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Facade installation underway on MAD Architects’ first North American residential rental tower

2024-03-06T15:38:00-05:00

Construction is progressing at Denver’s One River North, designed by MAD Architects.

The sixteen-story tower broke ground in late 2021 and represents MAD’s first residential rental building in the United States, expected to contain 187 units.

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The scheme’s defining exterior element is a sharp carved opening midway up the tower, cutting through the upper section of the tower towards the roof. The opening will contain a network of footpaths and planting. A rooftop pool, spa, and garden areas complete the 216-foot-tall structure.

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“If we regard modern cities as man-made landscapes on the earth, we need to design canyons, woods, creeks, and waterfalls, transforming concrete forests into second nature,” MAD founder Ma Yansong said about the development in 2021.

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Studio Gang to lead Denver's Civic Center Next 100 Phase 1 implementation

2023-11-01T11:56:00-04:00

Studio Gang has been selected to lead the Phase 1 Implementation of Denver’s Civic Center Next 100 revitalization plan targeted at its Greek Theater and Central Promenade along 14th Avenue.

The firm received a $2.8 million design contract for the project and was chosen based on an approach that was “rooted in a community-centered process [and] respects the historic aspects of the park while bringing innovative architectural design,” according to a press announcement.

The project is being delivered with extensive community and stakeholder engagement. The Concept Design also calls for improvements to the Central Gathering Space and Bannock Street between Colfax Avenue and 14th Avenue. Denver’s Mayor Mike Johnston said it will prepare the space for “the next 100 years.”

“We are looking forward to working closely with the city, the conservancy, and the communities of Denver on the design for Civic Center that extends its democratic legacy and invites everyone to come together around per...

Five mountain residences by Dynia Architects: Your Next Employer?

2023-10-23T17:36:00-04:00

Following last week’s visit to Santa Barbara-based ANACAPA, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Jackson, Wyoming to explore the work of Dynia Architects.

Founded in 1994, and with offices in Jackson, WY and Denver, CO, the firm describes its mission as to “elevate all aspects of the built environment to exceptional experiences through a process of rigorous design exploration that choreographs site and program into the making of meaningful architecture.” Over the past three decades, the firm’s portfolio has grown to encompass private residences, multi-family housing, hospitality, and cultural buildings.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for a Designer to join their Jackson office. For candidates interested in applying for the position, or anybody interested in learning about the firm’s output, we have rounded up five mountain residences by Dynia Architects that exemplify the studio’s ethos.

Stone Creek Residence. Image credit: David Agnello

Stone Cre...

Get Lectured: University of Colorado at Denver, Fall '23

2023-08-25T11:41:00-04:00

Our Get Lectured series continues with a look at what’s happening on campus at the University of Colorado at Denver's College of Architecture and Planning this fall semester.

Events kick off on Thursday, September 14 with a lecture from AYL Founder and Director Alex Yueyan Li. The Cooper Union Associate Professor Lydia Kallipoliti follows a week later on September 21. Enlace Arquitectura Founder Elisa Silva follows her on Monday, October 2 to kick off the semester’s second month, which culminates on Thursday, October 19, with a special visit from The Cultural Landscape Foundation CEO and Founder Charles Birnbaum at 5:30 pm in the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Sturm Auditorium.

The last month of the semester begins Monday, November 6 with a lecture from amid.cero9 Principals and Founders Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda. Universidad de Chile Researcher joins them on Thursday, November 9, and will be followed by LEONG LEONG’s Chris Leong, who wraps up the fall’s programming with...

2023 could see a rise in green building policies centered on embodied carbon

2023-01-30T20:27:00-05:00

For much of its recent history in mitigating climate change, Denver has concentrated on buildings’ operational energy — the energy needed to run basics like heating, air conditioning, lighting and hot water. That will shift in May, when Denver’s newly adopted green code takes effect, said Christy Collins, green communities specialist with the local government.

Denver’s new green code will make it so a building’s embodied carbon is considered. It will provide minimum requirements for the siting, design, construction, and plans for the operation of projects. Commercial projects in Denver are now required by law to choose around 10% of the green code to follow. According to Smart Cities Dive, similar policies that address embodied carbon alongside the electrification of buildings and other decarbonization efforts are set to grow this year.

