Architecture

STUDIO Architecture was recently presented with a 2020 Eagle Award by Housing Colorado for its affordable housing project for Attention Homes, located at the corner of 15th and Pine Street in Boulder. The project features 40 apartments for homeless youth between the ages of 18-24, a below grade parking structure, support spaces …

AIA Colorado has selected the Denver International Airport (DEN) Passenger Terminal as the recipient of the 2020 Twenty-five Year Award. As one of the most prestigious honors in Colorado’s built environment, the award is presented annually to a project that has “significantly influenced design and lifestyle in Colorado” and features …

A Colorado-based design-build team, consisting of Gilmore Construction Corporation and The Abo Group, has received the National Award of Merit in Rehabilitation, Renovation and/or Restoration from the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) for the consolidation and renovation of the General Services Administration (GSA) Building 67, on the 623-acre Denver Federal Center Campus. Building …

Howell Construction recently completed the tenant improvement project for the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), a 6,000-square-foot project located on the second floor of the Prism building on 17th and Curtis in downtown Denver. In 1974, IASLC held their first formal meeting in Florence, Italy, having recruited more than …

The City and County of Broomfield recently celebrated the completion of a new Service Center, which expands the offerings for its Public Works division. The project, designed by global design firm Stantec, includes an administration building with utilities maintenance shops and storage bays and police storage. Other features include a …

Aspen-based Rowland+Broughton has been named to the exclusive Professional Services Management Journal’s (PSMJ) 2020 Circle of Excellence, for the ninth year running. The listing recognizes successfully managed architecture and engineering firms demonstrating outstanding achievements in 13 key performance metrics, measuring growth, profitability, the ability to attract and maintain talents, cash …

On Aug. 4, Denver Architecture Foundation (DAF) is releasing two significant audio tour journeys, free and accessible at denveraudiotours.org, featuring 24 locations historically significant to Denver and highlighting more than a century of the Mile High City’s architecture and cultural history. This project was paid for in part by the History Colorado State Historical Fund. Weaving …

Mortenson Development, Inc., has partnered with real estate investment management firm Seavest Healthcare Properties, LLC to develop a new 43,732-square-foot Class A medical office building at the intersection of West 91st Place and Candelas Parkway within the rapidly growing Candelas master-planned community in Arvada. The project team anticipates breaking ground on the new …

Denver Water, Colorado’s oldest and largest water utility, recently opened its new six-story, 186,000-square-foot administration building, the central focus of its 35-acre operations complex. Global integrated design firm, Stantec, designed the building to both LEED Platinum and Net-Zero Energy standards as part of the public agency’s multiphase modernization project. The …

By Sara Egan and Maddie Clark Landscape architects and planners have relied on Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs or drones) for site analysis, monitoring construction progress and benchmarking projects in recent years. Data and birds-eye imagery from drones can even enhance storytelling to bolster community engagement and deepen the clarity and …