
CO Developer Unveils Plans for 211-Unit Apartment Complex
View here McWhinney will break ground on a 12-story, 211-unit apartment complex in the Capitol Hill area in Denver later this year. Craine Architecture is designing the project that will include 211 parking spaces and 100 spaces for bikes. Rendering courtesy of McWhinney

Zeppelin Development Expands its RiNo Footprint with the Purchase of Former Ready Mixed Site
Denver, CO – Zeppelin Development will expand its RiNo (River North Art District) presence with the purchase of a five-and-a-half-acre site on Ringsby Court. Formerly owned by Ready Mixed Concrete, the site is located adjacent to TAXI and will be home to a multi-faceted expansion of the award-winning mixed-use development, …

AIA Colorado Announces 2016 Young Architects and Designers
Denver, CO – The American Institute of Architects Colorado Chapter (AIA Colorado) presented ten awards and five honors during its annual Young Architects Awards Gala (YAAG) program, held on Friday, June 3 at Gensler in Denver. The event marks the 17th anniversary of this awards program recognizing emerging professionals. Juried Awards The …

Farnsworth Group Earns Great Place to Work Certification
Greenwood Village, CO – Farnsworth Group, Inc., a national full-service engineering/architecture firm, was certified as a great workplace this June by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work®. Farnsworth Group earned this credential based on extensive ratings provided by its employees in anonymous surveys. “The Great Place to Work …

GH Phipps Breaks Ground 1st New Jeffco School in a Decade
Greenwood Village, CO — Under dark gray skies, GH Phipps broke ground on May 26 to kick off construction of the K-8 school at Candelas — the first new Jeffco school in almost a decade. On hand were Jeffco Schools officials, the new school’s principal, the mayor of Arvada, the …

OZ Architecture to Design Transformative Mixed Use Development in Denver’s RiNo Neighborhood
Denver, CO – OZ Architecture was selected by developers Tom and Brooke Gordon to lead the design and architecture for DriveTrain, a transformative new mixed-use development that will cover three acres along Brighton Boulevard in RiNo. Groundbreaking is expected to take place in early 2017, with completion slated for late 2018. The developers …

GH Phipps Celebrates Completion of Runyon Elementary Transformation
Greenwood Village, CO — The Littleton Public Schools board, teachers, parents, children and neighbors marked the remaking of Runyon Elementary School on May 23, 2016 with a ribbon-cutting and tours of the “new” building. The well-loved 1969 building nestled into an established Littleton neighborhood had a wood-framed structure, which began …

UCHealth to Build New Hospital in Highlands Ranch
Aurora, CO – UCHealth is excited to bring a new hospital and advanced health services to residents in Highlands Ranch and Douglas County. The six-story hospital, opening in 2018, is projected to cost almost $315 million and will have room to expand in the future as the needs of the …

AIA Convention 2016: Lessons Learned
“Architecture has a serious problem today in that people who are not alike don’t communicate.” Rem Koolhaas By: Korey D. White, AIA, NCARB, Licensed Architect at RNL Design AIA National Associates Committee Vice Chair 2016/Chair 2017 Annually, 20,000 architects gather at the AIA Convention. AIA Philadelphia hosted the 2016 AIA Convention this year, …

Haselden Hosts Beam Signing Celebration for CSU Biology Building
Fort Collins, CO – Just before classes let out for the summer, Haselden Construction held a celebration commemorating the construction progress on CSU’s new biology building – the first new science lab built for the biology department in many years. Students and faculty were encouraged to grab a green or …