Denver-based studio Tres Birds Inc has completed a compact, gabled home using salvaged library fittings and material from a bowling alley in Boulder, Colorado, revealed exclusively on Dezeen. More about Tres Birds outfits energy-efficient Colorado house with reclaimed materials
A countertop made entirely from recycled plastic anchors this colourful bar in Denver, Colorado, designed and co-owned by local studio Wunder Werkz. More about Wunder Werkz chooses "humble materials" for Semiprecious bar in Denver
Architecture studio 11 x 17 had to leave historic details intact when converting a restaurant in a mixed-use building in Denver, Colorado, into a gallery space for the Architectural League of New York. More about Denver pizza restaurant transformed into modular gallery by 11 x 17
American studio Kennedy & Violich Architecture has adapted a vaulted 1960s ice skating pavilion into an education building with workshops in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. More about KVA transforms vaulted concrete Colorado sports facility into arts hub
Colorado firm Studio B has completed The Perch, renovating a 1960s house for the studio's founders to make it suitable for modern living while "preserving the spirit of the original structure". More about Mid-century house in Aspen receives sensitive update by Studio B
Architecture studio WORKac has completed the North Boulder Library in Colorado, USA, with an entry ramp running up its sloped form. More about WORKac gives Boulder library "playful" slide and tower
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Architecture practice Studio Gang has completed the Populus hotel in Denver, which its developer claims is the "first carbon-positive hotel" in the US. More about Studio Gang wraps hotel in perforated facade informed by Aspen trees
International studio MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver, Colorado, which has a large, canyon-like opening breaking open its main facade. More about MAD "cracks open" facade of Denver residential building
US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. More about CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper
New York studio Post Company has designed warm, wood-filled interiors for a boutique hotel in Aspen, Colorado, which offers a pared-back take on the Arts and Crafts style. More about Post Company imbues Mollie Aspen hotel interiors with earthy hues
US firm Studio Gang has been selected to lead the revitalization of Denver's downtown Civic Center plaza, which will include improvements to a central amphitheatre and promenade. More about Studio Gang selected for first phase of Denver's Civic Center revitalization
Milanese restaurant group Sant Ambroeus has opened a coffee bar in Aspen, Colorado, where Giampiero Tagliaferri Studio has filled the space with vintage Italian furniture. More about Giampiero Tagliaferri lines Aspen coffee bar with green marble and faux fur
Skylab Architecture has created a set of prefabricated A-frame cabins in Winter Park, Colorado that reinterpret traditional ski chalets with contemporary practices. More about Skylab arranges series of A-frame Colorado cabins in snowflake-like pattern
Arts company Meow Wolf has collaborated with 300 artists to create a series of immersive installations made from mostly salvaged material for its Shears Adkins Rockmore Architects-designed venue in Denver. More about Meow Wolf opens installation-filled venue on site wedged between Denver viaducts
Architecture firm Studio B drew upon geometric paintings to design a low-lying, trapezoidal home in Colorado that features cedar cladding and large stretches of glass. More about Studio B creates trapezoidal Colorado home as "collage of form and light"
Self-taught architectural designer Marc Gerritsen has completed a sculptural, metal-clad house for himself in northern Colorado that is designed to endure storms and wildfires. More about Marc Gerritsen wraps MAAD Peak house in weathering steel
American artist James Turrell has created an immersive installation with a skylight surrounded by an illuminated ceiling inside a stone-clad structure on a forested slope in Colorado. More about James Turrell creates "transcendent" Skyspace installation in the Rocky Mountains
Colorado studio Land Ark has unveiled a metal-clad, mobile dwelling that is meant to serve as a "comfortable backyard office or guest room". More about Land Ark wraps compact Quatro mobile dwelling in black steel
Colorado-based Prometheus Materials has developed masonry blocks from a low-carbon cement-like material grown from micro-algae. More about Prometheus Materials uses algae-based cement to make masonry blocks