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Archive for September 2011
As we develop a project we go through a lot of drawings. Elevations, plans, and details that all describe what materials are where and how they come together. What we have to try not to loose in this process is the original ideas of the project that are usually more about space than [...]
“It was beautiful in Longmont. Under a tremendous old tree was a bed of green lawn-grass belonging to a gas station. I asked the the attendant if I could sleep there, and he said sure; so I stretched out a wool shirt, laid my face flat on it, with an elbow out, and with one [...]
currently under construction This project consists of the renovation of an exisitng restaurant on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. The existing restaurant interior was redesigned to accommodate better seating and the nightly shift of the venue from a sit-down restaurant to a nightclub. We modeled the project extensively to try out different concepts with the [...]
I have been thinking alot about the rhythm of facades of buildings. Typically a commercial building has some rhythm of openings, windows and/or doors, that trace across its surface. This can be as simple as the modules of a curtain wall system or a structural system expressing itself on the outside of a building. This [...]
A year ago today, the Fourmile Fire was raging in the foothills just west of Boulder. It started on Labor Day and I was in the studio, working, with the door to the balcony open when I started to smell smoke. That first hint of smoke grew and when I finally went out on the [...]
A bit north of Boulder is the lovely town of Loveland, Colorado. I have often driven through town heading to some local fishing rivers and have recently begun stopping off in town. The downtown area is a remarkable collection of small town commercial buildings, some renovated, some in bad shape, many empty. We all have [...]