Kickstarter Campaign Aims to Transform Denver Parking Lot into Outdoor Classroom
Architecture for Humanity-Denver is seeking to raise money for the transformation of a museum parking lot into an outdoor classroom for children in need. The goal of Denver’s Museo de las Americas is to educate the community about the diversity of Latino Americano art and culture from ancient to contemporary through innovative exhibitions and programs, but the museum is lacking the necessary space for its increasingly popular youth summer camp.
Read more about the project and how you can help after the break.
Shift Top House / Meridian 105 Architecture
Architects: Meridian 105 Architecture
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Architect In Charge: Chad Mitchell
Structural Engineering: Structural Design Collaborative
Interior Design: Maureen Conway
General Contractor: Caliber Construction
Area: 3,300 sq ft
Year: 2012
Photographs: Raul J. Garcia
Colin Powell, Blake Mycoskie, and Cameron Sinclair to Speak at 2013 AIA Convention
Taking place June 20-22, 2013 in Denver, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), former Secretary of State (2001 – 2005), joins Cameron Sinclair, co-founder and chief eternal optimist of Architects For Humanity, and Blake Mycoskie, founder and chief shoe giver of TOMS, as keynote speakers for the 2013 AIA National Convention,. The 2013 “Building Leaders” theme will give architects and design professionals opportunities to learn, share, and demonstrate the essential qualities that define leadership today. Registration opens in January. For more information, please visit here. More information on the keynote speakers after the break.
‘Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of Flight’ Exhibition
The ‘Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of Flight’ Exhibition, taking place July 15 – October 7 at the Denver Art Museum, will allow visitors a rare opportunity to explore the evolution of airport design and to discover the creative processes that lead to their functionality and beauty. The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the history of airports aided by film, digital art, animation, models, drawings, photographs, and full-scale architectural elements. Visitors will travel through six airports designed by Denver-based Fentress architects: Denver International Airport, South Korea’s Incheon International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Mineta San Jose International Airport, Raleigh-Durham International Airport, and Los Angeles International Airport. For more information, please visit here.
Museum of Contemporary Art / Adjaye Associates
Architects: Adjaye Associates
Location: Denver, USA
Area: 24,963 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Courtesy of Adjaye Assocates
‘Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of Flight’ Exhibition
The ‘Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + the Architecture of Flight’ exhibition, opening July 15 until October 7 at the Denver Art Musuem, will take visitors on a multi-media tour of airport design of the past, present and future. Visitors will journey through six airports designed by Denver-based Fentress Architects, encountering sketches, renderings, photographs, video installations and large models of these technically advanced public spaces. More information on the exhibition after the break.
Clyfford Still Museum / Allied Works Architecture
Architects: Allied Works Architecture
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Project Team: Brad Cloepfil, Design Principal Chris Bixby, Project Lead
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 28,500 sqf
Photographs: Jeremy Bittermann
Calatrava Withdraws from Denver Airport Expansion
It was with much enthusiasm that Denver International Airport officials announced Santiago Calatrava as the architect for the new $650 million expansion that included a hotel, public plaza, and commuter-rail station. However, Calatrava is now withdrawing himself from the project only a year later. Numerous concerns have been cited as the reason for his departure including “financial constraints, unnecessary time delays, and deep divisions” between his design team, DIA, and Parsons International Group as quoted by his wife and business manager Robertina in a letter to DIA manager Kim Day.
Denver Art Museum, Museum Shop / Roth Sheppard Architects
Colorado based Roth Sheppard Architects were hired to redesign the Museum Shop for the recognizable Denver Art Museum by Daniel Libeskind. The original shop’s poor sales and limited foot traffic initiated the project. Roth Sheppard Architects took the challenge of working within the recognizable building, and created a space that not only looks the part, but has significantly increased sales for the museum shop.
Architects: Roth Sheppard Architects
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Consultants: Studio NYL, BCER Engineering, Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers, Adoniadis Retail Services, High Country Millwork, Urban Fabrications, NCI Norkoli Construction
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Paul Brokering
Temenos / Roth Sheppard Architects
Roth Sheppard Architects is an architecture firm in Colorado with over two decades of experience. Principals Jeff Sheppard, AIA and Herb Roth, FAIA, and a growing young staff recently moved into their new office space, titled Temenos. Roth Sheppard Architects designed their workspace to marry their office’s established modern aesthetics with the fresh ideas of young clients and employees.
Architect: Roth Sheppard Architects
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Consultants: Performance Engineering, McDonald Consulting + Design, Inc., R2H, Williams Construction
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Frank Ooms
V Tower / Meridian 105 Architecture
V Tower is a residential high rise positioned atop of a base of retail, restaurant, cafe, and parking designed by Meridian 105 Architecture. The tower provides an urban park for the neighborhood in Denver, Colorado while establishing a new ground plane for street-life to develop at the site.
Read on for more on this project after the break.
