................hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm

Look at Libeskind's museum. The framing is pretty much complete and is looking pretty awesome (literally). I love it.

I like the convention center's roof, but the rest I could do without. That's about it.
Check out some breweries, of course.

keep looking at your return ticket departure time and pray that the hours fly by. i honestly can't remember a single interesting architectural aspect to denver. sad sad city.

Libeskind's museum sounds interesting.



crillywazzy,

so.........aaa........hhhmmmmmmm.......well other than that I guess I'll just keep looking and the return ticket.

and click on the Expansion Info

yeah, not much else here, but it's one of the more interesting buildings in the US (and his best work, imho, to date).

Go up to Golden and check out the Coors brewery. Watch a Broncos game at mile high. Go out to Littleton and check out that high school that got all shot up.

Air Force Academy, Red Rocks, and DIA are the only interesting buildings, but Air Force is really in Colorado Springs, Red Rocks is closed (although you can still see it, there are no more concerts) and DIA has lost its luster after 911 so good luck. Libeskind's mueseum addition is interesting but I would hurry because they are almost geeting the skin on and then its value will drop substaintially. The convention center is, to say the least, stale.

Check out a bar called "the church" fun stuff there. also in the older part of downtown there are some pimp historic homes. My friend used to live over there. There is an architect there that bought this house on one of the historic streets. About a month before they designated it as a historic neighborhood (aka pain in the ass building codes) he got the drawings approved for his house. He completely whacked it out. We tooled around inside while he told us his future plans. He warped all the walls using layers of gyp so that nothing is flat anymore. It’s defiantly worth taking a gander at. I wish I could remember the street. If you’re really interested, let me know and I'll try and find out.

Okay...........that'll work. I can work with this. I'm only going to be there for three days. If there is anyone out there with any more info please let me know.

Check out the sunsets, too. I've never seen so many amazing sunsets in my life.

trace...have you ever been to the Texas Panhandle. I'd argue we have the best sunsets in the US. Its so damn flat here the sky is huge and there’s nothing to obstruct the view.

Tectonic - if you are only in search of brand spanking new contemporary buildings that fit the Arch Digest mold then you might choose a different city. However Denver and its surroundings has an amazing history and some very interesting spaces. I would say that overall you will find a Dwell Magazine article more suited towards Denver. Denver has doubled its population in the last 30 years and it shows. Along with the very bad suburbs it has its amazing downtown loft revitalization. Try walking around through the older warehouse district. Coors Field it is a great example of urban blending. The community in Denver is a young hip crowd, and you can see its reflection in the how these downtown warehouses are being remolded into districts that will boom in years to come. Also take off into some of the smaller cities that surround Denver or go into the mountain towns. If you are coming out soon you will be just in time for the aspens changing color. It is not nearly as amazing as the leaves out east but it will still catch your eye.

So I guess what I am saying is that each city has a story to tell and Denver's lies within its juxtapositions of space and its social energy.

Also I want to take this oportunity to invite anyone who lives in the Colorado Front Range (i.e. Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins etc) to join in a Yahoo Discussion Group. The idea is to get Young Professional Designers in Colorado to get together for lunch and discuss Design or whatever. The Group is Brand New, I just set it up a few days ago so don't be afraid of the numbers. I think to join you have to create a yahoo account if you don't have one, here is the link-

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CO_designers/

arch_pod

That input makes my perspective on Denver wider. I appreciate your input. Is there any part of downtown that I should pay particular attention to? I understand that there is a revitalization of warehouse spaces into lofts. Is there a case study in particular that you would recommend? Or maybe an urban ongoing experiment that I should be investigating? Thanks for the feedback.

Arch_pod, Any names of firms doing that kind of work? Or any good local design firms worth checking out? My wife and I have had our eyes on the Denver area for a while now for some strange reason, but I'd need to find a good design firm to work for to take any future move seriously. Southern California is going downhill fast. There's some great firms in LA, but any part of LA worth living in is either impossible to afford, or 15 miles (with 10 mph traffic) away. Plus we're a little curious as to what actual seasons feel like.

Tectonic has posted images to the gallery. Take a look.

nice pics
i just found this thread...
was going to suggest checkin out the 16th st. pedestrian bridge;
looks like you found it on your own...
not a bad connection piece for lodo over the railyard.
16th street is a great pedestrian mall there in lodo.
i always found it a fascinating scene while i lived there...
not too clean not too dirty - all kinds of characters...
funny how different 15th and 17th street characters are..