience dry periods during the year, while the man-made ponds (created as part of the discharge system from the nearby hatchery operation) are wet year-round. The soil on the site has high alkali content, with the visible white salt on the ground promoting the name Playa Blanca.
A location along the northeastern edge of an existing man-made pond was considered an appropriate site for the building. With a limited budget anticipated to fund design, construction and operation for the facility, an efficient floor plan and reserved image was derived for this modest, yet engaging building. An east-west axis and two intersecting planes organize the building program. The building bridges playa and water as it moves from east to west. The building axis offers an outdoor Ramada to the east and a contemplative, interior viewing blind to the west, projected onto the pond. The intersecting planes extend beyond the interior environment to form outdoor spaces, entry nodes and protective screens against late-day sun, prevailing winds and disturbance of wildlife inhabiting the ponds.
The character of this expansive landscape, the movement of the sun, the gusting of the wind and the physical presence of wildlife serve as inspiration for evolving a proposition that promotes reciprocity between the indoor and outdoor environments. As abstract planes and volumes in the landscape, the building becomes a sculpture within the wildlife area. This intervention serves to engage and celebrate the valley.
Water in the San Luis Valley, essential for agriculture, wildlife and the quality-of-life it brings to the communities that have grown around these precious natural resources, is a defining issue for this place. As written by Jim Hughes of the Denver Post in his article, Emotions Run Deep in the Valley, “’Sin agua no hay vida.’ Without water, there is no life.”
The Playa Blanca State Wildlife Area provides viewable wildlife opportunities for both sophisticated and novice bird watchers. An existing Native Aquatic Species Restoration Hatchery on site provides aqua culture operations and serves as the current public interface for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. This project set forth to define a new visitor facility to relieve the hatchery of this function and to provide a more focused effort in providing information and education related to the cultural history of the valley and the role of water in the region.
The site is flat and includes areas of playa wetlands, natural and man-made ponds, and an agricultural area on the northern edge. Rock Creek traverses the southern end of the site, and natural vegetation includes Upland Sage and Chico. The playas and natural wetland areas experience dry periods during the year, while the man-made ponds (created as part of the discharge system from the nearby hatchery operation) are wet year-round. The soil on the site has high alkali content, with the visible white salt on the ground promoting the name Playa Blanca.
A location along the northeastern edge of an existing man-made pond was considered an appropriate site for the building. With a limited budget anticipated to fund design, construction and operation for the facility, an efficient floor plan and reserved image was derived for this modest, yet engaging building. An east-west axis and two intersecting planes organize the building program. The building bridges playa and water as it moves from east to west. The building axis offers an outdoor Ramada to the east and a contemplative, interior viewing blind to the west, projected onto the pond. The intersecting planes extend beyond the interior environment to form outdoor spaces, entry nodes and protective screens against late-day sun, prevailing winds and disturbance of wildlife inhabiting the ponds.
The character of this expansive landscape, the movement of the sun, the gusting of the wind and the physical presence of wildlife serve as inspiration for evolving a proposition that promotes reciprocity between the indoor and outdoor environments. As abstract planes and volumes in the landscape, the building becomes a sculpture within the wildlife area. This intervention serves to engage and celebrate the valley.
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Image Credit:Anderson Mason Dale Architects, P.C.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Anderson Mason Dale Architects, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Colorado Springs Utilities Laboratory
Location: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Client: Colorado Springs Utilities
Description:
Special Recognition Type: Sustainability
As the first LEED® Silver-certified laboratory in Colorado, this lab is a model, both operationally and aesthetically, for future green laboratories in Colorado. Due to critical operational requirements, labs typically consume five times the energy of comparably sized office buildings. The design team was challenged with creating a leading-edge facility that consolidated the utilities’ employees and its laboratory functions into a highly energy efficient environment.
The facility design integrates sustainability with meaningful design elements to create a healthy and pleasant workplace. The building is oriented so that the longest axis runs east-west, maximizing daylighting to the north and passive solar heat gain to the south (controlled in summer months by sunscreens). Material for the precast skin was locally acquired and manufactured, creating a face of natural beauty that provides structure and thermal mass. Low-emission glass with a low-shading coefficient is incorporated throughout.
Daylighting is a key feature of the design. A three-story light well bisects the 300-ft. long axis, bringing daylight deep into the building. The strong emphasis on daylighting results in 90 percent of the occupants having views to the outside. With lighting crucial to efficient lab operations, a high-efficiency system of compact fluorescents, task lighting and T-5 direct/indirect fixtures provides artificial light at an overall lighting load of only 1.14 watts per square foot. Automatic light sensors reduce light energy consumption by 25 percent.
The interior design is meant to be a metaphor of water purity. Stacked patterns in the marmoleum flooring emulate aquifers; curved walls and glazing finishes replicate water flow; metal grillwork in the handrails represent filtration processes; and water bubble-inspired light diffusers hang over the three-story light well, providing striking visual interest and a sense of scale to the area. Low-VOC paints and sustainable materials were used throughout, including wheat board cabinetry, bamboo finishes and recycled glass wall tiles.
The use of low-flow fume hoods in the lab spaces provides three additional energy- and cost-saving opportunities. Reduction in air flow reduces the overall size of the HVAC system. This, in turn, allows all the ducts to be smaller sized, providing construction cost savings. Thirdly, the entire system, because of its smaller size, uses 40 percent less energy than a traditional lab’s HVAC system.