Additionally, there has also been a rise in policies designed to foster a circular economy, such as salvaging materials and deconstructing buildings rather than demolishing them. This expansion of green policies can be attributed to the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, which includes $1 billion in grants to help states deliver new residential and commercial building codes.

Featured architecture jobs in Aspen, Vail, and Denver, Colorado

2022-09-30T11:00:00-04:00

Looking to work in an area filled with vivid landscapes, rivers, and eye-catching architecture like the Aspen Art Museum? Continuing with our architecture job highlights, below are seven architecture firms that are currently hiring architects and designers to join them in their Colorado-based offices.

Archinect Jobs, the industry's leading architecture job board, has over 100+ new employment opportunities featured each week. Check out who's hiring below.

ASPEN | MOUNTAIN HOUSE by RO| Rockett Design. Image © Draper White Photography/Courtesy of RO | ROCKETT DESIGN.

RO | ROCKETT DESIGN seeks an Intermediate Designer/Architect
Location: Aspen, CO

Details: "RO | ROCKETT DESIGN is seeking a qualified Intermediate Designer / Architect with 5-7 years of architectural design and documentation experience, preferably with 2-3 years at a single place of employment. Candidates should have strong project experience in all project phases. Responsibilities will include: Research & Design, Presenta...

Denver has hired its first chief urban designer

2022-08-17T13:05:00-04:00

The City of Denver has hired its first chief urban designer. Following a nearly year-long search, Eugenia Di Girolamo was selected as the city’s first employee to focus exclusively on urban design.

Di Girolamo most recently worked as the deputy director for urban design at the New York City Department of City Planning and will now be tasked with establishing a long-term plan for how Denver will develop, with a focus on community engagement.

As reported by Westword, Laura Aldrete, executive director of Denver Community Planning and Development, wrote to city staffers in an email stating: “Eugenia will work collaboratively with policymakers, Denver residents, and the development industry to create public spaces and neighborhoods that, by design, promote inclusivity, resiliency to climate change, and improve public health and well-being. In this position, she will champion design excellence citywide, from how it feels to walk down the street in Denver’s neighborhoods to large-scale t...

Studio Gang begins construction on Populus, the 'first carbon-positive hotel in the U.S.'

2022-04-25T12:10:00-04:00

Construction has begun on the Populus Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Studio Gang, the 13-story, 265-room hotel is described by the team as “the first carbon-positive hotel in the United States,” and the first Studio Gang project to be built in Colorado.

According to the architects, the scheme’s distinctive façade was informed by the patterns found in Colorado’s native Aspen tree, the Populus Tremuloides. The façade is defined by “lids” extending out over each window, which offer passive shading and channel rainwater away from the windows.

The hotel design was first revealed on Archinect in February 2021 and received mostly skeptical responses from our readers.

Image by Studio Gang

The interior sees windows change in size to reflect their public or private use, with windows up to 30 feet high at the building’s base to frame the lobby and amenity spaces. Within the hotel guest rooms, the window base becomes a seat and desk fixture facing toward views of the city or mountains. ...

Meow Wolf opens new 95,000-square-foot installation space in small plot surrounded by three highways in Denver

2022-04-01T19:35:00-04:00

Let’s start with a little exercise. I would like you to input “Meow Wolf Denver” on Google Maps (here, I did it for you) and look at where the red pin falls on the map. Do you see it yet, the small, somewhat tear-shaped building tucked inside an interwoven web of highways? That, my friends, is Denver’s newest arts destination—and it sits on a tiny, triangular plot of land at the intersection of three highways.

Meow Wolf, the Sante Fe-based arts and entertainment company that specializes in hosting large-scale immersive experiences, has set up shop in Denver, with a new, uniquely-positioned space that opened to the public in September 2021.

The building, spanning 5 stories and 95,000 square feet, was designed to fill the void between a stretch of I-25 and two off-ramps. Its façade is clad with specialty matte panels to ensure the building doesn’t create a glare for drivers.

Before settling on this location, Meow Wolf had two other potential locations in mind, both located in Denver’s River North Art District. The team decided against these locations because building would have required the displacement of existing organizations in an area that was already experiencing gentrification. Meow Wolf, thus, called upon Denver-based architecture firm Shears Adkins Rockmore (SAR +) and boutique real estate firm Revesco Properties.

