Collection by Modern In Denver Magazine
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.
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."