Quick Left, software development company, needed a design solution to accommodate their new location and growing business, the main stipulation being health and...
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CACTUS COMMUNICATIONS
This 1905 mercantile building was once the terminus of the Grand Moffat Railway. Cactus, a Denver native ad agency acquired the structure in a most inefficient...
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NATURAL SYSTEMS DOMINATION
Domination implies taking over. If we had it our way, natural systems would dominate entirely. Natural systems operate in perfect efficiency. Humans are both part...
conceptual
TAXI
Built to house biotech company, 3i, the Taxi project was one of optimal resourcing. The entire building and communication systems were modernized, using 100%...
commercial
HOUSE OF REED
Todd Reed designs, fabricates, sells and distributes a line of jewelry out of their central office in Boulder, CO. One of the main goals in creating a new home for...
commercial
MCNICHOLS BUILDING: BIENNIAL OF THE AMERICAS
We have opened this 100 year old civic icon to the sun and the people of Denver once more in preparation for the Biennial of the Americas event that was held in...
commercial
QUIVAS
The sun is infinite. The sun informed all of our architectural and building decisions on this new family home. We utilized computer-generated energy modeling as a...
residential
WHEELS OF HOPE
Wheels of Hope was an installation done during the 2008 Democratic National Convention, in Denver, CO; a time of palpable, widespread HOPE during the concurrent...
conceptual
"GOOD" BUILDING
We opened this 1960's, unoccupied storage building to the sun. The sun lights the interior, providing winter heating and making electricity on-site. tres birds...
commercial
21+
The intention of this structure is to provide a sustainable dwelling/ work space for North Americans. The structure's materiality and energy engineering result in a...
conceptual
WORKSHOP
Tres Birds Workshop is free of hierarchy. North daylight diffuses upon all workstations contributing to the happiness of workers. Segmented steel boxes organize...
commercial
4TH BIN: ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTOR
Both the body and head of this waste collector is made of 100% post consumer electronics recycled plastics technology (PCERP). It is made of what it collects. The...
conceptual
RADIO CONTROLLED
Our charge is to convert old exhibit material into display framework, given two weeks time, the summer heat, and a six pack of ale. Architectural LAB of Denver...
conceptual
2241
Remodel and addition for a 1923 arts & crafts home in a challenging landmark zone- the historic Mapleton Hill District. The original home consisted of a rustic...
residential
DRAGONS
The challenge: an open floor plan, demanding some level of sound mitigation. After researching sound attenuation, the decision is made to go cellular. The process...
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BURTON: CHICAGO FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORE
This 1800's, downtown Chicago stone townhouse was transformed into a genuine Team Rider house for legendary snowboard brand, Burton. The entry, made up of stacked...
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FREEHILL STUDIO
This photography studio becomes what the camera is: a light box. Methods of controlling light are built into the studio. With its strategic positioning on the site,...
residential
FREEHILL GARAGE
The client retreats to the Garage to work on his racing cars. As a professional photographer, he also uses the space as a staging area for his studio. For privacy,...
residential
BURTON: VAIL FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORE
Second Burton store to descend upon Vail, this one in Arrabelle of Vail Square. Boasting a large demo fleet, it fulfills any rider’s winter escape. Design focuses...
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BURTON: IRVINE SHOWROOM
This realignment of large showroom space into smaller scale product display areas, through installation of pine burn wood frames, define spaces and provide for...
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FLEET FEET
Renovation of former furniture store into Boulder’s coolest running and triathlon store. Shoes mounted on adjustable steel poles both conserve space in the narrow...
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BURTON: LOS ANGELES FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORE
This haven of action sports, catering to the surf, snow and skate enthusiast is a familar West Coast destination. The 11,500 s.f., post-tensioned concrete shell was...
commercial
TAPROOT
The person who lived here decades ago was both a bootlegger and herbalist. He had built much of the house and random out-buildings with his own two hands. His...
residential
MARINE
A small 1910 brick house in a dense residential neighborhood takes on a 1700 sq. ft. addition to modernize its program and function. Staying true to its...
residential
INSERT LIGHT
The addition and remodel on a 1954 north Boulder home is phase one of the project. There are two intentions: bring daylight into the core of the home with the...
residential
ALPINE
Modest 1954 ranch house in a prime mixed-density residential neighborhood looks to add flow and quality over just square footage. Client desires both fun...
residential
CONTRABANDS AND FREEDMEN'S CEMETARY MEMORIAL
Your journey of this proposed site is one of moving through SHADOW and then into LIGHT as you walk the grounds. A brick path loops through the property as a...
conceptual
BOULDER CYCLE SPORT
For this popular neighborhood bike store, minimal moves are made. Long steel troffer is suspended overhead punctuated with rays of light. Brackets on cinder block...
commercial
BURTON: OSAKA FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORE
Bluebird sky abstracted image wraps 427 square meter of second floor ceiling - a graphic collaboration between tres birds workshop and Kristian Kluver. Check the...
commercial
CRISPIN PORTER + BOGUSKY
Premier ad agency requests innovative custom space dividers, conference room tables, and showcase stage: FLAGS designed for the ‘factory’ act as adjustable...
commercial
RECLAIM IT
We intend to use materials that are proximal to the job site and destined to be buried in a landfill or lay waste. We believe that utilizing discarded materials is...
conceptual
BURTON: BIG DREAMS SHOWROOM
Conversion of turn-of-the-century warehouse into Northern California Burton Snowboards showroom. Conveyor track is installed and customized to move snowboards along...
commercial
TENSION
Tension between interior and exterior holds us. We take an area of space and construct a skin around it. We utilize thresholds, crossings, the imperceptible...
conceptual
DAMIANO SHOWROOM
Tactical rehabilitation of 1950s modular concrete tilt-up industrial structure. Main structure has good bones so the interior is gutted, trusses are exposed, space...
commercial
ATMOSPHERE
As the Clients describe it, 'atmosphere' is the idea and act of "rising". Vignettes are created for this boutique of fine furnishings and goods. Like a stage...
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QUICK LEFTCACTUS COMMUNICATIONSNATURAL SYSTEMS DOMINATIONTAXIHOUSE OF REEDMCNICHOLS BUILDING: BIENNIAL OF THE AMERICASQUIVASWHEELS OF HOPE"GOOD" BUILDING21+WORKSHOP4TH BIN: ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTORRADIO CONTROLLED2241DRAGONSBURTON: CHICAGO FLAGSHIP RETAIL STOREFREEHILL STUDIOFREEHILL GARAGEBURTON: VAIL FLAGSHIP RETAIL STOREBURTON: IRVINE SHOWROOMFLEET FEETBURTON: LOS ANGELES FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORETAPROOTMARINEINSERT LIGHTALPINECONTRABANDS AND FREEDMEN'S CEMETARY MEMORIAL BOULDER CYCLE SPORTBURTON: OSAKA FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORECRISPIN PORTER + BOGUSKYRECLAIM ITBURTON: BIG DREAMS SHOWROOMTENSIONDAMIANO SHOWROOMATMOSPHEREABOUTCONTACTPRESS