The key to utilizing such a constrained space was building the st...

Fire erupts inside Denver's Mile High Stadium

2022-03-25T11:08:00-04:00

Producing a thick, black smoke plume that was seen throughout downtown Denver on Thursday afternoon, a fire burned in a portion of the club level on the east side of Empower Field at Mile High, which is home to the NFL's Broncos. A Denver Fire Department spokesman said the fire covered "over 1,000 square feet'' and began on a suite level -- the fourth level -- of the stadium and then spread into seats in the third level.

The fire began in a part of the Fentress-designed stadium that is currently under construction. No injuries were reported. Officials said that the composition of the plastic seats in part helped fuel the blaze, producing a porous cloud of black smoke that could be seen widely across the city.

MAD Architects breaks ground on its ripped-open first North American residential rental project

2021-11-09T13:18:00-05:00

Continuing with their recent expansion into the United States, MAD has officially broken ground on a new residential development in Denver called One River North.

Courtesy Colorado Drone Images

The Beijing and Los Angeles-based firm is looking to cement its footprint in North America with a sixteen-story tower for one of Denver’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Located in the River North Art District (RiNo) just above Coors Field and the city’s downtown business center, the new development will feature187 residential units carved into a sculptural, curvilinear tower with a jagged open chasm and four hikeable footpaths, providing users with an unencumbered view of the majestic Rocky Mountains from which its shape takes inspiration.

Courtesy One River North

A rooftop pool, spa, and garden areas complete the 216-foot-tall structure with a water feature to further enhance the deliberate sense of connection between residents and the natural world created by Ma Yansong’s design team.

Courtesy O...

OMA takes exhibition design to new levels at the reopened Denver Art Museum

2021-10-26T17:06:00-04:00

As part of the newly reopened Denver Art Museum renovation project, OMA has transformed the design galleries of the iconic Martin Building in order to better display, exhibit, and communicate the museum’s robust holdings in architecture and design.

The remade space features two new galleries and an educational studio named for designer and art collector Ellen Bruss.

Photography by James Florio

OMA’s Shohei Shigematsu described the opportunity to work within Ponti’s seminal work as “an exciting exercise,” offering his opinion that “Much like his design philosophy, the role of design seems to grow and diversify exponentially. A direct consequence of design ubiquity is accessibility and literacy, and we wanted the galleries to react to these changes.”

Photography by James Florio

“The three spaces pose new ways of seeing as well as interacting with objects and materials,” he continued. “They present different spatial and programmatic identities but work collectively as a platform for s...

Check out the newest photos of the Denver Art Museum expansion ahead of its weekend reopening

2021-10-22T17:06:00-04:00

The wait is over at one of the most important synoptic collections in the western U.S. As part of a 50th-anniversary celebration of its iconic Gio Ponti building, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) will officially reopen on Sunday following a four-year $150 million facelift and campus expansion by Machado Silvetti and Fentress Architects.

Kemper Courtyard at the Denver Art Museum. Photo by James Florio Photography, courtesy of the Denver Art Museum.

The expansion was necessary to unify the Golden Triangle campus. A new welcoming center is combined with the Hamilton Building designed by Daniel Libeskind to form a less “standoffish” offering for a visitorship that has nearly doubled in the past ten years.

Revitalized Gio Ponti tube entrance into the Martin Building. Photo by James Florio Photography, courtesy of the Denver Art Museum.

The upgrade plan has emphasized increased space for the public alongside a corrected program which had to be rearranged after the introduction of Libeskind’s bu...

Colorado contractors sue Denver over alleged unconstitutional vaccine mandate

2021-10-06T17:10:00-04:00

Alleging that vaccine mandates for contractors are unconstitutional, the Colorado Contractors Association is suing the city of Denver for requiring workers on public contracts to get inoculated against COVID-19.

The Colorado Contractors Association, along with six other construction associations, believe the mandate violates the U.S. Constitution’s contracts clause because it substantially impairs their existing contract rights with the city. As reported by Construction Dive, the associations expect the city to fine companies up to $5,000 per day if they do not comply. The Colorado Contractors Association (CCA) argues that this is much stricter than President Joe Biden’s executive order that businesses with 100 or more employees must require vaccinations or have employees get regularly tested for COVID-19.

