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Architecture

DIA unveiled the proposed terminal hotel and rail station yesterday.  I posted an article at Examiner.com.

Denver International Airport

I am absolutely in love with this design.  I have been a big fan of architect Santiago Calatrava, and this work is signature of his simple, elegant, and honest design.

Well done…

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aia-colorado-logoThe Colorado Component of The American Institute of Architects (AIA Colorado) has declared April “Colorado Architecture Month.” Colorado Architecture Month provides a series of free events, which are open to the public and are intended to celebrate the importance of architecture in people’s every day lives. Architecture impacts how we live, work, play and even eat.

In addition to AIA Colorado, the four local chapters of AIA in Colorado will host or sponsor events and programs ranging from educational seminars on how to work with an architect, to “Doors Open Denver,” to the ever-popular Box City Event, where children experience the design and construction industry firsthand by requesting permits, ordering materials, designing buildings and constructing those buildings into a cardboard city.

“Colorado has both a rich history of incredibly diverse architecture and some of the most celebrated and talented architects in the country,” said Sonia Riggs, executive director of AIA Colorado. “We decided to utilize those assets to provide free opportunities for people to experience architecture.”

A total of nine events are scheduled across the state, beginning on Tuesday, April 6, and ending on Saturday, April 24.

For more information, visit www.coloradoarchitecturemonth.org

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What to do with a 2625-foot tall building?

January 16, 2010

Jump off it… 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 [...]

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AIA Colorado Hands Out Design Awards

October 19, 2009

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 [...]

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Colorado’s Haunted Architecture – Redstone Castle

October 15, 2009

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) [...]

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Colorado’s Haunted Architecture – Miramont Castle

October 7, 2009

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 [...]

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The Death of a Building

September 23, 2009

Every architect wonders from time to time, “how long will my building survive?”  We want the buildings to at least outlive their creator. There are examples the world over of buildings that have not only outlived their creators, but the entire civilizations. We design buildings that, we hope, will stand the test of time.  Often, [...]

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Four Seasons Hotel and Residences in Denver

September 17, 2009

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, [...]

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David P Goode Architecture: open for business

August 20, 2009

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 [...]

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LEGO Celebrates Wright

May 20, 2009

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 [...]

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