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/ BUILDING DIALOGUE / SEPTEMBER 2016
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Publisher’s Note
T
he good, the bad and the ugly. Lately, design in Denver
has been a hot-button issue. Ask just about anyone,
and the response is likely to be that Denver’s skyline
is a beautiful sight. But dig a little deeper, and some
folks are not as happy with the infill.
In fact, three of our columnists are putting design front
and center. Cynthia Kemper goes beyond just architectural
design in her Colorado Pulse column to ponder overall beau-
ty, and she even wonders if there may actually be an “excess
of ugly.” In Beth Mosenthal’s Creative Content column, she
writes about elevating design and taking ownership of our
cities through the city’s “Denveright” campaign as well as
zoning and planning decisions. Joy Spatz interviews Denver
Planning Director Brad Buchanan, who echoes the sentiment
that planning has a fundamental role to play in good design
– and that citizen input is informing future development as
never before.
Speaking of design, our features this issue are focused on
SkyHouse, the 26-story luxury apartment building in the
heart of downtown Denver; architect Robert Outland, who
is retiring from MOA Architecture, the firm he co-founded
more than 35 years ago with Kiyoshi Murata; and One Bel-
leview Station, the first speculative office building built in
southeast Denver in nearly a decade.
In our Elements section, contributors discuss building sci-
ence and how evidence-based design brings value to a proj-
ect; designing for successful audiovisual experiences; plan-
ning for attainable housing; minimizing exterior noise in
multifamily projects; building modern corporate spaces; and
updating Colorado’s mountain resorts.
Some of this issue’s other features include work that is
happening in the suburbs, including Belleview Station in
the Denver Tech Center as well as the Sloans development
underway in West Denver. Take a peek into new projects as
well as redevelopments: STEAM on the Platte, The Center at
Northridge and Joule.
Good design – it’s something we all appreciate. So let’s keep
the dialogue going.
Kris Oppermann Stern
Publisher & Editor
good
adjective/good
/to be desired or approved of
comparative adjective: better; superlative
adjective: best
design
noun/de zīn/
a plan or drawing produced to
show the look and function or workings of a
building, garment, or other object before it is
built or made
