In all seriousness, I am a sucker for structural engineering achievements. Strange, I know, seeing as how I am an architect. But, the structural engineer deserves more props than they get in a lot of cases (such as anyone as a sub to Frank Gehry). This was a huge challenge and the engineer should be proud.
…and because everyone else has thrown out their opinions, I’ll take the opportunity to give mine. I like this building…yes, its excessive and impractical. It is a reflection of achievement and ingenuity. The architecture reflects the building’s soaring height and it appears as though it’s poised to rocket towards the sky to pierce the heavens…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Colorado, recognized its 2009 architectural design, honor and president’s awards recipients during a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Keystone Resort and Conference Center (Keystone, Colo.). The following architectural design awards were selected from 120 entries submitted by Colorado architects who are members of AIA Colorado. These were presented by AIA Colorado 2009 Design Awards Jury Chair Deborah Berke, FAIA, of Deborah Berke & Partners Architects in New York.
Chapel of the Sky
Honor, Built Architecture
Anderson Mason Dale Architects (Denver) for Chapel of the Sky (Granite, Colo.)
Armstrong Oil and Gas
Honor, Built Architecture
Bothwell Davis George Architects (Denver) and Lake|Flato Architects, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) for Armstrong Oil and Gas, Inc. (Denver)
DEA
Honor, Built Architecture
Gensler (Denver) for DEA – Centennial Station Office Building (Centennial, Colo.)
Additionally, Brian R. Klipp, FAIA of klipp (Denver) was named Architect of the Year and Studio B Architects (Aspen) was named Firm of the Year.
Colorado possesses some wonderful architecture dating back many years. Wealthy families built grand residences and buildings to escape the hard, early American West life. Many of these structures remain and have found new life. However, there are some old lives who haven’t quite left.
Redstone Castle, or Cleveholm Manor, in Redstone (just south of Carbondale) was [...]
Colorado possesses some wonderful architecture dating back many years. Wealthy families built grand residences and buildings to escape the hard, early American West life. Many of these structures remain and have found new life. However, there are some old lives who haven’t quite left.
Miramont Castle in Manitou Springs dates back to the 1890’s and was [...]
The $350 million Four Seasons hotel and condo project under construction in downtown Denver has reached its full 45-story height, and its developers commemorated the milestone with a ceremony Thursday morning. The 75-foot mast, which tops the structure was lifted into place.
The Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, located at 14th and Arapahoe Streets, will [...]
I have officially opened David P Goode Architecture for business!
After 22 years of being an employee of other architects, I have opened my new firm and I am in complete charge of my future. This is kind of scary…but it is really exciting! It’s a very liberating feeling to know that success and reward is [...]
In the past week, LEGO and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced an agreement to create sets for two of Wright’s most famous buildings. Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum will be released in the near future.
I spent many hours of my childhood playing and building with LEGO blocks and I believe they had a direct [...]
We recently completed our 14th financial institution project in Colorado and the client had their open house this week. International Bank, located at Eagles Nest in Aurora, CO has opened to serve their customers.
The building features a two-story lobby space where nearly all the offices have a view to the customer areas, enhancing the personal [...]
I came across this firm’s URL when doing a search.
Joe Architect
Cruise their website and you’ll see some creative designs, usually specialized in dental offices. Nice stuff…and they’re doing something right because they’re growing.
What do I like most? The name…
