Archinect - News2024-11-22T05:07:55-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149939551/how-denver-is-failing-at-good-design
How Denver is failing at Good Design Nam Henderson2016-04-10T16:32:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/53/53tse4fd8sryup6t.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>you can spend a lot of money, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to come to an outcome that is going to be good over the long run. I think that, you know, it really comes to the design of the building, how the material transitions are treated, color is a huge issue that often doesn't get I think enough attention and can hugely influence the outcome in a building</p></em><br /><br /><p>Last month Ryan Warner talked with architect Jeff Sheppard (of the firm Roth Sheppard) and Matt Schildt (managing director of development for Trammell Crow Residential), regarding the city's current construction boom. Concerns range from "<em>luxury apartments</em>" whose facades are a "<em>mishmash of architectural styles</em>", to worries about becoming a "<em>plywood city</em>", to too much infill and kit development. One proposed solution is the implementation of city-wide design review committees.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/nf/nf200bomyc7jdyvu.jpg"></p>