Archinect - News 2024-11-22T05:07:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149939551/how-denver-is-failing-at-good-design How Denver is failing at Good Design Nam Henderson 2016-04-10T16:32:00-04:00 >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)&nbsp;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&nbsp;worries about becoming a "<em>plywood city</em>",&nbsp;to too much infill and kit development. One proposed solution is the implementation of&nbsp;city-wide&nbsp;design review committees.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/nf/nf200bomyc7jdyvu.jpg"></p>