Past Winners
2023 Award Winners
Congratulations to Rocky Mountain Chapter’s 2023 Design Award Winners!
Rockies Design Award
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Design Award
New Weld-4 Middle School
Windsor, CO
DLR Group with Weld County School District 4
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Summit Design Award
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Design Award
EPIC Campus
Littleton, CO
Cuningham with Littleton Public Schools
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Merit Award
Ridgway Elementary School
Ridgway, CO
RTA Architects with Ridgway School District
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Peak Design Award
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Design Award
Elwell Elementary School
Johnstown, CO
RB+B with
Weld RE-5J School District
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Merit Award
Traverse Academy
Aurora, CO
MOA Architecture with Cherry Creek School District
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Merit Award
Netti S. Freed Expeditionary Learning School
Pueblo, CO
RTA Architects and MOA Architecture with
Pueblo School District 60
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Mountains & Plains Planning Award
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Facility Master Plan
F&M Architects with
Dolores School District RE-4A
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Students’ Choice Award
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Jefferson High School CTE
Hord Coplan Macht with
Weld County School District 6
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Educators’ Choice Award
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Traverse Academy
MOA Architecture with
Cherry Creek School District
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President’s Award
Kathy Gebhardt,
President, Boulder Valley School District School Board
Community Unity Luminary Award
Al Slattery
2022 Award Winners
Congratulations to Rocky Mountain Chapter’s 2022 Design Award Winners. We had 25 outstanding submissions this year, covering the following categories: Rockies Design Award, Summit Design Award, Peak Design Award, Planner of the Year, and Mountains and Plains Planning Award. In addition, the Rocky Mountain Chapter also presented the following awards: Educators’ Choice Award, Students’ Choice Award, People’s Choice Award and President’s Award.
Rockies Design Award
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Design Award
Ceylon E-8 Campus
Denver, CO
DLR Group & Denver Public Schools
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Summit Design Award
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Design Award
Meeker High School
Meeker, CO
TreanorHL & Meeker School District
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Merit Award
Manzanola K-12 School
Manzanola, CO
Wold Architects and Engineers & Manzanola School District
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Merit Award
Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Eidos Architects & Jefferson County School District
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Peak Design Award
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Design Award
Sierra Grande PK-12 Replacement School
Blanca, CO
Cuningham & Sierra Grande School District R-30
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Merit Award
Mapleton Public Schools Broadway Campus – Performing Arts School on Broadway
Thornton, CO
The Neenan Company & Mapleton Public Schools
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Planner of the Year
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Josh Grenier, AIA, M.Ed
Wold Architects and Engineers
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Mountains & Plains Planning Award
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Safety & Security Guidelines for Facility Design
Cuningham & Littleton Public Schools
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Educators’ Choice Award
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Merit Award
Manzanola K-12 School
Manzanola, CO
Wold Architects and Engineers & Manzanola School District
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Students’ Choice Award
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Design Award
Meeker High School
Meeker, CO
TreanorHL & Meeker School District
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People’s Choice Award
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Design Award
Sierra Grande PK-12 Replacement School
Blanca, CO
Cuningham & Sierra Grande School District R-30
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President’s Award
Charlotte Ciancio
Mapleton Public Schools
2021 Award Winners
Congratulations to everyone who submitted elevated projects for the Rocky Mountain Chapter 2021 Design Awards. We had 23 outstanding projects submitted this year covering the following categories: Rockies Design Award, Summit Design Award, and Peak Design Award.
Summit Design Award
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Design Award
Halcyon School
Boulder, CO
Anderson Mason Dale Architects & Boulder Valley School District
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CTE Merit Award
FutureForward at Bollman / FutureForward at Washington Square
Thornton, CO
Cuningham & Adams 12 Five Star Schools
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Rockies Design Award
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Design Award
Roosevelt High School
Johnstown, CO
TrenorHL & Weld RE-J5
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Merit Award
Design Competition for the Replacement of New Vista High School
Boulder, CO
RB+B Architects & Boulder Valley School District
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Peak Design Award
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Design Award
Hayden School District New PK-12 Campus
Hayden, CO
Cuningham & Hayden School District
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Merit Award
Castle View High School F-Pod Addition
Castle Rock, CO
Eidos Architects & Douglas County Schools
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Merit Award
Mapleton Explore PK8
Thornton, CO
Hord Coplan Macht & Mapleton Schools
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People’s Choice Award
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FutureForward at Bollman / FutureForward at Washington Square
Thornton, CO
Cuningham & Adams 12 Five Star Schools
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President’s Award
Amy Spatz
Aurora Public Schools
2020 Award Winners
Congratulations to everyone who submitted elevated projects for the Rocky Mountain Chapter 2020 Design Awards, held on December 15. 2020 may have been a tough year for in-person learning, but these projects show it was an amazing year for learning design.
