Colorado Architecture Month is a month-long celebration of Colorado architecture and design, hosted by The American Institute of Architects Colorado component (AIA Colorado), with several free events for the public.
Events
April 5 | Film Screening: Citizen Architect
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio is a documentary film on the late architect Samuel Mockbee and the radical educational design/build program known as the Rural Studio. The Aspen film screening will take place on
Friday, April 5, from noon - 2 p.m., at the Wheeler Opera House (320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen, CO 81611). For more information,
click here.
April 5 | Historic Chief Theater Presentation and Film Screening: Citizen Architect
The evening will begin with a reception and presentation on the restoration process of the Chief Theater. The presentation will be followed by a film screening of
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio, a documentary film on the late architect Samuel Mockbee and the radical educational design/build program known as the Rural Studio. The event will take place on
Friday, April 5, from 5 - 10 p.m., at the historic Chief Theater (813 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487). For more information,
click here.
April 5 | AIA Denver Open Studio! at Hangar 41
Open Studio! is an initiative with the purpose of reaching out to the community at large, raising awareness of architects as thought leaders and demystifying how they are making a better world through design of the built environment.
Small practitioners will show their work at
Hangar 41 (825 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204) during the Art District on Santa Fe's
First Friday event. For more information,
click here.
April 6 | AIA Colorado South Box City for Kids
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Box City for Kids, hosted by AIA Colorado South, is a very popular event where children experience the design and construction industry firsthand by requesting permits, ordering materials, designing buildings and constructing those buildings into a cardboard city. AIA Colorado South Box City will take place at Eagleview Middle School (Colorado Springs, CO).
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April 9 | Brad Cloepfil: The Limiting Field
Join the University of Colorado Boulder's Environmental Design Program on
Tuesday, April 9, at 5:47 p.m., for
The Limiting Field, a lecture by Brad Cloepfil, AIA, of Allied Works Architecture, Inc. Brad Cloep fil, AIA, founding principal of Allied Works Architecture, will discuss recent projects in the U.S. and abroad, as well as the ideas and principles that form the basis of the rm's work. As architect of the Cly fford Still Museum, Cloepfi l will focus on how these were realized in the museum's design and construction, and will discuss the challenges, opportunities and lessons of creating a single-artist museum in Denver's Civic Center. For more information,
click here.
April 12 | Film Screening: Bird's Nest
Bird’s Nest: Herzog & de Meuron in China is a documentary about the building between two cultures, two architectural traditions and two political systems. Christoph Schaub and Michael Schindhelm show two very different building projects in China by the Basle-based star architects Herzog and de Meuron: the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and an entire district in the town of Jinhua. One is tailored to China's international appearance; the other caters for the daily needs of the population. This film screening will take place on
Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m., at Library Hall (1289 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487). For more information,
click here.
April 13 | AIA Denver Box City for Kids
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Box City for Kids, hosted by AIA Denver, is a very popular event where children experience the design and construction industry firsthand by requesting permits, ordering materials, designing buildings and constructing those buildings into a cardboard city. AIA Denver Box City will take place in the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building's atrium (Denver). |
April 13 & 14 | Doors Open Denver
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Doors Open Denver consists of free expert and self-guided tours of buildings in Denver. The theme for 2013 is City Beautiful: Then & Now. AIA Denver is an event sponsor. For more information, including a list of sites, visit www.doorsopendenver.org. |
April 16 - 30 | Exhibit at Pitkin County Library
Join AIA Colorado West (Aspen)
April 16-30 at the Pitkin County Library (120 N. Mill St., Aspen, CO 81611) for an exhibit including projects that exemplify not-for-profit and pro-bono work by local AIA-member architects. For more information,
click here.
April 19 | Film Screening: My Architect
My Architect, A Son’s Journey is a documentary by director Nathaniel Kahn as he searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974. This film screening will take place on
Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m., at the historic Chief Theater (813 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487). For more information,
click here.
April 20 | Film Screening: Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Join AIA Colorado West (Vail) for a film screening of
Eames: The Architect and the Painter on
Saturday, April 20, at 10:30 a.m., at CinéBistro (141 E. Meadow Dr., Vail, CO 81657). This event is free and open to the public. For more information,
click here.
April 26 | Film Screening: Sketches of Frank Gehry
Sketches of Frank Gehry is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Sydney Pollack and produced by Ultan Guilfoyle, about the life and work of the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. This film screening will take place on
Friday, April 26, at 7 p.m., at the historic Chief Theater (813 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487). For more information,
click here.
April 27 | AIA Colorado North Box City for Kids
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Box City Box City for Kids, hosted by AIA Colorado North, is a very popular event where children experience the design and construction industry firsthand by requesting permits, ordering materials, designing buildings and constructing those buildings into a cardboard city. AIA Colorado North Box City will take place at the Youth Activity Center (Fort Collins, CO). |