Fort Collins Urban Design Awards

The City of Fort Collins celebrates great places and people who design them. Join us in promoting awareness of the importance of urban design, and its role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in our community. Urban design ranges from a city or city subarea to a single outdoor space and considers appearances and built form, as well as environmental, economic, social and cultural consequences of design. It is not simply concerned with new development but also with the maintenance and enhancement of existing development. The City of Fort Collins created the Urban Design Awards to promote awareness of the importance of urban design, and its role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in our community. Come celebrate what’s been accomplished, the award is about education and celebration of good design.

These biennial awards were first given in the fall of 2006, again in 2008, and most recently in 2011. The selection process starts with a call for entries and ends with a jury (made up of local designers, city board members and city staff) selecting winners from the applications. The process culminates with an awards ceremony.

Announcing the 2011 Urban Design Awards

Category: Urban Design Plan
Mitchell Block (262 East Mountain Avenue) - Neenan Company
Poudre Fire Authority Station #4 (1945 Drake Road) - Belford Watkins Group

Category: Architecture
Full Cycle (2101 South College Avenue) - Vaught Frye Larson Architects
North Flats (Blondel Street) - Greg D. Fisher, Architect
OtterBox HQ (209 South Meldrum Street) - The Architects’ Studio

Category: Urban Fragment
Equinox Brewing Beer Garden and Patio (133 Remington Street) - Russell + Mills Studios
"Curtain" Illuminated Sculpture (Lincoln Center, 417 West Magnolia Street) - Barbara Baer
"Knowledge Shared" Sculptural Environment (Council Tree Library) - Barbara Baer

Category: Civic Improvement Project
Downtown Alley Enhancement Project- Russell + Mills Studios

Category: Green Design
Brendle Group Offices (212 West Mulberry Street) - Greg D. Fisher, Architect
Odell Brewing Company Expansion (800 Lincoln Avenue) - RB+B Architects, Inc.

Category: Hall of Fame
Gene Mitchell, for his staggering body of work, most notably Old Town Square.

PAST Winners

Category: Design Plan Pads at Harmony (Harmony Rd & Snow Mesa Dr) - Gino Campana, Bellisimo, 2008 Description: Planner/Landscape Architect - Land Images Architects - Aller-Lingle Architects, Edge Architecture, Core Architecture, A Residential Architect Builder/Developer - Bellisimo Inc, Harmony Executive Park LLC Mason Corridor (Mason St) - Brad Smith, EDAW, 2008 Description: Planner/Landscape Architect - EDAW Engineer - Felsburg Holt & Ullevig Client - City of Fort Collins Mason Street North (Mason & Cherry) - Wolff Lyon Architects, 2006 Description: Planner/Landscape Architect - Wolff Lyon Architects Architect - Wolff Lyon Architects Builder - Drahota Developer - Mason Street LLC Harvest (Corbett & Rock Creek) - Vignette Studios, 2006 Description: Planner/Landscape Architect - Vignette Studios Architect - Writer Corp. Builder - Writer Corp. Developer - Writer Corp. Carriage House Design Standards - City of Fort Collins, Current Planning, 2006 Description: Author - City of Fort Collins Sketch Artist - Frank Vaught Category: Urban Fragment "Tribute" (Art in Public Places at Police Services, 2221 Timberline Rd) - Andrew Dufford, Chevo Studios, 2008 Description: "Vivarium Subterraneum" (Art in Public Places on Spring Creek Trail) - Carolyn Braaksma and Barb McKee, 2008 Description: Mugs Coffee Lounge Patio's Custom Metalwork (261 S College Av) - McCabe Callahan, Charly Clifford, Mugs, 2008 Description: Sign/Fence Design - McCabe Callahan, Charley Clifford Metalsmith - Ruben Crestin, RC Design Tenney Court Alley - EDAW and BHA Design, 2006 Description: Planner - EDAW Builder - Technology Constructors Developer - Downtown Development Authority Landscape Architect - BHA Design Trimble Court Alley - EDAW, 2006 Description: Planner - EDAW Builder - Technology Constructors Developer - Downtown Development Authority Landscape Architect - EDAW Category: Student Project CSU Students - Nick Aceto, Carissa Demore, Tina Moore, Monica Schwartz, Adam Shramek, 2008 Description Category: Hall of Fame Montezuma Fuller - Architect (1858-1925), 2008 Description: William Neal - Developer (1946-2004), 2006 Description: Award accepted by his family, represented by Jennifer McCoy, his daughter.

