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Custom Residential Architects Network

Established in 2025, The Colorado CRAN (Custom Residential Architects Network) Knowledge Community aims to foster a vibrant community dedicated to custom home design. This initiative will provide a platform for exchanging information, sharing inspiration, and enhancing members’ ability to adapt to, and influence, an ever-evolving regulatory and design landscape.

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CRAN Industry Conversations

Join the AIA Colorado Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) for an evening of connection, candid conversation, and shared learning. This facilitated, peer-to-peer gathering will bring custom residential architects together to exchange practical insights on the business challenges that shape their work.

WHEN: October 7, 2026 • 4:30 – 6:30pm
WHERE: Number 38, RiNo, Denver

Learn more and RSVP here

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AIA Colorado’s CRAN

Committee Members

Blake Sullivan, AIA, Co-Chair
Brandon Herbst, Assoc. AIA, Co-Chair
Alexis Champion, AIA
Cherie Goff, AIA
Jeffery Fleming, Assoc. AIA
Nikolas Gomes
Ely Merheb, AIA
Francis Mougne, AIA
Jocelyn Parlapiano, Assoc. AIA
Lauren Shadid, AIA
Brian Sipes, AIA
Adam Wagoner, AIA

CRAN Objectives

Build a collaborative network that connects professionals across the architecture industry – from large firms to individual practitioners – to share resources and provide support in adapting to an evolving regulatory and design landscape
Develop an open-source knowledge base to facilitate information sharing and innovation
Influence policy change at both local and state levels to drive meaningful change
Advance and share sustainability practices to support firms in meeting new benchmarks in environmental responsibility and building performance in the custom residential market
Demonstrate the value of custom residential work within the greater housing conversation for it’s work in research and development of innovative construction techniques and demonstrate that custom residential is central to AIA national’s goal to inspire an appreciation for design excellence across the general public.