Significant water savings are provided by the use of waterless urinals, water conserving appliances and low-water-usage landscaping. The site includes a visitor courtyard with parking and an outdoor employee area screened with native greenery. Water treatment ponds, planted with cottonwood trees for natural water treatment, are included in the parking areas in lieu of median islands. Landscaping is irrigated with gray water provided by the adjacent water treatment plant. The energy and water conservation measures will save Colorado Springs Utilities almost $50,000 annually in utility costs, compared to its previous facilities. The energy savings is anticipated to displace 964,700 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.
The combination of LEED® strategies applied to this building will result in the following utility savings:
- 26 percent on annual energy usage
- 30 percent on energy bills
- 44 percent on water bills for plumbing fixtures
- 55 percent on non-potable water bills for exterior landscaping
- 58 percent of construction waste diverted from landfills through recycling.
As the first LEED® Silver-certified laboratory in Colorado, this lab is a model, both operationally and aesthetically, for future green laboratories in Colorado. Due to critical operational requirements, labs typically consume five times the energy of comparably sized office buildings. The design team was challenged with creating a leading-edge facility that consolidated the utilities’ employees and its laboratory functions into a highly energy efficient environment.
The facility design integrates sustainability with meaningful design elements to create a healthy and pleasant workplace. The building is oriented so that the longest axis runs east-west, maximizing daylighting to the north and passive solar heat gain to the south (controlled in summer months by sunscreens). Material for the precast skin was locally acquired and manufactured, creating a face of natural beauty that provides structure and thermal mass. Low-emission glass with a low-shading coefficient is incorporated throughout.
Daylighting is a key feature of the design. A three-story light well bisects the 300-ft. long axis, bringing daylight deep into the building. The strong emphasis on daylighting results in 90 percent of the occupants having views to the outside. With lighting crucial to efficient lab operations, a high-efficiency system of compact fluorescents, task lighting and T-5 direct/indirect fixtures provides artificial light at an overall lighting load of only 1.14 watts per square foot. Automatic light sensors reduce light energy consumption by 25 percent.
The interior design is meant to be a metaphor of water purity. Stacked patterns in the marmoleum flooring emulate aquifers; curved walls and glazing finishes replicate water flow; metal grillwork in the handrails represent filtration processes; and water bubble-inspired light diffusers hang over the three-story light well, providing striking visual interest and a sense of scale to the area. Low-VOC paints and sustainable materials were used throughout, including wheat board cabinetry, bamboo finishes and recycled glass wall tiles.
The use of low-flow fume hoods in the lab spaces provides three additional energy- and cost-saving opportunities. Reduction in air flow reduces the overall size of the HVAC system. This, in turn, allows all the ducts to be smaller sized, providing construction cost savings. Thirdly, the entire system, because of its smaller size, uses 40 percent less energy than a traditional lab’s HVAC system.
Significant water savings are provided by the use of waterless urinals, water conserving appliances and low-water-usage landscaping. The site includes a visitor courtyard with parking and an outdoor employee area screened with native greenery. Water treatment ponds, planted with cottonwood trees for natural water treatment, are included in the parking areas in lieu of median islands. Landscaping is irrigated with gray water provided by the adjacent water treatment plant. The energy and water conservation measures will save Colorado Springs Utilities almost $50,000 annually in utility costs, compared to its previous facilities. The energy savings is anticipated to displace 964,700 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.
The combination of LEED® strategies applied to this building will result in the following utility savings:
- 26 percent on annual energy usage
- 30 percent on energy bills
- 44 percent on water bills for plumbing fixtures
- 55 percent on non-potable water bills for exterior landscaping
- 58 percent of construction waste diverted from landfills through recycling.
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Image Credit:Ron Pollard and Ed LaCasse
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Architect: RNL; Local Architect: Colorado Architectural Partnership
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: HCDA Engineering; Electrical
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Solar Village
Location: Longmont, Colo.
Client: Solar Village LLC
Description:
Special Recognition Type: Sustainability
Program—Off of a noisy state highway, this is the first-to-be-built building at the entrance to the mixed-use main street district of a new urbanist neighborhood designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk.
The vision for the project is to poetically meet the urban design challenges of a building that establishes a main street while also creating a solar-powered, mixed-use and liveable environment that exemplifies sustainable construction, solar access and energy conservation. Zoning calls for three stories with residential uses over commercial. This privately funded spec development must work economically in a conservative, small-town residential real estate market.
Solution—A common problem to new urbanist neighborhoods is how front-on interface with large highways or urban arterials. This project addresses the highway façade as a third, front property line—a deviation from the original town plan. This additional building wing also protects the residential courtyard from the noisy highway.
Organized in a “U” configuration, the project has three urban front façades and opens south to the winter sun.
As the first residential project in a currently exposed location, the design provides a diverse, poetic and in some ways “complete” environment that can be inhabited and experienced in many different ways. Aesthetically, the goal is to avoid cliché and to stimulate curiosity, exploration, experience and interpretation.
Most of the residential units receive passive solar gains from the south and have south-facing outdoor terraces. Radiant floors and hot water are provided by solar panels on a serrated roof. Photovoltaic panels are used in sunshades over south-facing windows. Buildings are super-insulated and most materials are low-toxic, durable and from sustainable sources. All parking is concealed on site and away from commercial sidewalks. Brick façades provide a sense of weight and color familiar to main streets in Colorado towns and mitigate highway noise.
