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Denver Art Museum gets much-needed design revitalization

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Renovating and expanding an art museum designed by a well-known Italian architect comes with its share of design challenges. For the Denver Art Museum, an institution of visual art, it was a necessary revitalization effort to better serve the increase in foot traffic, which has now grown to more than 800,000 visitors annually.

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Drones take site assessments to new heights

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discusses strategies for using visualization and reality capture. While photos and drawings can offer a small glimpse of an overall site, it can be challenging to visualize and understand how all elements relate to one another. Our presentation, “ Enhanced Visualization & Reality Capture from a Bird’s Eye View ” will be at 4 p.m.

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Hord Coplan Macht names Ilijana Soldan as Sustainability Manager

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rcassidy Tue, 05/23/2023 - 13:29 HORD COPLAN MACHT Research-based designer will lead Sustainability Action Team and the firm's green initiatives. Soldan is a research-based designer and project architect with a diverse background in education, commercial, office, retail, recreation, campus planning, mixed-use, residential, and senior living.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

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“The first thing you need is patience,” says Scott Thorson, COO of Oakwood Homes , which operates panel, truss, and module factories in Salt Lake City and near its headquarters in Denver. It all begins with design,” says Charlie Chupp, CEO of Fading West Development , in Buena Vista, Colo., Respect the limits of technology.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize esorum Thu, 03/16/2023 - 09:09 This year’s finalists in the Construction & Design category include solutions to the labor shortage as well as environmentally friendly building solutions focused on decreasing construction time.

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Show Village 2021: 3 Idea Homes for the Way We Live Now

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Working, learning, and trying to stay fit from home became a necessity for most, challenging not only long-held habits but also our patience. ( “Homes weren’t designed for us to live in them 24 hours a day. We don’t work well like that,” says architect Dan Swift of BSB Design.) Rendering: RM Design Studio. The New New Home.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Cory Benjamin , 39, Project Director, BIM Manager, TK Design & Associates, South Lyon, Mich. Koby Bowen , 38, President / CEO of Construction and Design, Homes of Distinction, Rogers, Ark. Alexa Drees Walker , 31, Design Center Director, Drees Homes, Fort Mitchell, Ky. Horton, Denver. TK Design & Associates.