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Steel Tops Out on New Denver Academy High School
The Denver Academy's new high school was recently topped
out. The two-story, 35,000-sq-ft, $7.5 million Core High School
building will feature 15 classrooms and seven tutoring rooms
in addition to office space for faculty and common meeting
rooms for students. The project was designed by Fentress Bradburn
Architects and is being built by JHL Constructors.
The Core High School building will be the first new building
for Denver Academy since moving to its Iliff Avenue Campus
in 2001. In addition to housing the Core High School Program,
the new building will house Denver Academy's art program and
main computer lab.
While the new building's architecture will complement existing
buildings, it will also elevate the overall image of the campus
with modern, metal accents and clean lines.
While the primary building material is brick, a glassy entry
lobby will signal a point of arrival, orient students and
visitors and establish a contemporary look. The lobby, along
with numerous large punched windows, will bring daylight deep
into the building and provide spacious informal gathering
areas. The Core High School building will open in 2004 and
serve more than 200 students.
Alternative High School Breaks Ground
Aurora Public Schools recently broke ground on its new $5.8
million William Smith Alternative Education Center, designed
by OZ Architecture with Haselden Construction as the general
contractor.
The school is located next to the T.H. Pickens Technical Center
at 500 Airport Blvd., where it will move in 2005 from its
current location at 875 Peoria St.
The William Smith Center - the first all-new school for Aurora
Public Schools since the 1980s - is designed specifically
for non-traditional high school students and will house three
programs:
William Smith Alternative High School, which offers morning
sessions for 9th-12th graders.
Hartenback High School, which offers sessions from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m.
A Young Parenting Program with an in-house nursery to help
teenage parents complete high school. The school's 250 students
include 40 teen parents.
The design calls for a masonry and metal-clad building that
complements the Pickens Tech campus while providing a distinctive
image for the alternative school. It features two sides linked
by a clerestory-lit "main street" for easy circulation.
Classrooms feature daylighting to reduce energy costs and
create an appealing and effective learning environment.
Phase One of The Timbers Complete
Drahota Construction Co. has completed Phase One of The
Timbers at Timberline and Zephyr Road in Fort Collins. The
12 eight-plex buildings are being built in two phases for
Timbers LLC ownership group.
Phase One consists of five eight-plex buildings. The two-bedroom,
two-bathroom, for-sale units - ranging from 1,200 sq ft
to 1,340 sq ft - were designed by Vaught-Frye Architects
of Fort Collins in the Colorado Craftsman style. Other architectural
elements include fireplaces, mantels, hearths, arch doorways,
tile flooring in bathrooms, wood flooring in kitchens, one-car
detached garages and other amenities.
Construction of the project included concrete footings with
post-tension slabs, wood load-bearing walls with synthetic
stone veneer and Hardi-plank siding. Drahota's project team
also completed the site work and excavation of the project.
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