Program—Off of a noisy state highway, this is the first-to-be-built building at the entrance to the mixed-use main street district of a new urbanist neighborhood designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk.
The vision for the project is to poetically meet the urban design challenges of a building that establishes a main street while also creating a solar-powered, mixed-use and liveable environment that exemplifies sustainable construction, solar access and energy conservation. Zoning calls for three stories with residential uses over commercial. This privately funded spec development must work economically in a conservative, small-town residential real estate market.
Solution—A common problem to new urbanist neighborhoods is how front-on interface with large highways or urban arterials. This project addresses the highway façade as a third, front property line—a deviation from the original town plan. This additional building wing also protects the residential courtyard from the noisy highway.
Organized in a “U” configuration, the project has three urban front façades and opens south to the winter sun.
As the first residential project in a currently exposed location, the design provides a diverse, poetic and in some ways “complete” environment that can be inhabited and experienced in many different ways. Aesthetically, the goal is to avoid cliché and to stimulate curiosity, exploration, experience and interpretation.
Most of the residential units receive passive solar gains from the south and have south-facing outdoor terraces. Radiant floors and hot water are provided by solar panels on a serrated roof. Photovoltaic panels are used in sunshades over south-facing windows. Buildings are super-insulated and most materials are low-toxic, durable and from sustainable sources. All parking is concealed on site and away from commercial sidewalks. Brick façades provide a sense of weight and color familiar to main streets in Colorado towns and mitigate highway noise.
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Image Credit:Mark Sink
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Michael Tavel Architects with Solar Village LLC
General Contractor: Structural Engineer: Stephen Pendergrast & Associa
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: AIA Denver 2006 Architect of the Year
Location: Denver
Description:
This award recognizes a licensed architect and AIA member (for a minimum of five years) in Colorado “whose contribution to architecture in Colorado has been outstanding.”
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Dennis R. Humphries, AIA
Architect Info: Humphries Poli Architects, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: AIA Denver 2006 Young Architect of the Year
Location: Denver
Description:
This award recognizes a young licensed architect and AIA member in Colorado “whose contribution to architecture in Colorado has been outstanding.”
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Tania Salgado, AIA
Architect Info: RNL
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: AIA Denver 2006 Phil Milstein Award for Community Service
Location: Denver
Description:
This award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in Colorado for demonstrating exemplary achievements in community service.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Lewis I. Sharp
Architect Info: Frederic and Jan Mayer Director Denver Art Museum
Project Categories
Year: 2006
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: AIA Denver 2006 25-Year Award
Location: Denver
Description:
This award recognizes a project in Denver completed 25 to 35 years ago that has withstood the “test of time” and still functions in its original capacity.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: 16th Street Mall
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Description:
Located in Southern Colorado on the Arkansas River and at the base of the Wet Mountains, the City of Pueblo is considered an important cultural and geographical crossroads of the Southwest. The Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library is an abstraction of and careful response to this natural and cultural landscape.
The building itself is designed to be a landmark spanning across Mesa Junction, with materials such as bronze, warm toned concrete and glass in a dramatic sculptural form. Rising five stories, the library is sited above downtown Pueblo, oriented for views over the Arkansas Valley and historic downtown Pueblo to the east, as well as distant mountain views such as Pikes Peak to the north, the Wet Mountains to the west and Greenhorn and the Spanish peaks to the south.
The expansion and renovation of the 1965 McClelland Library affords the library much needed space for their growing collections and expanding community programs. In addition to the library’s 300,000 item general collection, western history and genealogy collections, there is a special news/media exhibit and several public meeting rooms.
The building itself is designed to be a landmark spanning across Mesa Junction, with materials such as bronze, warm toned concrete and glass in a dramatic sculptural form. Rising five stories, the library is sited above downtown Pueblo, oriented for views over the Arkansas Valley and historic downtown Pueblo to the east, as well as distant mountain views such as Pikes Peak to the north, the Wet Mountains to the west and Greenhorn and the Spanish peaks to the south.
The expansion and renovation of the 1965 McClelland Library affords the library much needed space for their growing collections and expanding community programs. In addition to the library’s 300,000 item general collection, western history and genealogy collections, there is a special news/media exhibit and several public meeting rooms.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Anderson Mason Dale Architects & Antoine Predock Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Unbuilt Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Rethinking the 'Big-Box' Scandinavian Designs Furniture Store
Location: N/A
Description:
Scandinavian Designs is a retail furniture store providing contemporary furnishings derived from the principle philosophies of traditional scandinavian design: deep connection to nature, natural materials and an aesthetic derived from function. By taking a whollstic design approach, these ideals and the image of the store are meshed to re-imagine the traditional 'big-box' as a more contextually and environmentally responsive building type.
Problem: The traditional retail 'big-box' building is surrounded by an endless sea of parking without any relationship or response to environment, context or the products displayed within.
Solution: Elongate and subdivide the footprint into a retail and warehouse component to create an appropriately scaled courtyard that is environmentally and contextually responsive. The courtyard is defined by a linear access drive, parking, a landscaped entry plaza and the ecologically sensitive landscape.
Problem: The traditional retail 'big-box' building is surrounded by an endless sea of parking without any relationship or response to environment, context or the products displayed within.
