Year of Completion: 2011

General Contractor: Shaw Construction

The 50,000–square foot facility anchors a crucial gateway between the town’s historic downtown and its municipal district. The center’s program and design provides the community with several distinctive gathering spaces. Every facade of the building embraces the site. On the west, the lobby and event room open to an outdoor event patio. On the east, the visual arts studios open to their own patio, and the nearby amphitheater connects the building to the town’s trail system. On the north, the building’s public face is formed by community-use rooms such as galleries and studios, which feature framed views of the activity within. 

Year of Completion: 2007

General Contractor: CMC Construction

The center provides both its Kent Denver’s upper and middle schools with a consolidated music, theater, and visual arts instructional space. The 29,000 square foot building was pushed into the slope of a hill to meet local height restrictions and to fit within the campus’ heritage. This allows entrances at grade for both the upper and lower floors, providing the building a public face in two places. The program includes the Anschutz Family Theater with the flexibility to seat 250 to 500 patrons. The second performing space is the experimental theater, designed as a hybrid of the traditional black box theater and a teaching theater. With expansive sliding doors, the experimental theater easily transforms into an amphitheater. 

2011 Brick in Architecture Award

AIA Colorado - 2009 Merit Award, Built Architecture

AIA Denver - 2009 Merit Award, Built Architecture

Gold Hard Hat Award, 2007

Year of Completion: 2003

General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson

The 75,000 square foot Tallyn’s Reach Municipal Center in eastern Aurora houses a library, fire station, and police station. Trails and parks define the municipal center as the focal point of this mixed-use neighborhood. The rustic character of materials echos the traditional mountain lodge design while the execution of details undermine the expected structural meaning of traditional lodge design.

Year of Completion: 2003

General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson

The 30,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Library and Municipal Services Center is a key focal point of the redevelopment of “Original Aurora.” The building houses the Library, Aurora Police Department, and City offices. Coupled with the redevelopment of the existing Fletcher Plaza, the building will act as a design precedent for the surrounding development.  An exterior projection screen enhances the colorful use of finish materials and creates a lively, social setting for all. The transparency of the design will present an open invitation for the community to utilize the public resources housed within.

Year of Completion: 2002

General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson

The design of this 16,000 square foot facility moves in two directions. The multi-faceted plan allows for each library space to align with different aspects of the site from the adjacent mountains on the west to the sports park on the north. Each major area of the library shapes itself to the surrounding views, creating a combined kinetic form. The color of the facility derives itself from the spring desert blooms acting as an accent to the typically brown desert environment.

AIA Denver - 2003 Merit Award, Built Architecture

Year of Completion: 2010

General Contractor: Tower One Construction

The city of Arvada engaged Kenney Architects to design a contemporary concession and restroom facility for Stenger Park. Primary elements including the sloped “scissor” roofs, a large sweeping canopy, and masonry columns, strengthen the connection between the street and primary building.  Translucent polycarbonate below the sloping roofline formed a sub-layer by introducing natural light into the building and also creating a nighttime glow when illuminated.

Siting was carefully determined by taking advantage of existing park thoroughfares. The shade patio is deliberately located to the southwest to take advantage of natural lighting and in doing so an informal plaza is created between the new building and existing adjacent play area. Circular elements of the existing play area were also incorporated into the project through the curving concrete slab and shade structure.