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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. 

Building Dialogue

October 21, 2018
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Confluent 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, 2018
venture value

A 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. 

Building Dialogue

October 15, 2018
CH2M

Reconnecting 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.

Building Dialogue

October 8, 2018
BMC Haselden

Haselden 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, 2018
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Pinkard 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, 2018
ardent space

Office 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.

Building Dialogue

September 30, 2018
gill foundation

MAX 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, 2018
1670 Broadway

1670 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.

Building Dialogue

September 23, 2018
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NAVA 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