Solution: Elongate and subdivide the footprint into a retail and warehouse component to create an appropriately scaled courtyard that is environmentally and contextually responsive. The courtyard is defined by a linear access drive, parking, a landscaped entry plaza and the ecologically sensitive landscape.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Roth + Sheppard Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes is an outpatient clinic and research facility for children, adults and families with type I diabetes. The center is located in the very heart of the new university health sciences campus, facing the campus' central arrival green. An historic Army hospital is the organizing structure and primary precedent for all new projects on this new campus.
The building’s parti recognizes the importance of public space in the building relative to the order of the campus. A generous story gallery welcomes patients and researchers. Building massing and facades recognize the fundamental program elements of clinical space on the lower two levels, research labs on the upper two, and collaborative office suits on each end. The public facade of the Center consists of the warmth of the patient gallery, the relationship of the new center to the historic army hospital, and the iconic playfulness of a children's playroom.
A significant goal of the design of the new Center was to have an iconic image that spoke to children, to the importance of the work of the facility, and to relate to the new and growing university campus.
The building’s parti recognizes the importance of public space in the building relative to the order of the campus. A generous story gallery welcomes patients and researchers. Building massing and facades recognize the fundamental program elements of clinical space on the lower two levels, research labs on the upper two, and collaborative office suits on each end. The public facade of the Center consists of the warmth of the patient gallery, the relationship of the new center to the historic army hospital, and the iconic playfulness of a children's playroom.
A significant goal of the design of the new Center was to have an iconic image that spoke to children, to the importance of the work of the facility, and to relate to the new and growing university campus.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Cataract Ranch
Location: Colorado
Description:
The design of this single-family residence located on 36-acres within the former Cataract Creek Ranch responds directly to its surrounding natural environment and to the 360-degree views of aspens, meadows, and mountains. The house was sited to nestle up against a large forest of aspens, with the main room floating on a sea of sagebrush; taking advantage of the contrasting views of an eminence ranchland meadows and the dramatic Gore Range.
The exterior design is comprised of a carefully chosen palette of materials and colors that respond to agricultural buildings indigenous to the area and to the natural palette of aspens and sage; including deeply grooved corrugated metal panels, lead coated copper, and straight grain doug fir soffits.
The interior is almost completely clad in a horizontal tongue and groove wood, providing texture and warmth throughout. Spatially, the cabin is divided into public and private sections. The private program is comprised of smaller more intimate spaces with little hierarchy, & is stacked vertically into a 2-½-story element that relates in height to the adjacent grove of aspen. The public program is a single-story element composed of an open plan with full height doors and expanses of glass, taking advantage of passive ventilation, solar, and views. This area can be easily used as indoor or outdoor space depending on the user’s preference.
The exterior design is comprised of a carefully chosen palette of materials and colors that respond to agricultural buildings indigenous to the area and to the natural palette of aspens and sage; including deeply grooved corrugated metal panels, lead coated copper, and straight grain doug fir soffits.
The interior is almost completely clad in a horizontal tongue and groove wood, providing texture and warmth throughout. Spatially, the cabin is divided into public and private sections. The private program is comprised of smaller more intimate spaces with little hierarchy, & is stacked vertically into a 2-½-story element that relates in height to the adjacent grove of aspen. The public program is a single-story element composed of an open plan with full height doors and expanses of glass, taking advantage of passive ventilation, solar, and views. This area can be easily used as indoor or outdoor space depending on the user’s preference.
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Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, PC
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Rincon Building
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Description:
The high Colorado prairie can be a beautifully harsh place, with intense sun, high winds, dramatic storms, and amazing views. An existing concrete double tee building sat on the site, waiting to be re-appropriated, sheltered, and transformed. Much the way a lone tree provides refuge on the open plains, with its spreading leaves and underlying structure of branches and limbs, a series of interventions were carried out in transforming it into an office building, sheltering the building and injecting it with life, recognizing the old, but creating a new experience from within and without.
The changes made have created a building inspired by its location yet cognizant of its past life. Opened to the outside, yet sheltered from the elements, the project has been reintroduced to its surroundings, its new form and identity inviting new inhabitants to explore the raw concrete and the ephemeral perforated steel and glass that shroud the building.
The changes made have created a building inspired by its location yet cognizant of its past life. Opened to the outside, yet sheltered from the elements, the project has been reintroduced to its surroundings, its new form and identity inviting new inhabitants to explore the raw concrete and the ephemeral perforated steel and glass that shroud the building.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: AR7 Hoover Desmond Archtitects
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Unbuilt Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Englewood Cultural Arts Center
Location: Englewood, Colorado
Description:
The Englewood Cultural Arts Center had to be highly visible and easily accessible. The intersection of the Santa Fe transportation corridor and Highway 285 provides maximum metro-wide exposure and makes the arts center convenient for both automobile and mass transit arrival. In this location, the ECAC will be a “Billboard for the arts”. This exposure will augment the aggressive promotion of the arts that is necessary to sustain an art center’s fiscal success.
The proposed design articulates the different functions and disciplines within the center in to several clear forms and encourages diversity and interconnection of the disciplines through the use of stairs, ramps, escalators and other gathering spaces. The design also integrates artful expression and sustainability into all components and structures.