Clyfford Still Museum / Allied Works Architecture
Architects: Allied Works Architecture
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Project area: 28,500 sqm
Project year: 2011
Renders and drawings: Allied Works Architecture
Denver Central Platte Campus / RNL Design
Architects: RNL Design
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Project area: 105,000 sqf
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Ed LaCasse
1800 Larimer / RNL Design
Architects: RNL Design
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Project area: 24,500 sqf
Photographs: Frank Ooms
RedLine / Semple Brown Design
RedLine’s program capitalizes on the tangible benefits of education and training and the emotional benefits of connectivity, respect, and satisfaction for artists. The design offers unique opportunities for artists and visitors to enter a realm where inspiration is not held in check. For artists, the most fundamental spaces within RedLine are ten generously sized studios for mid career artists. For these studios, RedLine solicits interest from artists who want to make the leap from their current status to a more established standing. One goal is to improve their art, but RedLine also seeks to provide resources so that these artists might better understand other impediments that may be holding them back. This is done in part by the inclusion of three larger studios for established artists, one of whom is the client for the project. The client and other established artists will share their experiences with the mid career artists through an active mentoring program.
Architect: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Structural Engineer: McGlamery Structural Group
General Contractor: Spectrum General Contractor
Project Area: 20,000 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Ron Pollard
Lincoln Mixed Use / Meridian 105 Architecture
Chad Mitchell, president of Denver based Meridian 105 Architecture, has shared with us his proposal for a planned mixed use complex in downtown Denver Colorado. After the break, be sure to look over the proposed passive wall systems used throughout the design proposal in addition to the rest of the renderings and description from M1A.
Stapleton Pool House Number 3 / Semple Brown Design
With an identical program to the previous two pool houses, by Semple Brown Design for the Stapleton Development, Pool House Number 3 departs from the design concept with the placement of individual pavilions set in the landscape. Weaving through and around the pavilions, the landscape creates an intimate and peaceful experience for the bathers. The surrounding landscape and the pointedly placed one-hundred and fifty foot long planter, which defines the northern courtyard, soften the white concrete pavilions and provide privacy to the street façade. The simple pavilions nestle themselves into the neighborhood-scape.
Architect: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Project Team: Sarah Semple Brown (Principal in Charge of Design), Chris Davis (Architect), Renee del Gaudio (Design/Job Captain)
Landscape Consultant: Paradigm Affiliates
Civil Engineering: Harris Kocher Smith
Pool Contractor: Monarch Pools
Public Art/Graphic Walls: UrbanRock Design
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Consultant: Reese Engineering
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Structural Engineer: McGlamery Structural Group
Project Area: 2,760 sqf
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Miller Hall Photography
Lowenstein Cultural Center / Semple Brown Design
The prominent urban site located along East Colfax Avenue was the first anchor development for the City of Denver’s Colfax Redevelopment Plan. This project strives help to invigorate the neighborhood and work as a catalyst for the revitalization of East Colfax Avenue.
Architect: Semple Brown Design, P.C
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Project Team: Russel L. Brown Jr. (Principal-in-Charge), Kevin Stephenson (Architect/Designer), Leila Schwyhart (Designer/Job Captain), Chris Wineman (Theatre Design Expert)
Structural Engineer: McGlammery Structural Group
Electrical/Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer: Belfay Engineering
Civil Engineer: JVA Incorporated
General Contractor: Swinerton Builders
Signage Consultant: ArtHouse
Project Area: 92,000 sqf
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Ron Pollard
Stapleton Pool House #2 / Semple Brown Design
Parks and open space define many of Denver’s great neighborhoods. The Stapleton Development (Denver’s old airport) is devoting nearly 30% of its 4,700 acres to parks and open-space. Semple Brown Design’s project team was an original member of the master planning for Stapleton’s open spaces and parks. This project has evolved into designing a variety of pavilions, buildings, trellises, and shade structures. These projects include what will eventually be five (5) public pool houses. They will be key features in public parks currently being developed throughout the new Stapleton Neighborhood. This project is the second of the 5 pool houses.
Architect: Semple Brown Design, P.C.
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Consultant: Reese Engineering
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Structural Engineer: The McGlamery Structural Group
Project Area: 2,760 sqf
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Ron Pollard
Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Quigg Newton Auditorium / Semple Brown Design
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House was originally designed to put Denver on the map – with this new opera house there is an opportunity to do it all over again. Inspired by many of the world’s greatest opera houses such as La Scala or the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Ellie Caulkins Opera House is designed with a classic lyric format. This design allowed the builders to make the best use of the limited space available while striving to create a theatre focused on audience comfort and outstanding sightlines and acoustics. But while the team chose an elegant and classic style, the hall also features many distinctive innovations.
Project description, images, and drawings after the break.
Architect: Semple Brown Design
Location: 14th & Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado, USA
Project Team: Sarah Semple Brown, AIA (Principal in Charge of Design), Peter Lucking (Theatre Design), Bryan Schmidt, LEED AP, AIA (Project Architect), Mary Kay Sunset, LEED AP, ASID (Interior Design Principal), Chris Wineman (Communications Lead)
Associate Architect: Luis O. Acosta
Acoustical and Sound Consultant: Robert F. Mahoney & Associates
Theatre Consultants: Fisher Dachs Associates and Public Assembly Consultants
Architectural Lighting: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Structural Engineers: Martin/Martin Inc.
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineers: M-E Engineers, Inc.
Life Safety Consultant: Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc.
Civil Engineers: The Lund Partnership
Signage and Graphic Design Consultant: TaCito Design, Inc.
Kitchen Consultants: Ricca Newmark Design
Project Area: 280,000 sqf
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Ron Pollard