Summit Design Award
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Design Award
Lake City Community School
Hinsdale County, CO
RTA & Hinsdale County School District RE-1
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Merit Award
Gering High School
Gering, NE
RB+B Architects & Gering Public Schools
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Peak Design Award
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Design Award
Early Childhood at Maddox
Englewood, CO
RB+B Architects & Englewood School District
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Merit Award
Mead Elementary School
Anderson Mason Dale Architects & St. Vrain Valley School District
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Mountain & Plains Planning Award
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District 6 Master Plan
Greeley, CO
Cuningham Group & Greeley-Evans Weld County School District 6
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Rockies Design Award
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Career Technical and Innovation Center
Anderson Mason Dale Architects & Littleton Public School District
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President’s Award
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Colorado Skies Academy
Hollis+Miller Architects & Cherry Creek School District
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People's Choice Award
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Kent Denver Middle School
Semple Brown Design & Kent Denver School
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2019 Award Winners
Summit Design Award – Renovations
Design Award
Angevine Middle School
Oz Architecture
Boulder Valley School District
Merit Award
George Washington High School
Cannon Design
Denver Public Schools
Peak Design Awards
Design Award
Innovation Center
Anderson Mason Dale Architects
St. Vrain Valley School District
Merit Award
Great Work Montessori School
MOA Architecture
Jeffco Public Schools
Rockies Design Awards
Design Award
New Poudre Valley High School
RB+B Architects
Poudre Valley School
Mountain and Plains Planning Award
Design Award
Swansea Elementary
Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Denver Public Schools
Merit Award
Pueblo 60 Master Plan
MOA Architecture
Pueblo School District 60
Community Impact Award
Design Award
Dahlia Campus for Health & Well-Being
Anderson Mason Dale
Mental Health Center of Denver
People's Choice Award
Selected by Voters
Cherry Creek Innovation Campus
DLR Group
Cherry Creek School District
Soaring Heights PK-8
Cuningham Group
St. Vrain Valley School District
Dr. William R. Maclay Planner of the Year
President Mandy Redfield presented the 2019 Planner of the Year Award to Jack Mousseau of MOA Architecture. The Rocky Mountain Chapter presents this award as individual recognition of outstanding service, performance, or achievement in planning.
2018 Award Winners
Summit Design Award – Renovations
We recognized a total of 4 Awards in this category; 1 Design Award, 2 merit awards and 1 new award in this category!
- The first Merit Award is being presented to Sierra Elementary School by MOA Architecture and Jefferson County Public Schools.
- The second Merit Award is being presented to Basalt High School by Eidos Architects and Roaring Fork School District.
- Our special Award for tonight is intended to honor the creativity shown by a project that re-thinks what a learning environment can be. We titled this the “Magic School Bus” award and it is being presented to Mobile Academic Classroom by RB+B Architects and Poudre School District.
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- The Design Award winner in this category is Meeker Elementary School by DLR Group and Weld County School District 6.
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Peak Design Award
We recognized one Merit Award and one Design Award.
- The Merit Award goes to Douglass Elementary School in the Boulder Valley School District, by RTA Architects and Fielding Nair International
- The Peak Design Award goes to Early Childhood Center at the Boulder Jewish Community Center by RB+B Architects.
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People's Choice Award
- The voters chose Meeker Elementary School by DLR Group and Weld County School District 6.
President's Award
- Kara Aylesworth, President of A4LE Rocky Mountain Chapter presented the President’s Award to the Cleworth Architectural Legacy Project (CAL):
The Cleworth Architectural Legacy (CAL) Project is a nationally recognized program that utilizes lessons in architecture as tools for students to actively learn about various subjects, adding value to diverse classroom environments and acknowledging a variety of learning styles. Teachers and volunteers attend in-depth training and work with the Denver Architecture Foundation to plan an eight-week classroom-based program. Under the direction of teachers with support from volunteer designers and DAF, students learn about the surrounding built environment beginning with observation, design vocabulary, and architectural history. Activities accelerate into complex challenges, such as model making, mapping, developing written or illustrated plans, and heightening awareness of their built environments. The program culminates with student-driven design projects, which account for common core educational standards.