The proposed design articulates the different functions and disciplines within the center in to several clear forms and encourages diversity and interconnection of the disciplines through the use of stairs, ramps, escalators and other gathering spaces. The design also integrates artful expression and sustainability into all components and structures.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Arley Rinehart Associates - Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Denver School of Science and Technology
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) has its origins in a Challenge Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and an initiative by Colorado Governor Bill Owens. DSST is the first of four “demonstration” schools intended to serve as a model for future Colorado public schools. One of the goals of this innovative charter high school is to increase the number of underrepresented students (40% low-income and 45% female) who succeed in math and science at both the high school and post-secondary levels. As part of an urban neighborhood under development on the site of Denver’s former Stapleton airport, DSST is an integral part of Stapleton’s Master Plan, and was designed to meet the design guideline objectives for a walkable community. DSST responded to contextual and design guideline criteria in its development of the buildings parti. In response to scale and proportion, the building was designed to reflect and work with the residential scale of the neighborhood that abuts the south side of the school, across Montview Avenue.
With a limited budget, the challenge was to create an inexpensive building that was unique and dynamic yet functional. Standard building systems and materials were utilized in non-conventional ways. Entry pylons made of standard, recycled wood products were bolted together with cables and turn buckles, which provided an inexpensive way to achieve design intent as well as utilizing sustainable product.
With a limited budget, the challenge was to create an inexpensive building that was unique and dynamic yet functional. Standard building systems and materials were utilized in non-conventional ways. Entry pylons made of standard, recycled wood products were bolted together with cables and turn buckles, which provided an inexpensive way to achieve design intent as well as utilizing sustainable product.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: klipp
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Prospect Lofts
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Description:
The project sits on an important corner of Prospect New Town, near the entrance to this dynamic mixed-use community and across the street from the town green. Located just south of Longmont, Colorado, Prospect is known for its unique designs, bright colors and idiosyncratic details, as well as its walkability and strong community. It is a mixture of tightly packed houses, walk-ups, commercial and mixed-use buildings oriented towards the streets and parks. The building was designed to compliment and contrast the aesthetic sensibilities and the success of Prospect so far. A seriousness of purpose on the street with an ordered façade and restrained material palette is contrasted with a playful and colorful carport with a series of dancing roofs.
The building creates a clear distinction between the commercial and residential aspects of the project, yet brings them together into an organic whole. Using a concrete block base and large panes of glass, the lower commercial floor is identified as a separate use from the two residential floors above. Clad in stucco and wood, this provides a light counterpoint to the solid base below. An ordered grid of steel framework and sunshades visually connects the upper floors to the street below, while the brightly colored steel struts stand out against the building to mark the entrance to the commercial spaces, while also dividing the decks of the residences above.
The project explores some simple ideas often missing from contemporary mixed-use projects. It uses a simply ordered approach at the public side to provide a sense of richness and detail that is usually associated with historical buildings, while turning serene and playful at the private side. Although uncompromising in its contemporary detailing, the building uses the wood slat siding and intricate steel details to create an unexpected sense of warmth and richness. The bright colors and dynamic forms of the carport with its wood joists and steel beams further accentuates this interplay between form and detail, structure and richness.
The building creates a clear distinction between the commercial and residential aspects of the project, yet brings them together into an organic whole. Using a concrete block base and large panes of glass, the lower commercial floor is identified as a separate use from the two residential floors above. Clad in stucco and wood, this provides a light counterpoint to the solid base below. An ordered grid of steel framework and sunshades visually connects the upper floors to the street below, while the brightly colored steel struts stand out against the building to mark the entrance to the commercial spaces, while also dividing the decks of the residences above.
The project explores some simple ideas often missing from contemporary mixed-use projects. It uses a simply ordered approach at the public side to provide a sense of richness and detail that is usually associated with historical buildings, while turning serene and playful at the private side. Although uncompromising in its contemporary detailing, the building uses the wood slat siding and intricate steel details to create an unexpected sense of warmth and richness. The bright colors and dynamic forms of the carport with its wood joists and steel beams further accentuates this interplay between form and detail, structure and richness.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: AR7 Hoover Desmond Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: The Tube
Location: Granite, Colorado
Description:
The Tube is a small weekend house for two people, perched over a remote bank of the Arkansas River at an elevation of 8,800 feet above sea level. It is located on a former silver mining claim on the Upper Arkansas River Valley, near Granite, Colorado. The Tube resides among a settlement of buildings all designed by the architect to maximize encounters with the river or surrounding meadows. Each building on the settlement, including the Tube, is designed as a simple elemental form using a palette of wood siding or corrugated steel.
A primary view down river to kayakers below and the peaks beyond dominates the building site. Breezes blow down the river in the morning and up the river in the afternoon, typical of mountain river climates. The riverbank is an ecotone, with Cottonwoods, Spruce, and some Aspen trees. Most of the site is covered by low sage and scrub brushes. The site is remote and surrounded by federal lands.
The architecture of this weekend house defers to the richness of its adjacent landscape. The house cantilevers out over the river bank, projecting inhabitants towards commanding views and capturing cool river breezes. Throughout, the house is designed to amplify and maximize encounters with the river micro-climate and landscape. The architecture aims to engage, as simply and richly, its stunning site. Its construction and materials systems emphasize durability and ruggedness in response to the climate and remote location.
Major goals in the design of the house were a very simplified style of living and a close encounter with the river at a modest cost of construction.
