Established more than a decade ago, the Colorado Building Workshop, a design-build program at the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), has won numerous AIA awards for work that demonstrates the innovative use of common building materials. Led by architect and assistant professor Erik (Rick) Sommerfeld, its portfolio includes housing on the Navajo Nation, cabins for the Colorado Outward Bound School, and what may be the best-looking outhouses in the United States—four steel-and-stone privies that appear to emerge from the rugged landscape on the Longs Peak trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.
The graduate-level workshop’s latest project is closer to home. Completed during the pandemic, the Auraria Bike Pavilions are located in downtown Denver, on the campus of the Auraria Higher Education Center, home to CU Denver, Metropolitan State University, and the Community College of Denver.
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