CU-Boulder's UMC Wins Design Award/AIA Colorado Celebrates Young Architects/CDOT Wins 2004 Perpetual Pavement Award

The University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder has received the Association of College Unions International's first-ever Design Award of Excellence for the center's 2002 expansion and renovation.

The University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder has received a design award from the Association of College Unions International for the center's 2002 expansion and renovation.

The first-ever ACUI award - the 2005 Design Award of Excellence - highlights excellence in the design of student-centered facilities supporting campus community building and student learning. CU-Boulder's UMC is one of eight award recipients from 22 submissions around the world.

The 2002 UMC expansion and renovation project was submitted by the project's lead designers, WTW Architects, based in Pittsburgh.

In May 2000 the UMC broke ground on its $27 million expansion and renovation project. Over the course of the two-year project, more than 275 tons of sandstone and clay tile were salvaged and reused and more than 935 tons of material were reclaimed or recycled.

The design included adding a 51,000-sq-ft wing and renovating the existing 212,000-sq-ft building, originally built in 1953. The center features a five-story atrium and houses 90 student groups, several restaurants, more than 30 meeting rooms and lounges, the CU Bookstore, a pharmacy, travel agency, credit union, art gallery, night club, computer lab and a bowling alley and games room.

DRCOG Honors Stapleton

Stapleton Neighborhood has won first place in the Denver Regional Council of Governments' 2005 Metro Vision Awards.

Stapleton was chosen from more than 60 entries for contributing to the region's quality of life through well-planned infill redevelopment.

The award was presented in April a dinner celebrating DRCOG's 50th anniversary.

AIA Colorado Celebrates Young Architects

The Colorado Chapter of the American Institute of Architects kicked off Architecture Week 2005 in April with the sixth annual Young Architects Awards Gala and Beaux Arts Ball.

The program is open to students, architectural interns and architects licensed 10 years or less. Awards were given in eight categories. The winners were:

Young Architect of the Year

• Collin Kemberlin, AIA, David Owen Tryba Architects
• Intern of the Year
• Brian Holland, Semple Brown Design
• Instructor of the Year
• Joe Colistra, AIA, insitu DESIGN

Student Portfolio

• Winner: Michael Piche, Studio b Architects
• Honorable Mention: Yi-Chien Chu, University of Colorado at Denver
• Graphic-Visual Communication
• Peter Burr, Associate AIA

Craftsmanship - Artistic & Architectural

• Winner: J Bell, CU-Denver
• Honorable Mention: Adam Wright, SA, CU-Denver; Paul Norquist, SA, CU-Denver; and Alan Scheer, SA, CU-Denver

Architectural Project

• Winner: Katy Collins, SA, CU-Denver; and Niloufar Vakil, SA, CU-Denver
• Honorable Mention: Nicholas Brown, Roth Sheppard Architects

Mentorship

• Thom Walsh, AIA, Fentress Bradburn Architects, Ltd.

This year's jury chair was Mark Gelertner, PhD., Associate AIA and UCD's dean of architecture and planning. The other jurors were Rich Carstens, Young Architect Forum founder and chairperson, Architecture5280; Joseph Colistra, insitu DESIGN; David Daniel, David Owen Tryba Architects; Charlotte Grojean, past president of AIA Colorado North, Terra Verde Architects; Ann Komara, an assistant professor of landscaping at CU-Denver; and EJ Meade, architecture department, CU-Denver.

AEF Names 2005 Scholarship Recipients

The Architectural Education Foundation of AIA Colorado announced the winners of its 2005 scholarship program in April, also during the Young Architect's Awards Gala and Ball. This year's scholarship recipients are:

Academic Scholarships - Undergraduate

• Crystal Olin, Canon City - Anniversary Scholarship, a $1,500 award for third- or fourth-year studies in the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
• Kevin Brodkorb, Centennial - AIA Colorado North Chapter Scholarship, a $1,000 award for study to an AIAS member, based upon merit, need and contribution to the College of Architecture and Planning.
• Andria Baleztena, Grand Junction - C. Gordon Sweet Scholarship, a $1,500 award for first- or second-year study at the College of Architecture and Planning.
• James Beech, Boulder - Gary G. Landin Scholarship $1,500 award for fourth-year study at the College of Architecture and Planning based upon merit, scholarship and need.

Academic Scholarships - Graduate

• Luis E. Fraguada, Boulder - Kenneth R. Fuller Scholarship, a $2,000 award to a fourth-year student entering the masters of architecture program at the University of Colorado at Denver.
• Geneva Kowalski, Lakewood - DeVon M. Carlson Scholarship, a $2,500 award to an exceptional fourth-year student with hand-drawing skills from Colorado entering the masters of architecture program at CU-Denver.
• Sarah Cross, Denver - Robert K. Fuller Scholarship, a $2,000 award for graduate study in architecture at the College of Architecture and Planning at CU-Denver.
• Christopher Christian, Detroit - William C. Muchow Scholarship, a $2,100 award for graduate study in architecture at the College of Architecture and Planning at CU-Denver.
• Matthew Shea, Denver - Temple Hoyne Buell Scholarship, a $2,500 award for graduate study in architecture at the College of Architecture and Planning at CU-Denver.

Traveling Scholarships

• Claire Shepherd Lanier, Golden - James M. Hunter Scholarship, a $2,000 award for travel and study in the Americas. Lanier will travel and conduct graduate research into Charles Z. Clauder, the architect responsible for the unique character of CU's Boulder campus.
• Prof. Peter Schneider, Denver - Fisher Traveling Scholarship Award I, a $2,700 award for travel and study abroad. Schneider will research the theoretical work of Douglas Darden, a young Colorado architect whose work was gaining international acceptance at the time of his death.
• Selma Catovic, Denver - Fisher Traveling Scholarship Award II, a $2,300 award for travel and study abroad. Catovic will conduct architectural documentation and study the wartime reconstruction required for the future rebuilding of post-war Sarajevo, Bosnia.
• Sergey Chudin, Denver - Rodney S. Davis Scholarship, a $4,000 award for travel and study to an individual selected by Davis Partnership, given every other year. Chudin will travel to Russia to research and document Russian wooden architecture.

CDOT Wins 2004 Perpetual Pavement Award

The Colorado Department of Transportation has won a 2004 Perpetual Pavement Award from the Asphalt Pavement Alliance for a section of U.S. Highway 85.

The award was presented in May at the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.

The award-winning pavement is a 4.8-mile stretch of Highway 85 between Denver and Greeley. It carries heavy commuter traffic and considerable truck traffic from produce farms and gravel pits in the area.

CTL/Thompson's Holliday Honored by ACEC's Board

The American Council of Engineering Companies' board of directors voted to recognize CTL/Thompson's Frank Holliday, PE, as the organization's Committee Chair of the Year.

The council's decision was based on Holliday's performance on the 2004-2005 engineering expert witness certification committee, whose goal is to promote the ethical performance of engineering services related to investigation and expert witness testimony.

CU Wins 2005 ULI Urban Design Competition

A redevelopment plan for a portion of the Magna Township in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, presented by a team representing the University of Colorado, was the winning scheme in the Urban Land Institute's third annual Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition.

CU's plan was selected over those submitted by finalist teams from Columbia University, Harvard University and the University of Texas-Austin.

Teams were charged with master planning one of two development sites outside of Salt Lake City. The winning team was announced following the final round of the competition, held in that city last Friday.

The interdisciplinary CU team was awarded a $50,000 prize. Members were Thomas Magloczki, te

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