A primary view down river to kayakers below and the peaks beyond dominates the building site. Breezes blow down the river in the morning and up the river in the afternoon, typical of mountain river climates. The riverbank is an ecotone, with Cottonwoods, Spruce, and some Aspen trees. Most of the site is covered by low sage and scrub brushes. The site is remote and surrounded by federal lands.
The architecture of this weekend house defers to the richness of its adjacent landscape. The house cantilevers out over the river bank, projecting inhabitants towards commanding views and capturing cool river breezes. Throughout, the house is designed to amplify and maximize encounters with the river micro-climate and landscape. The architecture aims to engage, as simply and richly, its stunning site. Its construction and materials systems emphasize durability and ruggedness in response to the climate and remote location.
Major goals in the design of the house were a very simplified style of living and a close encounter with the river at a modest cost of construction.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Architect of the Year
Location: Denver Chapter
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Gary L. Desmond, FAIA
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Firm of the Year
Location: Denver Chapter
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Humphries Poli Architects, PC
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: 25-Year Award
Location: Denver Chapter
Description:
n/a
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Denver Art Museum - Ponti Building
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: James S. Sudler Award for Contribution to the Denver Chapter
Location: Denver Chapter
Description:
n/a
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: AIA Denver Urban Design Committee
Project Categories
Year: 2005
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Contribution to the Built Environment by a Non-Architect
Location: Denver Chapter
Description:
n/a
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Carolyn Etter
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: 100 Dexter
Location: Colorado
Description:
“Admirable for a remodel”, “Consistency goes from one end to the other”, “Very restrained in materials and color…brick and steel”, “Wonderful relationship between interior and exterior”, “Great restraint and consistency in window placement”, “Wonderful variety of volumes and spaces”, “Good background for art…The art is the punch within. The architecture frames the art very appropriately”, “The criteria for an Honor Award is that you have to be insanely jealous of the project”.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Highland District Housing
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Client: University of Arizona
Description:
Jury comments: “Rigorously resolved plan”, “…hierarchical; not a simple one-liner”, “Beautiful resolution of the elevations to the plan”, “…fits with the Southwest without being clichéd”, “A difficult project type. The scale and proportion are dead on”, “The use of color is very appropriate”, “It's about buildings that hold the street with no insecurities”, “The courts are surprising. They are appropriately sized, not cut down”, “The more we look, the more we like”, “The colorful insertions and tower give it a freshness without being overworked, trendy, or hip.”
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: AR7 Hoover Desmond Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Arnold Loft
Location: Colorado
Description:
“Denver has become a great loft city and doing a great loft has become something to aspire to”, “the delicate insertion of the modern into the old is to be commended”, “The use of color is powerful…the way the many small objects are grouped as a single piece, framed by the architecture”, “The long deep space was deftly addressed by the insertion of the smooth light elements, no more and no less than was necessary to define the space”, “An example of appropriate rule making for attachments and pieces”, “sophistication of New York, but feels like Denver”, “slick without being off-putting”, “beautifully presented…high quality photographs”.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Chicago Green House
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description:
“For a house with a modest budget, it is surprisingly sophisticated”, “very taut, disciplined”, “there are many small details and colors that add to the design without costing much”, “The stair provides a nice volumetric break in the space, provides daylight and celebrates movement”, “The stair was identified as the central piece, visible from everywhere, and they detailed the heck out of it”, “It offers itself up as a prototype…it's well behaved”, “a very intelligent house”, “we wish every little house could be as nice”.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Sean Garrett Architecture LLC
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: St Mary Catholic School
Description:
“Tightly done, elegantly proportioned”, “an appropriate use of materials to reinforce the program components”, “demonstrates a maturity in design process and execution”, “strong correlation of plan to elevation…expressing service, circulation, teaching…”, “beautifully executed”, “very sophisticated color palette. Vibrant without being shocking”, “a little gem”, “remarkable for the budget of $85/sf”
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Faleide Architects, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Stapleton's East 29th Avenue Town Center
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
“because it's modern, not fake historic. The beaux arts/new urbanist/modern combination is refreshing”, “As it matures, it'll get stronger and it will function as a town center”, “there's only so much that can be done within a developer driven project. This is great!”
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: 42|40 Architecture, Inc.
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Glenarm Tower
Description:
“Remodeling allows the original building to be there”, “it treads as lightly as possible and makes the original building much more elegant and sophisticated”, “shows how far a nice hand and sense of proportion with a few simple moves can transform a building”.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: + gallery
Description:
“the flexibility is infinite”, “with very little material, it allows the building to be used in a whole new way”, “as a concept, it wants to be a controlled light situation, so the response is appropriate with just lifting up the roof to allow for the volume and mechanical systems”, “remarkably cost effective”, the light touch and simple detailing create a synergy between the new and the old”
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Humphries Poli, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Young Architect of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: David C. Pfeifer, AIA
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Architect of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Larry D. Jenks, AIA
Project Categories
Year: 2004
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Firm of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: David Owen Tryba Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Adams County Communications Center
Location: Denver, Colorado
Client: City of Denver
Description:
The design features an elegant solution to a difficult renovation project; wrapping an existing drab facility in a new, crisply detailed shell. The simplicity of the design elements, the understated expression of the new structure, and completeness of the transformation were highly regarded.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Roth Sheppard Architects
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Stapleton Neighborhood Park Bathhouse
Location: Denver, Colorado
Client: City of Denver
Description:
At its core, the design is a straightforward solution to a simple program. There is a clear separation between the private and public sides of the facility, and the materials used take advantage of light and transparency. The project also experimented with cast resin to yield new effects that deepen the overall experience
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building
Location: Denver, Colorado
Client: City of Denver
Description:
The design is a strong example of Civic Modernism. The strong play between the existing building and the new structure creates a seamless composition. The building sports an elegant entry volume and an interesting upper curtain wall that creates a nice dialogue with the solid base.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: David Owen Tryba Architects and RNL Design
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Architect's Studio/Office
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The project was appreciated for the 'light hand' the designers had with the new construction, relative to the existing structure, and for the crisp detailing throughout. A thoughtful restraint is obvious in the design.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Bennett Wagner & Grody, Architects, P.C.
