Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

2401 Welton Street

Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Named for Omar Blair and Elvin Caldwell, the first African American President of the Denver Public School Board and first African American Councilman in District 8, respectively, this is the only research ...

Architectural Style: Victorian Italianate Commercial Style

Year Built: 2003

Neighborhood: Five Points

Byron White U.S. Courthouse

1823 Stout Street

The Byron R. White U.S. Courthouse is an excellent example of Neo-Classical architecture, and is one of downtown Denver’s most notable landmarks. The structure, which originally served as a courthouse and post office, has been described as “a poem in ...

Architectural Style: Neoclassical

Year Built: 1916

Neighborhood: Downtown

Capitol Hill Mansion

1207 N Pennsylvania Street

Capitol Hill Mansion This elegant Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne residence was originally built for Jeffrey and Mary Keating. He was a real estate developer and a founder of the McPhee and McGinnity Lumber Company, and she was active in social affairs ...

Architectural Style: Richardsonian Romanesque

Year Built: 1891

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

Civitas

1200 Bannock St

Founded in 1984 with the core purpose of “creating healthier cities,” Civitas is an idea-based practice of urban designers, architects, and landscape architects engaged in strategic planning for urban change and project design for built works. Curbed has ...

Neighborhood: Golden Triangle

Clyfford Still Museum

1250 Bannock Street

Clyfford Still Museum Clyfford Still is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century and belonged to the first generation of abstract expressionist artists who developed a powerful and innovative approach to painting following World War II ...

Architectural Style: Contemporary

Year Built: 2011

Neighborhood: Golden Triangle

Davis Partnership Architects

2901 Blake Street Suite 100

Davis Partnership Architects Davis Partnership Architects is a multi-disciplinary design firm offering a full scope of services including architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, lighting and wayfinding. Project types include but not limited to ...

Year Built: 2015

Neighborhood: River North

Denver Firefighters Museum

1326 Tremont Place

Denver Firefighters Museum Just north of a collection of government buildings that run the axis of Civic Center Park and the Denver Capitol is the building that was the first firehouse built for Denver. Labeled as Fire Station No. 1 at the time, it now sits ...

Year Built: 1909

Neighborhood: Downtown

Dynia Architects

4250 Fox St Denver

We value our role as stewards of design within the community and have been fortunate to have worked on several significant buildings within RiNO and throughout north Denver. Our main office is in Jackson, WY and caters to a mix of residential and commercial ...

Neighborhood: River North

Equitable Building

730 17th Street

Equitable Building The Equitable Assurance Society of New York built the Equitable Building in 1892 to serve as the company’s western office and attracted other financial concerns to 17th Street and the Central Business District. By 1893, it was home for ...

Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance Revival

Year Built: 1892

Neighborhood: Downtown

Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion

400 East 8th Avenue

Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion Walter Scott Cheesman, along with the firm of Marean & Norton, designed this formal Georgian Revival dwelling in 1907 for his wife and daughter. Though Cheesman passed before the home was complete, his ...

Architectural Style: Colonial

Year Built: 1908

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

HOK

1401 17th Street Suite 600 Denver

HOK is a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm. Our 1,700 people collaborate across a network of 26 offices on three continents. Photos courtesy of https://www.hok.com/ Click here for everything you need to know about visiting this firm on ...

Neighborhood: Lower Downtown

JNS Architecture and Interior Design

1600 Wynkoop Street

JNS is a leading architecture and interior design firm in downtown Denver, built on 30 years of experience. We specialize in hospitality centric projects with a focus on hotel, recreational, multi-family housing, mixed use, urban infill, adaptive reuse, and ...

Neighborhood: Lower Downtown

RedLine Contemporary Art Center

2350 Arapahoe Street

RedLine Contemporary Art Center RedLine contributes to the revitalization of a declining warehouse district immediately north of downtown Denver. The building encourages art and creative endeavors and boasts a community service-centered mission. It offers a ...

Architectural Style: Industrial Chic

Year Built: 1960s

Neighborhood: Five Points

Rockmount Building

1626 Wazee Street

Rockmount Building Prairie style architecture is often associated with its most famous proponent, Frank Lloyd Wright, and with residential buildings rather than commercial. Wright eventually went on to develop his Usonian style, which was heavily influenced by ...

