Precedent Overload: Designing in the Era of Pinterest
Several years ago I attended a lecture at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design by Nader Tehrani, principal of the esteemed architecture firm NADAA and current dean of the The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union.
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October 21, 2018Confluent Development delivers Circa Building on Platte Street
Confluent Development, Denver-based real estate investment and development firm, and Unico Properties, a real estate investor and full-service operator, are delivering a four-story, 96,000-square foot mixed-use development – named The Circa Building – in the heart of Denver’s revitalized Platte Street neighborhood.
Kris Oppermann Stern
October 21, 2018A Case for Putting in the Work to Deliver Value
There is a large and critical difference between value thinking and bottom-line thinking. To ensure a project thrives, it’s essential to understand this difference.
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October 15, 2018Reconnecting People with Nature: Green Walls
Humans have a natural disposition to seek and to connect with nature and other forms of life. But people living in urban areas are becoming more disconnected from nature. Plant walls are an easy and stunning way to reconnect them to nature. Plant walls can improve people’s health and mood.
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October 8, 2018Haselden tops out BMC Investments project
Haselden and BMC Investments recently celebrated the topping out of Financial House, which is located at Second and Detroit streets in Cherry Creek.
Kris Oppermann Stern
October 7, 2018Pinkard completes Aurora health services project
Pinkard Construction, in a design-build relationship with MOA Architecture and owner Metro Community Provider Network – a community health center providing integrated health care services – has completed the North Aurora Family Health Services renovation ahead of schedule and under budget.
Kris Oppermann Stern
September 30, 2018Office from the Ashes: Is Agile the New Open?
In case you missed it, the new “final” word on the much-maligned open-plan office was delivered in early July, the results of a study by Harvard researchers. Predictably, the findings revealed gaping holes in communication effectiveness and productivity of companies utilizing open-plan office spaces.
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September 30, 2018MAX Construction builds Denver’s Gill Foundation HQ
Saiber Saiber Architecture of Denver and MAX Construction Inc., a Denver-based tenant finish construction firm, recently completed a high-end tenant finish build-out for the Gill Foundation, located in the Triangle […]
Kris Oppermann Stern
September 24, 20181670 Broadway: Reinvigorating a Downtown Asset
The distinctive 36-story 1670 Broadway building has framed the terminus of 17th Street for over 30 years. At the completion of original construction, the Amoco building, Columbia Plaza as it was then known, provided a high standard for office properties in Denver.
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September 23, 2018NAVA plans condominiums in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood
NAVA Real Estate Development, a Colorado-based development company, announced plans for a new condominium development in downtown Denver’s Uptown neighborhood. Davis Partnership Architects is designing the 12-story, 249-unit building.
Kris Oppermann Stern
September 16, 2018