Collection by Modern In Denver Magazine
An enthusiastic cook, Miller says she can easily work in the galley-style kitchen. The reclaimed-wood surround echoes the exterior cladding.
Gio Ponti. 1971. A favorite part of the Denver Art Museum...fire stair...
“We were concerned that by elevating the first floor by six feet, we would be detaching the living space from the neighborhood,” Mitchell says. “Thus, we have an elevated exterior patio off of the rear that overlooks the sidewalk and brings the living space to the outdoors.”
The Bright Stuff “The premise was to build a house that would last 400 years,” says the resident of this Denver abode that runs completely on solar power.
The Solaz residence was among the projects in Elizabeth Wright Ingraham's later years, which fell more within the traditional style of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, whom Ingraham studied under. Finding her own path and adapting materials for use to the Colorado environment, Ingraham then shied away from cedar and redwood and shifted to block, stucco, and steel.
The Lavateili House in Snowmass, Colorado, designed by Harry Weese, 1969
Armstrong Oil and Gas in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Lake|Flato Architects. Winner of the 2011 Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture. Project description: "The adaptive re-use of a 1900s machine shop celebrates the spirit, craft and materiality of its original program. The transformed spaces are organized around a new landscaped courtyard created by stripping away the center section of the existing roof to bring in natural light and ventilation to the interior spaces. A gated entry court on the street front acts as a threshold to the courtyard framed by two brick volumes containing the building’s public spaces on one side and office spaces on the other."
Michael Hughes and his University of Colorado collaborators transformed a 10-by-47-foot trailer destined for the landfill into the striking TrailerWrap “rehab” prototype.
Michael Johnson’s answer to having little buildable land to work with in his design of Ruth Hiller’s Winter Park, Colorado, house was to elevate and cantilever the kitchen, living, and dining space over the carport, nearly doubling the home’s living area.