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Current project news, press, and happenings.
Bank Lobby
An [au]workshop project has just been recognized with a Best Building Award from the Associated General Contractors of America, New Mexico Branch. The Bank of the Rio Grande in Old Town Albuquerque was completed in the fall of 2013. More images of the bank can be found here. The original AGC NM post is here.
To all of our wonderful clients, collaborators and friends:
[au]workshop architects+urbanists continues growth Formed eight months ago, [au]workshop architects+urbanists is exceeding initial expectations and has hired four additional professionals while continuing to pursue talented staff to help design a growing portfolio of projects in northern Colorado, Denver, New Mexico, California and internationally.
New employees, in order of hire, include Levi Wall, Spencer Lindstrom, Arlo Schumann; and architect Brian Betsill.
Wall, a project designer, received his Master of Architecture degree from Kansas State University in the spring of 2012. His interests include agriculture, urbanism, and sustainability in self-generated, self-sustaining communities.
Lindstrom, an architectural intern, grew up in Northern Colorado and graduated first in his class at the University of Colorado in 2011. He will complete his Master of Architecture degree at Rice University in Houston in December.
Schumann, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, has over 12 years of previous professional experience on a variety of project types including single family residential, multi-family housing, commercial, and education. Arlo currently sits on the AIA Colorado North Chapter Board of Directors. In 2009 he received the AIA Colorado North Presidents Award for Service, and in 2010 received the AIA Colorado North Chapter Associate of the Year Award.
Associate Brian Betsill, AIA, LEED AP is a project manager with more than eight years of experience on academic, civic, and commercial projects. With his previous firm, he was the project architect for the Rialto Theater Center in downtown Loveland, Colorado, which was named the 2012 Honor Award winner by the Colorado North Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA). His most recent project, also with his previous firm, was the brew house and tasting room expansion at Odell Brewing in Fort Collins.
[au]workshop is thrilled to add these dedicated and talented architects and designers to our rapidly growing team. Our initial hope was to double in size both this year and next and we have nearly accomplished both those targets in eight months thanks in part to the rebounding economy, In fact, we are still looking to hire additional qualified recent graduates.
We are building a far-reaching Fort Collins based practice and collaborative team framework capable of solving architecture and urban design problems cost effectively and with design integrity. The folks we’ve been lucky enough to hire put us squarely on that path.
About [auworkshop}: Formed in 2013 with a focus on quality, authentic architecture and catalytic urban, civic and commercial projects that sustainably invigorate streets, neighborhoods and cities, [au]workshop’s current design portfolio ranges in scale from Block One, a new downtown Fort Collins mixed-use headquarters for Encompass Technologies just under construction, to multi-million square foot urban mixed-use projects in design or under construction in Thailand.
The River District Block One Mixed Use project includes a four-story mixed use building over one level of structured parking at the intersection of Linden Street and the Poudre River in Fort Collins, CO. As a catalyst project for Fort Collins’ River District, the ground floor will have space for a restaurant at the north end of the building (closest to the Poudre River and will be the only place in Fort Collins to have a meal and have a view the river) and office / retail space in the remaining space along Linden Street as well as an additional office / retail space on the lower level that will overlook the river. The second floor will be entirely occupied by Encompass Technologies. The third and fourth floors will be residential with one unit having a mezzanine level that will have some spectacular views to the North and East.
early aerial illustration looking south over the Poudre River
block one mixed use site pano
After two years of our team working diligently with the City of Fort Collins, we have all of the necessary permits in place and Brinkman Construction has started working on the Block One Mixed Use project. View corridors have been established, clearing of batch plant spoils is underway and dirt is being removed from the building footprint.
More updates to come.
location of a future [au]workshop designed project - much more to come on this one.
there are plans to populate this with our latest awesomeness - we just have to find the time
more coming soon