Architectural Style: Prairie Style

Year Built: 1909

Neighborhood: Lower Downtown

Rowland and Broughton

1830 Blake Street Denver

Rowland+Broughton Architecture / Urban Design / Interior Design (R+B) is a progressive, high-design firm of professionals. As an architecture and interior design firm in Aspen and Denver, our combined mountain and urban sensibilities have informed and enhanced ...

Neighborhood: Lower Downtown

Santulan Architecture

388 Santa Fe Drive Denver

Santulan is a boutique architecture firm specializing in multifamily and mixed-use projects. Our innovative practice balances the art and science of design to optimize the built environment. Photos courtesy of https://santulanarch.com/ Click here for ...

Neighborhood: Baker

SAR+ Architects

1550 Wynkoop Street

SAR+, based in Denver, is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm with a strong reputation for the design of urban projects. Our team approaches each new endeavor as a creative challenge, whether new construction or adaptive reuse, with unique ...

Neighborhood: Lower Downtown

Semple Brown Architects

1160 SANTA FE DRIVE DENVER

Semple Brown is an integrated architecture, interior design and planning firm working in a broad range of sectors: custom residential, workplace, hospitality, cultural and performing arts, education and mixed use. Our team of 28 architects and designers ...

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

Shape Architecture Studio

750 Pennsylvania Street Denver

Shape Architecture Studio is a contemporary architecture firm based in Denver and Leadville – we are experts in radically sustainable design, focusing on ultra low-energy buildings and community-centric design. We believe in the power of architectural ...

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

Shopworks Architecture

301 W 45th Ave

Shopworks Architecture was formed in 2012. The primary focus of the firm is urban infill development with a particular interest in affordable housing, permanent supportive housing, transit-oriented, and mixed-use urbanism. We are a team of holistic ...

Neighborhood: River North

studiotrope Design Collective

2942 Welton St.

studiotrope Design Collective (sDC) is a multidisciplinary design firm that focuses on inspiring ourselves, our clients, and their communities through architecture, interior design, graphic design, and change management. Photo courtesy of https://www. ...

Neighborhood: Five Points

Superbloom

750 Pennsylvania St Denver

Superbloom is an award-winning landscape architecture practice located in Denver, Colorado committed to dynamic design, environmental stewardship and deep research. We design large-scale projects for commercial, agricultural, educational, and municipal clients ...

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

The Sudler

1576 Sherman St Denver

The Sudler at 1576 Sherman Street was designed by architect James Sudler in the 1960’s for the Daly Insurance Company. Mainspring purchased the building in 2021 and removed all the later year modifications, stripping the building down completely to its ...

Architectural Style: Mid-Century Modern

Year Built: 1958

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

Tomecek Studio

3222 Tejon Street

The thoughtful, collaborative and lasting creation of architecture has the ability to impact the quality of life for those who use it. Tomecek Studio Architecture is dedicated to crafting unique and responsive spaces that go above and beyond the standard ...

Neighborhood: Highlands

tres birds

3821 Steele St. Unit 1311 Denver

Tres Birds is a full-service planning, architecture and general contracting firm based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2000, Tres Birds creates dynamic designs for a better world―building sustainable communities, respecting nature, and sparking innovation. ...

Trinity United Methodist Church

1820 Broadway

Trinity United Methodist Church Designed by Colorado’s first licensed architect, the Trinity United Methodist Church sits at Broadway and 18th Street facing west towards Broadway. The building is stone, made mostly of gray Rhyolite, a porous volcanic stone ...

Architectural Style: Gothic Revival

Year Built: 1888

Neighborhood: Downtown

Tryba Architects

1620 Logan Street

For nearly four decades Tryba Architects has led the redefinition of adaptive reuse in our cities, creating transformational impact through pioneering stewardship of the built environment and sustainable infill that reconnects people and place. Our complex, ...

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

Union Station

1701 Wynkoop Street

Denver’s Union Station The long story of Denver’s Union Station begins in 1870, the year the railroad came to Denver. The first transcontinental rail line had been finished a year prior but had bypassed the difficult terrain of Colorado’s Rocky ...

Architectural Style: Beaux Arts

Year Built: 1881

Neighborhood: Lower Downtown

ZGF Architects

1350 17th St Suite 250 Denver

ZGF is an industry leader in sustainable and regenerative design. As stewards of the built environment, our applied research and learnings over the past 70 years allow us to invent new approaches that address urgent climate challenges in complex building types ...

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