The CCA says its members aren’t anti-vaccine, but the city of Denver hasn’t given contractors enough time to comply because of the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among construction workers. The CCA attributes this delay to the fact that the construction industry is largely composed of minority workers who are more reluctant to get vaccinated due to mistrust of the government.

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Studio Gang envisions a tree-inspired mixed-use project to add to Denver's skyline

2021-02-01T17:18:00-05:00

Inspired by the area's natural landscapes and environment, Studio Gang reveals the latest visuals for their most recent mix-used project Populus. Located in Denver, along the city's historic Civic Center Park, the project pulls reference from the aspen tree by using its highly recognizable "eye-shaped" marked bark to design its facade, distinct building color, and vertical scalloped exterior.

Aspen Trees. Image © Sue Reynolds (2012) via Flickr Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Visuals courtesy of Studio Gang

The 13 stories tall building will house forty micro-apartments as well as 250 hotel rooms. Studio Gang collaborated with Denver-based developer Urban Villages. With the aspen tree as its visual muse, it's hard not to see the resemblance. According to the studio, the project's name "Populus" was also pulled from the scientific classification of the aspen tree populus tremuloides.

View more project images below.

Visuals courtesy of Studio Gang

Concept diagram. Visual courtesy of Studio...

A symbol of the prestige and wealth of the Ag industry

2020-12-12T15:29:00-05:00

floors in the exchange building gleamed with terrazzo-tile. Walls were decorated with marble wainscoting. Cherry wood lined windows and doors. Intricate wrought-iron railings accented a grand staircase. The exterior proclaimed its importance with Beaux Arts-style classical columns, porticos, arched windows and decorative brickwork.

Nancy Lofholm covers the $8.5 million sale of Denver’s Livestock Exchange Building and digs into the history and plans for it's reuse, as part of the larger revamp of the National Western Complex.

Denver Architecture Foundation releases new audio tours of Downtown Denver

2020-08-07T12:25:00-04:00

The Denver Architecture Foundation (DAF) has launched two free audio tours featuring 24 locations of notable structures across Denver. The tours highlight over a century of architectural history throughout the region through dynamic storytelling and presentation.

"DAF values historic preservation as a means of celebrating diverse architecture, honoring styles and stories across distinct eras and protecting places that signify the heritage of our city and state," said Pauline Herrera, DAF executive director in a recent Mile High CRE article. "The audio tours provide a unique opportunity to encourage exploration of our city and an understanding of its history, architecture and landscape. In telling these stories through an experiential means, DAF seeks to maintain our community’s collective commitment to existing landmarks and to protect the integrity of future landmarks."

The audio tours are split into two "journeys" titled Downtown Denver: A Game of city and Empire Builders and Civi...

Tiny homes take off in Denver, with one caveat

2019-10-11T14:30:00-04:00

The Denver City Council voted Monday night to approve changes to the city’s zoning code to help welcome temporary tiny home villages hoping to use vacant land to help address homelessness...The city voted to approve the Beloved Community Village. According to the release, it was Denver’s first temporary tiny home village and is a successful pilot of using tiny homes to help vulnerable or marginalized residents aiming to find permanent homes.

"In residential zone districts, these villages must be located on the grounds of a public, civic or institutional use, such as a school, church or community center," Fox reports. The tiny home villages will be able to remain in these locations temporarily for up to four years, it is a creative approach to the problem of homelessness in major cities. Based on the outcome it will be interesting to see if more will follow.

HSR could come to Colorado's Front Range

2019-06-05T17:33:00-04:00

Grauberger says they've already ruled out light rail because it would be too slow to travel the 173-mile route. "We need higher speeds to be competitive with the interstate system," he says.

Regional governments in Colorado are studying ways for boosting the Front Range Urban Corridor region's interconnectivity. Officials expect the regional population to grow by 1.7 million inhabitants over the next 25 years and are looking to position that future growth to take advantage of forthcoming non-automobile-dependent transportation infrastructure.

Project director Randy Grauberger tells KDVR, "All of those people aren't going to want to be traveling on I-25 at that point, so this will give them options."

A 100-mile corridor between Fort Collins, Denver, and Pueblo, Colorado could see a new high-speed rail line take shape over the next five years, according to officials. Acquiring the appropriate right-of-way is a key concern, as is the price tag. A cost estimate for the proposal has not been released, though Colorado officials will be working through the summer to fine tune their ideas.

