Denver SDA Names Its Leadership/CAPA Gives Grant to CSU Asphalt Lab/Colorado Firms, Projects Win Gold Nuggets

Colorado projects that won Gold Nuggets Awards this year included the Brownstones at Riverfront Park, the Stapleton redevelopment and Blake Street Flats in Denver, as well as La Bellezza at Peregrine in Colorado Springs and the Barrett Ranch in Peyton. Local firms that won for out-of-state projects included Fentress Bradburn Architects, Woodley Architectural Group and Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Denver SDA Names 2006-2007 Leadership

The Denver Chapter of the Society for Design Administration's officers for 2006-2007 are president, Pomelia Bowers, The RMH Group; vice president, Karen Roman, Intergroup Inc.; secretary, Jill Wyatt, H+L Architecture; and treasurer, Theresa Ikeda, Mark Hoskin Architects.

The directors are Lou Ann Hight, SlaterPaull Architects Inc.; Sally Disciullo, Monroe & Newell Engineers; Wendy Houghtaling, Marsh & Associates Inc.; and Anne McNeely, Gensler.

CAPA Awards CSU Grant for Asphalt Lab Naming Rights

The Colorado Asphalt Paving Association presented a $50,000 grant to representatives of the Colorado State University Construction Management Department for naming rights to the school's new asphalt laboratory.

A portion of the grant money will be used for laboratory renovation. Completion of the facility is expected later this year. Course instruction and basic asphalt research is set to start in January.

Denver Place Wins BOMA Earth Award

Denver Place was presented in June with The Earth Award by the Building Owners and Managers Association International, which recognizes excellence in environmentally sound office building management.

Denver Place distinguished itself in areas such as indoor air quality, hazard communications standard programs, green purchasing policies and for its reserved parking program for hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles.

Colorado Companies Win Gold Nuggets Awards

Several Colorado companies and projects were among the winners of the Pacific Coast Builders Conference's 2006 Gold Nuggets Awards, presented in June at PCBC's annual conference in San Francisco.

The winning projects and companies from Colorado are:

Best Loft Project

• The Brownstones at Riverfront Park, Denver - Builder, R.A. Nelson; developer, East-West Partners; architect, Humphries Poli Architects.

Best Public/Private Special Use Facility

• Palm Springs Convention Center Expansion, Palm Springs, Calif. - Builder, Turner Construction; owner, city of Palm Springs; architect, Fentress Bradburn Architects; landscape architect, Michael Buccino Associates.
• Sacramento City Hall, Sacramento - Builder, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; developer, David S. Taylor Interests Inc.; architect, Fentress Bradburn Architects; landscape architect, Quadriga Landscape Architecture.
• Sea-Tac International Airport Terminal Expansion, Seattle - Builder, J.E. Dunn Construction Northwest; design architect, Fentress Bradburn Architects; associate Architect, Streeter & Associates.

Best Custom Home, 5,000 to 10,000 sq ft

• Old Cherry Hills Villa, Cherry Hills - Builder, Malibu Homes; architect, Woodley Architectural Group.

Best Affordable Project

• Blake Streets Flats, Denver - Builder, Milender White Construction Co.; developer, Integral Properties; architect, Humphries Poli Architects.

Best Low-Rise Apartment Project

• Botanica on the Green, Denver - Builder, Forest City Stapleton; developer, Forest City Stapleton; architect, TCA (Thomas P. Cox Architects).

Best Midrise Apartment Project

• Archstone Riverfront Park, Denver - Builder, Carter CM Corp.; developer, Archstone Smith Corp.; architect/planner, Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh.

Best Neighborhood Site Plan, under 15 acres

• La Bellezza at Peregrine, Colorado Springs - Builder, Keller Homes; developer, Vintage Communities; architect, Scheurer Architects; planner, NES.

Best Single-Family Detached Home, 1,700-plus sq ft

• Mayfield - Plan 1, Fremont, Calif. - Builder, Mayfield Housing Corp.; architect, Woodley Architectural Group.

Best Single-Family Detached Home, under 2,300 sq ft on a small lot

• Madeira at Del Sur - Plan 4, San Diego - Builder, Shea Homes Limited Partnership; architect, Woodley Architectural Group.
• Madeira at Del Sur - Plan 3, San Diego - Builder, Shea Homes Limited Partnership; architect, Woodley Architectural Group.

Best Single-Family Detached Home, 2,300-plus sq ft on a small lot

• Portomarin - Residence One, San Clemente, Calif. - Builder/developer, Standard Pacific Homes, Orange County; architect, Woodley Architectural Group.
• Portomarin - Residence Two, San Clemente, Calif. - Builder/developer, Standard Pacific Homes - Orange County; architect, Woodley Architectural Group.

Best Single-Family Detached Home, under 2,200 sq ft

• Stapleton - Plan 2, Denver - Builder, John Laing Homes; architect, Woodley Architectural Group.

Best Single-Family Detached Home, 2,200 to 2,600 sq ft

• La Bellezza at Peregrine - Villa Sorrento, Colorado Springs - Builder, Keller Homes; architect, Scheurer Architects.
• La Bellezza at Peregrine - Villa Cortena, Colorado Springs -Builder, Keller Homes; architect, Scheurer Architects.

Sustainable Residential Neighborhood

• Stapleton, Denver - Developer, Forest City Stapleton; planner, Calthorpe Associates.

Building Industry Community Spirit Awards

• The Barrett Ranch, Peyton - Builder/developer, Keller Homes; architect, Keller Homes.

Detached Residential Project of the Year

• La Bellezza at Peregrine, Colorado Springs - Builder, Keller Homes; developer, Vintage Communities; architect, Scheurer Architects; planner, NES.
  

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