Category: Architecture InSitu (221 Lincoln Av) - Joe Frye, Vaught Frye Architects, 2008 Description: Architect - Vaught Frye Architects Inc Planner/Landscape Architect - VF Ripley Associates Builder - Dohn Construction Inc Client - In-Situ Inc Pads at Harmony (Harmony Rd & Snow Mesa Dr) - Ian Schuff, Aller-Lingle Architects, 2008 Description: Architect - Aller-Lingle Architects Landscape Architect - Land Images Inc Planner - Stantec Builder - Bellisimo Inc Developer - Harmony Executive Park Lofts at Magnolia (210 W Magnolia St) - Justin Larson, JCL Architecture, 2008 Description: Architect - JCL Architecture Planner - JCL Architecture Builder - Brinkman Partners Developer - Urban Living Concepts Engineers - KL&A Inc, SRB Consulting Engineering Cortina (224 Canyon Av) - The Architects Studio, 2006 Description: Architect - The Architects Studio Builder - Coulson Development Company Developer - Coulson Development Company Landscape Architect - VF Ripley Old Town Lofts (200 S College Av) - Vaught Frye Architects, 2006 Description: Architect - Vaught Frye Architects Builder - Dohn Construction Developer - Front Range Land Resources Planner/Landscape Architect - Northern Engineering Services The Armstrong Hotel (259 S College Av) - AE Design Associates, 2006 Description: Architect - AE Design Associates Builder - University Designers & Builders Developer - Steve & Missy Levinger Interior Designer - Twist Design Category: Civic Improvement Project Spring Canyon Community Park (west end of Horsetooth Rd) - Roger Sherman, BHA Design, 2008 Description: Landscape Architects - BHA Design, Mundus Bishop Design, City of Fort Collins Architect - OZ Architecture Builder - Environmental Concerns Inc Developer - City of Fort Collins Oak Street Plaza (Oak & College) - Craig Kisling, City of Fort Collins, 2008 Description: Planner - City of Fort Collins Park Planning Artist - Lawrence Argent Gardens at Spring Creek's Children's Garden (2145 Centre Av) - EDAW, 2006 Description: Planner - EDAW Builder - Walsh Construction Developer - City of Fort Collins Landscape architect - EDAW Water Table Design - Andrew Dufford, Chevo Studios Category: Green Design Burr Oak Design Center (1603 Oakridge Dr) - John Dengler, John Dengler Architects and Bruce Hendee, BHA Design, 2008 Description: Architect - John Dengler Architects Planner/Landscape Architect - BHA Design Builder - Alliance Construction Client - John Dengler, Bruce Hendee Northside Aztlan Community Center (112 Willow St) - Dave Lingle and Shaun Moscrip, Aller-Lingle Architects, 2008 Description: Architect - Aller-Lingle Architects, Sink Combs Dethlefs Architects Planner/Landscape Architect - EDAW Builder - Pinkard Construction Client - City of Fort Collins APP Artist - Carolyn Braaksma Fort Collins' First Straw Bale Home (215 Pascal St) - Donna Merten, Merten Inc, 2008 Description: Architect - Merten Design Group Inc Landscape Architect - Zack George Landscaping Builder - Merten Construction Brewhouse II at New Belgium Brewing Company (500 Linden St) - Neenan Archistruction and BHA Design, 2006 Description: Architect - Neenan Archistruction Builder - Neenan Archistruction Developer - New Belgium Brewing Company Planner/Landscape Architect - BHA Design Kinard Junior High School (3002 E Trilby Rd) - RB+B Architects and BHA Design, 2006 Description: Architect - RB+B Architects Builder - FCI Constructors Developer - Poudre School District Landscape Architect - BHA Design