Exploring best practices in trauma-informed care

2019-05-13T11:44:00-04:00

Barros recalls talking over dinner at the old shelter about what was needed at the new facility. Now that it has opened, she said, she can see that she and her peers were heard and their suggestions taken up enthusiastically.

Wide hallways inside the Sanderson Apartments, Mar Lee, April 22, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Donna Bryson introduces readers to trauma-informed design, through two recent examples; one designed by Denver-based Davis Partnership Architects and the other by Shopworks Architecture.

Looking for an architecture job in Colorado? Here are 7 great opportunities now open for applications

2019-04-03T13:58:00-04:00

Beyond the beautiful landscapes Colorado has to offer, the state is filled with fantastic architecture. From the Aspen Art Museum to the Denver Public Library the state is a perfect blend of nature and the built environment. Home to amazing sites Colorado has also been ranked as one of the best places to work. For this week's weekly job round-up Archinect is featuring six firms based in Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins, Colorado looking to expand their team.

Cunningham Group Architecture, Inc. seeks a Project Architect
Location: Denver, CO
Candidates should have ten or more years of experience with a focus on senior living or multifamily high-rise project types for our Urban Living Studio. The ideal candidate will integrate design, technical, and management disciplines, to deliver a fully coordinated set of drawings through a collaborative team-based process.

Tres Birds Workshop seeks...

There’s going to be a lot more lounge-friendly outdoor space

2019-01-21T14:15:00-05:00

Roof decks are increasingly a Big Thing in Denver — as they should be in a city so warm and sunny — and the Denver Art Museum is getting in on them.

Ashley Dean reports in from a recent presentation Denver Art Museum Deputy Director and Chief Marketing Officer, gave on the North Building Project expansion.

Posthumous recognition for Colorado’s first black architect

2018-12-02T17:26:00-05:00

The Henderson House, 2600 N. Milwaukee St., reflects the architectural styling of the highly respected modern architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. John Henderson was very intentional in his nod to modernism, and specifically included a wall of large, plate glass windows on the southern façade – both to look out over the City Park Golf Course and to create a sense of horizontality that is so distinctively mid-century modern.

View of the southern wing’s western end | Image by Paul Brokering, 2018

This past Monday, Denver City Council designated the Henderson House as Denver's newest landmark! Read the original application here. To learn more, check out a 2007 profile (in Denver Urban Spectrum) on the occasion of his winning the annual Denver Black Arts Festival, Louise Duncan award. Or back in 2009 the now defunct Buckfifty blog, a friend of John's offered some personal reflections.

OMA dazzles in Denver as it creates Dior's first retrospective in the United States

2018-11-19T15:39:00-05:00

The Denver Art Museum is featuring: Dior: From Paris to the World, an exhibition featuring the history and design evolution of one of the world's renowned fashion houses. Now open to the public, the museum is to showcase over 200 couture garments, artworks, artifacts, accessories, jewelry, photographs, and more. With the exhibition being the fashion house's first retrospective in the United States, the design team at OMA and Shohei Shigematsu develop a visual timeline of Dior's iconic work that can be shared with its American audience.

OMA’s exhibition was designed to create a visual narrative of Dior's ethos and its long history of creativity and materiality. Spatial organization was key for the overall interiority of the space. Much influence was taken from the natural forms and contemporary design of the Hamilton Building. The museum pathways and display armature are complimentary of the building's ...

Looking for an architecture job in Denver? Check out these 9 opportunities

2018-05-31T13:50:00-04:00

Denver is home to many unique institutions such as Daniel Libeskind's angular Denver Art Museum, Philip Johnson's Wells Fargo Center, David Adjaye's glass Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, and Perez Architects and Fentress Bradburn's Denver International Airport. This week we have gathered up some exciting opportunities on Archinect Jobs located in Denver. You can also keep up with the latest Denver-based opportunities anytime by bookmarking this page.

Tres Birds Workshop has an active listing for an Architectural Designer.

Lumina by Tres Birds Workshop, located in Denver, CO. Image: James Florio.

