south lowell glam shots
Back in August, I shared some construction photos with you of the South Lowell Apartments, for the Denver Housing Authority. Just in time for the holidays, I have some final “glam shots” to share. South Lowell took a 1970’s era, courtyard style apartment building, in need of intense repair, and re-vamped the existing 68 units, …
design can change the world
OK, so maybe that statement isn’t entirely true; sure, it takes a lot more than just design to make big changes in our world today, but what if that was our approach and attitude towards architecture? That our design work could actually change the world, small pieces at a time, for the better. I first …
elle’s adventures in architectureland
by Elle Withaar Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning class of 2015 Hi, my name is Elle Withaar and I’m 16 years old. I attend a high school in Denver, but for the past three weeks I’ve was up in Boulder hanging out with the cool folks at WORKSHOP8. That’s because I was given an …
charrette junkie – redux
Nine months ago I wrote—and maybe you read—about my passion for design charrettes and the crazy, frantic energy and often unbounded creativity that they produce (confessions of a charrette junkie 2/8/13). I described how I really enjoy working with a large group of people through strange hours of the night to quickly design a project. …
why we love emily — worldly experience and a huge heart
Emily stalked me (but not in a bad way). She identified WORKSHOP8 as a cool place to work and made sure that we met face-to-face during the national AIA convention in Denver this summer (June 2013). I was exhausted from my trip to Japan, so I think our first meeting next to Argent’s big blue …
want a free painting?
Color choices: orange, yellow, red, green, bright green, dark blue, teal, purple. Here is the deal. I have about 100 of these yummy, little wax paintings called Eye Candy. Smallest ones are 6×6 inches, larger ones are about 10×12 inches. You donate at least $100 to any flood relief fund in Colorado between …
what I love about the japanese toilet room and bath
Joseph and I took a trip to Japan this summer, funded in part by an AIA travel scholarship, to study multifamily and single family homes. We were hoping to learn some amazing secretes that would help us design smaller, more efficient spaces here in the US. Although we didn’t discover any groundbreaking design concepts, we …
molkky fest 2013
Alex Jordan from Jordan Woodworking helps stabilize the Molkky Fest sign. Mitch Baris from Altitude Sprits mixes up Finnish inspired cocktails using organic spirits. My daughter, Carmen Vigil V, tosses out the first molkky to kick off the fest. WORKSHOP8′s Nathan Stark and former W8 staff, Sean Berry, in the heat of battle for Molkky …
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