Botanical Interests HQ Remodel / Addition Photos

Venture Architecture worked with Broomfield-based seed company, Botanical Interests, to design new office space and remodel their existing offices.  Here are photos from their open house showing the finished product!

 

 

 

 

 

Denver Faring Well in Region Hit Hardest by Recession

As the nation rebuilds after last year's economic collapse, Denver comes out on top in comparison to other Mountain Metros.  In a study reported in the Denver Post, the mountain states look to be the hardest hit region in the U.S.   But take a look at the chart at the bottom of this article, "Six Mountain States, including Colorado, hardest hit in U.S. by recession".  The extreme economic downfall of cities like Las Vegas, NV and Phoenix, AZ bring the regional average down, while Denver makes out well above the national average in both categories, the housing price index and unemployment rate.

Public Meeting for 16th Street Mall Urban Design Plan Today

Today, December 9, from 5:30-7pm at the Colorado Historical Museum Auditorium, the first of three scheduled public meetings will take place.  This will be a chance for the public to give input that will used in the urban design recommendations as part of the "16th Street Mall Plan", which was initiated in 2008.  The first phase of the "Plan" will examine infrastructure issues, such as deterioration of the 25-year old pavers that line the street of the Mall.

Construction Begins on B's Baseball Museum in LoDo

This week, construction began on B's Baseball Museum in LoDo.  Venture designed the museum space that will house Bruce Hellerstein, CPA's amazing collection of Old Stadium Architectural Fabric. His collection includes a perfectly preserved window from Forbes Field's main entrance, an original section of the Fenway's Green Monster Backstop, as well as countless stadium seats, turnstiles, all star game banners, and more. B's Baseball Museum is located just a few doors down from the Southeast Entrance to Coors Field.  Please check back soon to see photos as construction progresses.

Process Streamlined for Redevelopment of Urban Brown-fields

The November 2009 Architectural Record article, "Is Brown the New Green?", discusses how three urban brown-fields are being redeveloped into research-oriented mixed-use communities.  In the post-industrial American city, brown-fields are tracts of urban land that have been contaminated and left abandoned or underutilized.  The upside of this type of site is the central location- in proximity to transportation, workforce, and in the case of these projects, proximity to universities or hospitals.  Challenges that have traditionally been associated with the redevelopment of brown-fields, such as cleanup costs, have been lessened as the process becomes streamlined.  Developers have become more familiar with the process, the regulatory framework is in place, and subsidies have become more available as the public benefits of these projects are recognized.  Take a look at these successful projects at MIT, Wake Forest University, and Seattle suburb, South Lake Union.