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: District One Police Station
Location: Denver, Colorado
Client: City of Denver
Description:
The project successfully tackles the task of merging a difficult program with a complex architectural solution. The end result is a 'good mess' that is dynamic without being chaotic. The energetic forms and plan are balanced by a sensitivity to materials.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Reseutek Design Group, LLC, Associate Architect Phillips Swager Associates
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: South Valleys Library
Description:
The project's plastic massing is a strong response to its site as well as allowing the typical library program to express itself. The jury was also intrigued by the design's luminous ceiling which handles standard library lighting constraints in a unique fashion.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Brendle APV, J. Michael Brendle, FAIA, Worth Group Architects
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Invesco Field at Mile High
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The skin avoids the nostalgia present in many sports stadiums and is an adventurous new element.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: HNTB Corporation with Fentress Bradburn Architects, Ltd., and Bertram A. Bruton and Assoc.
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Room & Board/ Retrospect Furniture Store
Description:
The design is a radical transformation to the existing building, primarily achieved through its interesting exterior skin. A strong project considering the retail constraints and the existing structure that was reused.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Roth Sheppard Architects
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: American Skandia
Description:
Recognized for its intense attention to detailing and highly refined sense of materiality, as best evidenced by the workspace divider walls.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: BURKETTDESIGN, INC.
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Johnston Public Library
Location: Johnston, Iowa
Description:
The project contains a crisp compositional sensibility, accentuated by the elegant material juxtapositions. This also leads to a very interesting play of light on the different building surfaces.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Brendle APV and Savage-Ver Ploeg and Associates
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Whitlock Recreation Center
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
This is a good exploration for the project type, particularly in the treatment of the big box of the gymnasium. A lot of care went into the detailing and execution, most obviously in the exposed structural system.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Sink Combs Dethlefs
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Alfred Arraj United States Courthouse
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
There is an obviously high level of professionalism throughout the building as well as a thoughtful design for a civic facility. The design is strong despite the inherent logistical constraints of the project type.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Anderson Mason Dale Architects in association with Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Private Residence
Description:
The design is spatially interesting, belying the fact that it is in fact a residence. There is great rigor in the material treatment and consistent detailing.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Brendle APV, P.C., J. Michael Brendle, FAIA
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: TeamMates Commercial Interiors
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
Recognized largely for its interior where there are a number of nice 'moments' and materials, including the lobby stair. The exterior features a new façade treatment that significantly transforms the building.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: BURKETTDESIGN, INC
Architect Info: Denver, Colorado
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Waterside Lofts
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The project was appreciated for its effort to grapple with the difficulties of making attractive dense urban housing in an aesthetic that complemented, not copied the surrounding historic context.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: OZ Architecture and Shears Adkins Architect
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Firm of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Bennett Wagner Grody Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Architect of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Cab Childress, FAIA
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Young Architect of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: David Austin Daniel, AIA
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Twenty-Five Year Award
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Larimer Square
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Contribution to the Built Environment by a Non-Architect
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Bob Simpson - Director of Community Development, City of Englewood
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Phil Milstein Award for Community Service
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: James S. Sudler Award for Contribution to the Denver Chapter
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: William Tracy, AIA
Project Categories
Year: 2003
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Award of Distinction
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Jennifer T. Moulton, FAIA (posthumously)
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: River Tower and Studio
Description:
The buildings recall a village composition similar to the early gold mining settlements of the area. The tower and studio are companion elements which celebrate the joy of study and work as an around the open center shaft of the undivided experience. A stairway winds tower leading to a platform under the tower room where final access is provided by a ladder and hatch. Built-in seating and storage allows conversion to nighttime sleeping and the opportunity to sleep with the stars. Coyotes howl when the tower glows as a lantern in the night sky. The studio includes a raised work area at each end of its nave like space, a metaphor to step up to one's work with total focus and devotion.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: HONOR
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Aurora Sports Park
Location: Aurora, Colorado
Description:
While working on the concept for this project, Brendle APV began playing with the idea that the architecture should be derived directly from children's toys. Since kids would be major users of the park, the architecture could embrace the idea of fun and color. The original design models were constructed of "K'nex", modular connectible building systems, and presented as "toy architecture". The translation from toys to buildings became critical in order to maintain the character of the toy model. A grid of 10' modules was created utilizing tube steel elements. The connections were emphasized by plates, top and bottom, held together by large bolts and oversized polished acorn nuts. This grid framework surrounds simple boxes of polished concrete block.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Brendle APV
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Scottish Rite Masonic Center
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The owner required an addition to a historic landmark structure built in 1923. The addition was designated for office space and specific rooms for freemason activities as well as space for lease. Project challenges included integration of Capitol Overlay Zoning District requirements, approval from Landmark Commission and coordination with an adjacent, large apartment complex being developed simultaneoulsy by a different owner. Additional challenges came from providing horizontal connection/circulation and vertical egress with the existing building that houses a large auditorium and stage with multiple intermediary service levels.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Studio Completiva, Inc.
