Handprint Architecture and Semple Brown selected to design the UNC Campus Commons

Anticipated to be completed in 2018, the new UNC Campus Commons will serve as a gateway to campus, a unique navigation and support hub for students, and a showcase for UNC’s world-class music and musical theatre programs.

Handprint Architecture opens their newly renovated office

No longer working around a single table and desk lamp, our 1,400-square-foot office is finally renovated. We designed and installed much of the work in only a matter of 3 months. Check out this article about our transition:

Tania Salgado wins 2015 AIA Colorado Architect of the Year (formerly Lifetime Achievement) Award

American Institute of Architects (AIA), Colorado announced the 2015 AIA Colorado Honor Award winners during the 2015 AIA Colorado & Local Section Design Awards Gala in Keystone, Colo. on Oct. 15, 2015. The AIA Colorado Honor Awards recognizes firms and individuals who are setting examples in both design and leadership in our state.

Tania Salgado wins 2015 AIA Western Mountain Region Silver Medal

AIA Western Mountain Region comprised of AIA members in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, bestowed two architects and one architecture firm with the association’s highest honors at the AIA Western Mountain Region Awards Gala on Oct. 17, 2015.

Handprint Architecture honored with two AIA Colorado Awards

Ron Izzo, AIA was recently named by AIA Colorado as Young Architect of the Year, recognizing individual achievements of a young architect as demonstrated by community involvement, design skills and dedication to the profession. “Ron’s abilities will flourish in the freedom of his new firm. I am excited at the emerging work, soon revealed.” Brendle FAIA

Tania Salgado, AIA received the Leadership Award, recognizing the leadership of a member of AIA Colorado, exhibited through AIA or any public organization or forum within Colorado that results in better public awareness of the profession or more livable and sustainable buildings or communities. “Through her work and practice, Tania has demonstrated the ethics, priorities and design that exemplifies the professional practice of architecture.” Imirzian FAIA

“These two awards are a source of great pride to our firm, demonstrating our dedication to not only creating great work for our clients, but also the importance of engaging community to make a better place for all.”

Virtual office in physical space

Long forgotten are the days of the architect’s drafting studio, private offices and cubicles. An

architectural office can function via cloud-based technology and the occasional client meeting

in a coffee shop, but idea generation and project dialogue thrive on physical collaboration.

Technology and the virtual experience does not replace the need for effective and quality

physical interaction.

media:scape by Steelcase fosters collaboration across the table, integrating people, space

and technology. Through the integration of furniture and technology, Handprint Architecture is

collaborating in a dynamic meeting setting, allowing us to create better solutions. In close

proximity at one table, we interact more effectively and share information, to focus and be more

productive, building on each others ideas

Thank you, OfficeScapes, for your generosity and sharing your Studio during the start-up of our

firm!

Pepsi Center VIP suites open for the 2015 Hockey Season

Ten private luxury suites within the Pepsi Center is a new paradigm delivering exclusivity with personalized service.  This prototype is envisioned for future areas of the venueown historic district.

Handprint Architecture selected to design new Priory

Handprint Architecture has been selected to design the new priory and novitiate for the Dominican Friars at St. Dominic's Church.  Envisioned as a highly collaborative design process, we are excited to partner with the Friars on this important project for the community.

Ron Izzo joins the Education Committee on the Denver Architectural Foundation

Education in schools is the flagship program that brings architecture into the classrooms at Denver Public Schools, inspiring students to experience the importance of design to our quality of life.

University Veteran's Memorial Lounge opens at CU Boulder

Construction has completed at CU Boulder's UMC new student union program and veteran’s memorial lounge. The memorial honors the service and sacrifice of Colorado veterans by connecting the public through displays and contemplative space. With the addition of a new resource center, lounge/collaboration spaces, and meeting rooms, the renovated space supports CU student groups, and better services current underrepresented students.

Handprint Architecture discovers the Chocolate Crisis Center

We did not truly know the healing powers of chocolate until we found the Chocolate Crisis Center. We also did not truly know addiction until we found the Chocolate Crisis Center. Check out their store in RiNo; their products are delicious.

Handprint Architecture hires their first employee!

Handprint hires their first employee! Audrey, a recent graduate from the University of Colorado Denver’s Master’s of Architecture program, joined the team early Summer of 2016.

CU Boulder’s new student support services and veterans memorial lounge to open summer 2016

Construction is almost complete for the renovation of the University Memorial Center on the Boulder Campus. The renovation area is just under 12,000 total square feet on the second and third floors of the UMC with the goal to create spaces that serve students and student groups, while encouraging collaboration and support.

Handprint volunteers for the Denver Rescue Mission

Design firms across the country are improving communities in need by pledging 1% of their annual billable hours to pro bono service to assist projects that serve the public good. As architects we must contribute our time and services that respond to our society’s practical problems.

Handprint Architecture is committed to the “bigger better” by joining the growing pro bono movement in architecture. This is a fundamental value of our new firm and we are excited to share our stories that impact the community.

Tania Salgado selected as top 15 architects in Denver

Build Direct curated a list of the top 15 architects in the Mile-High City, one of whom is our very own Tania Salgado. In hopes of expediting the process of pairing architect with client, this blog describes the architect’s expertise, education and current firm. Check out the link here:

Tania Salgado announced as 2015 Commencement speaker

Tania will be the featured speaker at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning’s Annual Commencement Ceremony, to be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at the Student Union Ballroom.

Tania Salgado elected to national AIA Strategic Council

The first female elected to this role, representing the Western Mountain Region as junior director in 2015.  The inaugural assembly of the AIA Strategic Council was held on December 12th as they took on issues of internal governance and a review of strategic issues, a transition towards advancing the profession and the AIA by looking at more long range efforts to better position the AIA within the design and construction industry.

Tania Salgado elected as Chair of Denver’s Lower Downtown Design Review Board

Appointed by the mayor, the function of the LDDRB is to preserve, enhance, and perpetuate structures that have architectural, historical, or geographical significance within the lower downtown historic district.

Tania Salgado does webinar on how-to create an effective award submittal

Presented by Brad Tomecek, AIA, Tania Salgado, AIA, and Sarah Hogan

In this webinar, coverage included how to submit a project for a design award as well as how to promote the award after winning. The session featured advice and experience from a design award winner, a jury chair, and a public relations firm.

Handprint Architecture launches new firm