Denver Modern Links

There is wonderful architecture in Denver, and here are some excellent links:

 

Tom Lundin's site,ModMidMod              Todd Carpenter's: DenMod                On the National Register of Historic Places:  Arapahoe Acres

 

You all know James Hunter-he designed the Boulder Municipal Building, Base Line Junior High, many residences in Boulder, Grace Lutheran and the Seventh Day Adventist Churches, as well as the core of CSU.

 

Below is a photo of a house he designed for George Löf, an engineer active in Boulder, Fort Collins and Denver. It was built in 1958, and used George's own design for active solar heating.  In this case he cycled air through the collectors on the roof, then pumped it through large tubes holding rocks inside the main stairway.

 

Its floor plan is a large H; on the left are the rooms for the children or guests, a sort of "family room" with stone and brick fireplace, and on the right are the living/dining areas and the master bedroom plus an office.  The front part of the H's middle bar is a lateral entry hall and stairs to the basement, and that is where the red heat storage tubes are.  The back part of the bar is the galley kitchen, like the front hall, connecting both parts of the house.  An entry courtyard is in the front, and a tiled court in the back center connects the house with the outside.

 

It was a technological and aesthetic showpiece in its day, but it has suffered water damage over the last few years, and will be either restored or demolished. Since the neighborhood-Cherry Hills Village-is so upscale, economic reality may say "no" to restoration.

 

Another house of interest is very close by, at 14 Cherry Lane Drive:  The Koin Residence, designed by Charles Haertling and Tician Papachristou and built in 1960.  14 Cherry Lane is for sale.  If you want it and need an agent let me know. 7,167 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 8 baths, on .98 acre. $1,600,000.