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Shipping Container House / Studio H:T

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Architects: Studio H:T
Location: Nederland, Colorado, USA
Project Completion: May 2010
Building Area: 1,517 sqft
Photographs: © Braden Gunem

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This project questions the need for excessive space and challenges occupants to be efficient. Two shipping containers saddlebag a taller common space that connects local rock outcroppings to the expansive mountain ridge views. The containers house sleeping and work functions while the center space provides entry, dining, living and a loft above. The loft deck invites easy camping as the platform bed rolls between interior and exterior. The project is planned to be off-the-grid using solar orientation, passive cooling, green roofs, pellet stove heating and photovoltaics to create electricity.

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Moses Bridge / RO&AD Architecten

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Architects: RO&AD Architecten
Location: Halsteren, The Netherlands
Client: Municipality of Bergen op Zoom
Project Area: 50 sqm
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The West Brabant Water Line is a defense-line consisting of a series of fortresses and cities with inundation areas in the south-west of the Netherlands. It dates from the 17th century but fell into disrepair in the 19th century. When the water line was finally restored, an access bridge across the moat of one of the fortresses, Fort de Roovere, was needed. This fort now has a new, recreational function and lies on several routes for cycling and hiking.

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It is, of course, highly improper to build bridges across the moats of defense works, especially on the side of the fortress the enemy was expected to appear on. That’s why we designed an invisible bridge. Its construction is entirely made of wood, waterproofed with EPDM foil. The bridge lies like a trench in the fortress and the moat, shaped to blend in with the outlines of the landscape.

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The bridge can’t be seen from a distance because the ground and the water come all the way up to its edge. When you get closer, the fortress opens up to you through a narrow trench. You can then walk up to its gates like Moses on the water.

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I really want to do something like this in Boulder.

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Parking Lots Quickly Emerging as New Hotspot for Solar Projects

by Urban Land Institute on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7:47am

by Jeffrey Spivak, Urban Land institute

All across America, surface parking lots dot metropolitan landscapes, serving the same solitary purpose day after day, a poster child for underutilized real estate.

But that is changing in some parts of the country. Parking lots are quietly becoming the new frontier in solar power.

While photovoltaic solar-panel installations are most often seen on swaths of vacant land or on top of buildings, parking lots are quickly emerging as a new hotspot for solar projects, primarily on the East and West Coasts. So far this year, thousands of solar panels have been constructed over parking lots at government offices in California, a football stadium in Maryland, a zoo in Ohio, and a corporate campus in New Jersey, among other places . . .

Continue reading the entire Urban Land magazine story: http://bit.ly/nXFXJJ

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Five developers on ACE park shortlist

LOVELAND - The city of Loveland and the Colorado Association of Manufacturing and Technology have five developers on the shortlist of candidates to help run the Aerospace and Clean Energy manufacturing park, according to media reports.

The city and the trade group are trying to establish the facility at the campus formerly occupied by Agilent Technologies Inc. CAMT said the center could be used by more than 70 companies and provide up to 10,000 jobs. Loveland bought a long-vacant portion of the campus for $5.5 million in June.

CAMT and Loveland initially signed an agreement with United Properties, a Minneapolis-based developer, to help create the center, but in August the developer withdrew from the project.

The city and CAMT have received requests for proposals from five developers, according to press reports. Three are from Colorado.

Local candidates include Loveland Commercial LLC, which is based in Loveland, Neenan Co., which is in Fort Collins, and the Broe Group, which is headquartered in Denver.

Cumberland & Western Resources, from Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Beck Group, which is headquartered in Dallas, are the other bidders.

Betsey Hale, Loveland's director of economic development, could not be reached for comment.

Read the article here:  http://bit.ly/r9QL8H

By Michael Davidson

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An Apple Tree Grows in Suburbia

The hot trend in the suburbs is to mix homes and agriculture

Used to be, developers built high-end suburban communities around golf greens.

In a movement propelled by environmental concern, nostalgia for a simpler life and a dollop of marketing savvy, developers are increasingly laying out their cul-de-sacs around organic farms, cattle ranches, vineyards and other agricultural ventures. They're betting that buyers will pay a premium for views of heirloom tomatoes—and that the farms can provide a steady stream of revenue, while cutting the cost of landscaping upkeep.

Forget multimillion-dollar recreation centers—"our amenities are watching the cows graze and the leaves change," says Joe Barnes, development principal for Bundoran Farm, a 2,300-acre development set amid apple orchards and cattle pastures outside Charlottesville, Va.

To be sure, the shaky economy has taken a toll on some of these developments, including Bundoran Farms, where the developers are moving ahead with new financial backers after a co-owner of the acreage went into foreclosure. Still, Bundoran's developers say they have sold 19 lots, which run from about $250,000 to more than $1 million, in the past 10 months. And new communities centered on agricultural development are in various stages of planning and construction in cities from coast to coast, including South Burlington, Vt., Hayes, Va., Boise, Idaho, and Stockton, Calif.

"Agriculture is the new golf," says Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit group focused on land-use planning.

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Military Offers Opportunity for Entrepreneurs

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The military real estate market is marching forward.

From Florida to Georgia, California to Texas, military projects are being proposed, planned, and built—providing welcome work for architects, land planners, and construction firms across the country and beyond. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines have all embarked on major housing upgrade programs in the past decade, creating a military housing construction boom.

Those in the industry say assignments for the military are one of the hot sectors in the real estate market. Like Washington, D.C., they add, the military sector seems “recession proof.”

The reason? Companies involved in military construction expect even more contract opportunities during the years ahead as the U.S. military looks more toward private development.