The right candidate will have at least 2 years of experience working with Revit and have a personal aesthetic appropriate to the firm. The firm is looking for an organized, detail oriented, and amiable individual with a preference for construction experience.

Tryba Architects is currently hiring a Project Architect.

Rendering of Tryba Architects’ Google Boulder campus. Image: Tryba Archite...

"The building is truly in service to the people that work there"

2017-11-19T16:57:00-05:00

the building has three sides that are facing active streets...has quite a bit smaller scale than its neighbors...really sets a precedent for the future, for buildings that are carefully modulated to fit into the Boulder scale

Natthan Heffel speaks with David Tryba (of Tryba Architects) about their new design for the Google Boulder Campus. He highlights the firm's collaborative approach to designing a cutting-edge, flexible work environment.

They also talk about the firm's Denver Union Station renovation and larger role, in filling Denver's "empty canvas" over the last two decades, of the cities urban revitalization.

It's unofficial - official. Denver did #VoteYes on #I300.

2017-11-15T12:24:00-05:00

The leads in those races have never flipped since polls closed Tuesday night. Denver city officials, including Mayor Michael Hancock, already were treating the Green Roof Initiative as though it would pass, given its growing lead with every release of results.

Jon Murray and Kieran Nicholson report the final, unofficial, results released by the Denver Elections Division. BLUF Denver voters passed the Green Roof Initiative and Mayor Hancock and the city are committing to "how best to implement it within the laws and property rights that people have, and to make sure that the spirit of the law that the people have passed is implemented appropriately."

As, Department of Community Planning and Development spokeswoman Andrea Burns noted on CBS4 "green roofs are already possible in Denver. It's just a matter of making those agreements that are part of Initiative 300 work with our system now. We're going to make this work for the people of Denver."

For some on the ground reporting the night of the election, check out; Andrew Kenney over at Denverite and some video/Tweets via Denver Posts @ShannonHoffmanM. * Full disclosure I was at the I300 celebration and part of the campaign's street team.

Finally, if you are feeling inspired, you can check out...

The New York Times picks Denver for Amazon's new headquarters

2017-09-11T15:26:00-04:00

Amazon has set off a scrum among cities that are hoping to land the company’s second headquarters — with the winner getting the prize of a $5 billion investment and 50,000 new jobs over the next two decades. (Denver's) lifestyle and affordability, coupled with the supply of tech talent from nearby universities, has already helped build a thriving start-up scene in Denver and Boulder, 40 minutes away.

The New York Times suggests Denver for Amazon new headquarters as it offers a large and growing labour pool, access to universities, high quality of life and enough space to build eight million square feet of office space. If Amazon was to follow the New York Times advice it could drastically change the face of Denver in the next years.

Elevate your senses at the Church of Cannabis, a renovated 113-year-old Denver church

2017-06-28T15:55:00-04:00

A 113-year old church in Denver, Colorado recently reopened after a renovation [as the] new home and place of worship for the Elevation Ministries of the International Church of Cannabis (ICOC), better known as the Church of Cannabis [...] you must become a member in order to gain access at other times and enjoy the complete experience. Nevertheless, member or not, visiting the church in sober condition is quite the adventure.

Painted with mythological creatures in a hallucinating rainbow of colors, the International Church of Cannabis is a non-profit religious group whose beliefs are founded on “Elevationism”, which welcomes “adults everywhere who are looking to create the best version of themselves by way of the sacred plant” — at least from Thursday-Sunday from 1-3 p.m. during public access.Elevationism”, which welcomes “adults everywhere who are looking to create the best version of themselves by way of the sacred plant” — at least from Thursday-Sunday from 1-3 p.m. during public access.

An avenue, a promenade, a colonnade, not a terrible new structure

2017-04-18T12:31:00-04:00

When the decision was made at the beginning of 2014 to relocate the Kirkland Museum, Hugh Grant, the institution’s founder, insisted that the studio be moved to the new site along with the collections...The old studio is attached to the new construction via a glass curtain wall...One striking feature that will also be in the back is the original outhouse, with its marble toilet, which Grant had moved from the original site;

Last month, Michael Paglia got a peek at the Kirkland Museum's incomplete interior. The tour was led by Jim Olson, a partner with Olson Kundig architects; Martha Rogers, also from Olson Kundig; and included several others who are intimately involved in the design and construction of the promising new building.