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Capitol Heights Apartments
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The owner wanted to revitalize an area near the capitol which consisted of the juxtaposition of several neoclassical structures of historic value with run-down retail and rental housing units nearby. A large surface parking lot amid the quadrangle served as the site. A mixed-use, high density development was envisioned to activate the area and bring an enhanced pedestrian interaction to the stature of the existing neoclassical buildings in the area.
A number of special zoning restrictions and overlays had to be addressed due to the preservation requirements of the historic landmark status for several structures in the area. Another challenge was cost. Our design investigations lead us to novel solutions utilizing inexpensive materials by breaking down the structure through massing manipulation and color. Surfaces were carefully modulated to expose structure, create scale and richness.
A number of special zoning restrictions and overlays had to be addressed due to the preservation requirements of the historic landmark status for several structures in the area. Another challenge was cost. Our design investigations lead us to novel solutions utilizing inexpensive materials by breaking down the structure through massing manipulation and color. Surfaces were carefully modulated to expose structure, create scale and richness.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Studio Completiva, Inc.
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: Barnhart Loft
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The architectural/interior design team's goal was to design a 'chic' industrial space for the client's home in the city.
Living room area was raised to create both a more intimate sitting area and improve the sitting view to downtown. Materials in this space include a leather floor inset with padded carpet, recycled wood counter tops, and custom steel shelving.
Custom designed steel bookcases span across the length of the space. The hopper functioning cabinet doors are designed with hydraulic shocks to assist in easy opening and closing. This guest area is primarily used as a conference area and converts to a guest bedroom when the Murphy bed is dropped and the woven door is closed. Axis connecting the office silo to the master bedroom shows the play of materials within the space; woven closet doors and screen walls, backlit to create a warm textural glow, clear maple rolling and hinged doors act as articulated wall panels-concealing laundry, guest bath, and guestroom. All walls within this space stop short of the ceiling to reinforce the overall shape of the silo and to expand the feeling of the space.
Living room area was raised to create both a more intimate sitting area and improve the sitting view to downtown. Materials in this space include a leather floor inset with padded carpet, recycled wood counter tops, and custom steel shelving.
Custom designed steel bookcases span across the length of the space. The hopper functioning cabinet doors are designed with hydraulic shocks to assist in easy opening and closing. This guest area is primarily used as a conference area and converts to a guest bedroom when the Murphy bed is dropped and the woven door is closed. Axis connecting the office silo to the master bedroom shows the play of materials within the space; woven closet doors and screen walls, backlit to create a warm textural glow, clear maple rolling and hinged doors act as articulated wall panels-concealing laundry, guest bath, and guestroom. All walls within this space stop short of the ceiling to reinforce the overall shape of the silo and to expand the feeling of the space.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: MERIT
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Urban Design
Project Information
Project Name: Denver Millennium Bridge
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description:
The structure is an asymmetrical mast and cable stayed span. It is placed over an existing railroad easement envelope 25 feet above street level and within an existing street right of way. The composition of the mast, deck and the structural cable system create a visual and spatial foil. The structure is of a singular dynamic quality and has become an urban landmark providing focus and identity to this new extension of the 16th Street pedestrian mall.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: ArchitectureDenver
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: CITATION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Built Architecture
Project Information
Project Name: MAX
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Description:
Light, layering, and polished materials became the key elements in redefining this Boulder boutique. MAX has an unparalleled reputation for presenting the latest in fashion, yet the existing space was small and indistinctive. The goal was to design a space that projects the store's refinement & sophistication.
Located within an historic pedestrian district of Boulder, this corner site has a high pedestrian and vehicle traffic. An essential element for the success of the design was to create a strong street presence. By adding a new window and removing walls, the space was completely reconfigured to improve the store's visibility and spatial openness. The new entry to the store draws people in from the street. It aligns with a soffit above that recalls the platform of a fashion show runway. This strategy, combined with the overall sleekness, conveys that latest fashions and a sophisticated experience are here.
Located within an historic pedestrian district of Boulder, this corner site has a high pedestrian and vehicle traffic. An essential element for the success of the design was to create a strong street presence. By adding a new window and removing walls, the space was completely reconfigured to improve the store's visibility and spatial openness. The new entry to the store draws people in from the street. It aligns with a soffit above that recalls the platform of a fashion show runway. This strategy, combined with the overall sleekness, conveys that latest fashions and a sophisticated experience are here.
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Firm of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Architect of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: John D. Anderson, FAIA
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Young Architect of the Year
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Maria E. Cole, AIA
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Contribution to the Built Environment by a Non-Architect
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Mark W. Johnson, FASLA
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Phil Milstein Award for Community Service
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Susan Barnes-Gelt
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: James S. Sudler Award for Contribution to the Denver Chapter
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: James F. Paull, AIA
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Planning and Research Award
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Ronald A. Straka, FAIA
Project Categories
Year: 2002
Type: SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Chapter: DENVER
Category: Special Recognition
Project Information
Project Name: Award of Distinction
Architect Contractor Information
Architect Name: Jennifer T. Moulton, FAIA