Read more on ULI

http://urbanland.uli.org/Articles/2011/September/SheridanMilitary

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Boulder selects Jeff Arthur as new utility director - Boulder Daily Camera" http://bit.ly/n6C5bm

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Still smoldering

The Four Mile Canyon fire outside Boulder has left a residue of anger, confusion and loss

By Steven Titus/photograph by Thia Martin

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The 6,250-acre Four Mile Canyon fire was deemed "contained" on Sept. 13, 2010, a week after it started a few miles west of downtown Boulder. But for those whose homes it touched, the impact of this relatively small forest fire will be felt for decades.

Some 169 structures were destroyed and hundreds more damaged. Since then Boulder County has issued only 30 building permits, and some residents of the area predict only half the homes will be rebuilt. Depending on whom you speak to, blame for the slow pace of rebuilding is spread between county officials, the state of Colorado, the economy and insurance companies.

Conversations with residents about this subject can quickly spiral into anger and frustration. Some still can't talk about it. Others talk as a kind of therapy. To understand how bad the situation was - and is - and how ravaged people living in the canyons feel, it helps to go back to the day residents were allowed to go home.

Read more at ColoradoBIZ Magazine: http://bit.ly/pi1SZe

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The new www.scottcox.com.

 

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Disturbing article from ENR regarding the perils of BIM.

http://enr.construction.com/buildings/design/2011/0523-ACautionaryDigitalTale.asp

 I always say that you build a project twice; once on paper and once in the field.  Communication is the key to any good, successful project. 

 

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Great ENR piece on Studio Gang.

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Unlike many architects, Jeanne Gang, designer of Chicago's mesmerizing Aqua Tower, respects builders and lives for construction. Paul Treacy, the 87-story skyscraper's concrete superintendent, knows this well.

Gang had a profound effect on Treacy during construction of her first tower, an innovative residential building that evokes a vertical landscape of rolling hills and ponds. And it is not only because the designer and the “super” bonded over means and methods for Aqua's 78 unique and undulating slab edges, which have extreme cantilevers of up to 12 ft. Gang also left a lasting impression with Treacy on the home front.

“My son Ryan is an architecture student at the University of Illinois-Chicago, thanks to Jeanne,” says Treacy, who works for James McHugh Construction Co., Chicago. “She inspired him.”

In 2008, when Aqua was up only 40 stories, Treacy—mildly distracted by his teenage son's lack of direction—asked Gang for words of wisdom. Her response was to invite Ryan to spend a day at Studio Gang Architects (SGA).

The gesture is part of the 47-year-old architect's style. “I thought Paul's son would get a better idea of what it was like to be an architect by spending a little time in the office. Plus, I think the world of Paul,” says Gang, who gained “starchitect” status last year when the 859-ft-tall Aqua, the world's fourth-tallest residential-hotel tower, opened.

For Treacy, Gang's gesture was above and beyond the call of duty. “She changed my son's life. She didn't have to do that,” he says. “That's really something.”

Her bent for building, which Gang calls a “love of concretizing objects,” is a cause of her forward motion. “Jeanne has succeeded not only because she's imaginative but because she knows how to build,” says Blair Kamin, the Chicago Tribune's architecture critic.

Her concretizing is infectious. “If you care about construction methods and you engage people in the design, you get something better,” says Weston Walker, an SGA senior designer. “All of her projects are embedded with an idea of how they [will] be made.”

Full Article - Link here via enr.construction.com

 

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The Spring issue of LUXE Magazine features Barrett Studio Architects and "Home on the Range."  Located in South Boulder, this Colorado ranch home has incredible views of the Flatirons in a rustic, agricultural setting.  The buildings included an plethora of sustainable features including passive solar, photovoltaic solar, geothermal and solar thermal systems.

Photo Credit:  LUXE Magazine and Barrett Studio Architects - www.barrettstudio.com

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The Visual Arts Complex is located at the heart of the University of Colorado at Boulder campus.  The 180,000 SF building contains the CU Art Museum and the Departments of Art and Art History.  The building was recently certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council.  The project was designed and constructed in collaboration with OZ Architecture of Boulder, Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architect of Boston, MA, and Mortenson Construction of Denver.

Photo Credit:  OZ Architecture - www.ozarch.com

 

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The City of Boulder Regional Fire Training Center has been recognized with several awards from the American Institute of Architects.  The project received a Merit Award for Built Architecture and the People's Choice Award from the AIA.  The project also won an Award of Citation from the Colorado Chapter of the AIA.

This 10 acre site is adjacent to the Boulder Reservior and contains an Adminstration Building, a Burn Building and a Drill Tower.  The project is certified LEED Gold.

Photo Credit:  Roth + Sheppard Architects - www.rothsheppard.com

 

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Good look at the VAC from Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects in collaboration with OZ Architecture and Scott, Cox & Associates.  Rated LEED Gold by the USGBC.

Images:  KMW

 

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Since opening in July, the 10-acre site near Boulder Reservoir has been recognized with a Merit Award for Built Architecture and the People's Choice Award from the American Institute of Architects. It also won an Award of Citation from the American Institute of Architects' Colorado chapter.

Roth + Sheppard Architects designed the training center for the city. It includes a state-of-the-art training tower and burn building, as well as a 15,800-square-foot classroom and administration building.

Paid for through county sales tax collections from 2002 to 2004, and a temporary city sales tax in 2007, the center is available to provide training for all 26 fire departments in Boulder County.

Read more: Boulder's fire training center honored for design - Boulder Daily Camera

http://www.dailycamera.com/features/ci_16438598#ixzz1KqvE793B

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