2024 Young Firm of the Year • Shape Architecture

The Award

AIA Colorado is excited to identify and present the award for Young Firm of the Year for 2024. This award targets new firms already making a lasting contribution to the advancement of architecture and design in Colorado. The Honor Awards Committee is confident that this firm is only getting started and we’re very optimistic that this firm will continue to achieve great heights in the future by synthesizing sustainability with great design. 

Shape Architecture – as awarded by John Glen, AIA, 2024 AIA Colorado Board Secretary, 2024 Honors Award Committee

Founded by Morgan Law, AIA, and Steve Scribner, AIA, both are passionate about advancing the ideals of Passive House and rigorous sustainability within every facet of their practice. The practices, passion, and talents come through in every project they embark on. Their designs are award-winning and fully respond to context and resiliency. This ethos carries through to every detail of their projects no matter the scale. 

This award is not just dedicated to firms that design pretty buildings; we seek to look for exemplary offices that have a strong desire to advance practice, advocate for the future and profession, and retain and attract excellent talent. While there is technically an ‘I’ in Architecture, we all know that it takes the collaboration of talented staff to achieve what Shape is seeking to do.  

Shape always strives to use practice as a mechanism for positive change by fusing great design with a high level of sustainability and resiliency. Their process puts great emphasis on collaboration from initial conception to CofO. Their commitment to balancing varied interests sets them apart. They try to turn constraints into assets for their clients. 

The Honor Awards committee is excited to see what the next chapter portends for this up-and-coming firm.