2017 Award Winners
Rockies Design Award – Unbuilt Projects
- Design Award – Eagle Valley Elementary for Eagle Valley RE 50 School District by DLR Group and TAB Associates
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- Merit Award – Weld RE_4 School District High School No. 2, by DLR Group
- Merit Award – the Innovation Center for St Vrain Valley School District by Anderson Mason Dale
Summit Design Award – Renovations
- Design Award – Corkins Center at Graland Country Day School by Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc with Bowie Gridley Architects
- Merit Award – Boulder High School Commons by Hord Coplan Macht and Boulder Valley School District
Peak Design Award
- Design Award – Three Creeks K-8 for Jefferson County Public Schools by Hord Coplan Macht
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- Merit Award – Emerald Elementary School in the Boulder Valley School District, by RB+B Architects, Fielding Nair
- Merit Award – Rocky Mountain Deaf School for Jefferson County Public Schools, by Anderson Mason Dale
- Merit Award – Creekside Elementary for Boulder Valley School District by Bennett Wagner Grody Architects and Fielding Nair International
- Merit Award – Pathways Innovation Center at Roosevelt High School for Natrona County School District by Cuningham Group Architects and MOA Architecture
People's Choice Award
- Meadowlark PK-8 by Cuningham Group Architecture with Fielding Nair for Boulder Valley School District
2016 Award Winners
Rockies Design Award – Unbuilt Projects
- Eastbank PK8 for Roaring Fork School District by Bennett Wagner Grody Architects
Summit Design Award – Renovations
- Design Award – Valdez Elementary School for Denver Public Schools by OZ Architecture
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- Merit Award – DSST at Byers for Denver Public Schools by Eidos Architects
Peak Design Award
- Design Award – High Plains PreK-8 for Thompson School District by RB+B Architects
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- Merit Award – Roots Elementary School, a public Charter School at DPS by OZ Architecture
Planner of the Year Award
- Richard L. Huwa, RLH Engineering
People’s Choice Award
- Stargate School, Adams 12 Five-Star School District by Hord Coplan Macht
President's Award
2015 Award Winners
Rockies Design Award – Unbuilt Projects
- Roots Elementary chartered through DPS by Oz Architecture
Summit Design Award – Renovations
- Ignacio High School for the Ignacio School District by RTA, Inc.
Peak Design Award
- Design Award – Aspen Community School for Compass, For Lifelong Discovery by Cunningham Group with Studio B Architects
- Merit Award – Hanna Elementary School in the Carbon County Wyoming School District #2, by Amundsen/RB+B – joint venture
- Merit Award – Moffat PK-12 from the Moffat Consolidated School District 2, by RTA, Inc.
Mountain and Plains Planning Award
- Emily Griffith Campus for Denver Public Schools by Hord Coplan Macht Architects
People’s Choice Award
- Aspen Community School for Compass, For Lifelong Discovery by Cunningham Group with Studio B Architects
2014 Award Winners
Rockies Design Award – Unbuilt Project
- Montbello High School at Denver Public Schools by Bennett Wagner Grody
Summit Design Award – Renovations
- Design Award – STEM at Northglenn High School for the Adams 12 Five School District by RB+B Architects
- Merit Award – Ignacio Elementary by RTA, Inc.
Peak Design Award – New Construction
- Design Award – Isabella Bird Community School for the Denver Public School District by Humphries Poli Architects
- Merit Award – Elbert PK-12 for the Elbert School District by Slater Paull/HCM
People’s Choice Award
- Isabella Bird Community School for Denver Public Schools by Humphries Poli Architects
2013 Award Winners
Rockies Design Award – Unbuilt Project
- Design Award – Isabella Bird Community School for Denver Public Schools by Humphries Poli Architects
- Merit Award – Moorcroft K-8 in Crook County School District 1 by Bennett Wagner Grody Architects
- Merit Award – Salida Elementary School in the Salida School District by Bennett Wagner Grody Architects
Summit Design Award – Renovation
- Design Award – Mapleton Early Childhood Education Center for the Boulder Valley School District by Alan Ford Architects and RTA Architects
- Merit Award – St. Anne's Lower School for St. Anne's Episcopal School by Cunningham Group Architecture
- Merit Award – Pikes Peak BOCES Administration and School for Excellence by Bennett Wagner Grody Architects
Peak Design Award – New Construction
- Design Award – Holly PK-12 School for the Holly School District by RTA Architects
- Merit Award – Ignacio Middle School for the Ignacio School District by RTA Architects
People's Choice Award
- Mapleton Early Childhood Education Center by Alan Ford Architects and RTA Architects
- Holly PK-12 School by RTA Architects
2009 Award Winners
Rockies Design Award – Unbuilt Project
- Skyline High School Renovation/Addition, St Vrain Valley School District by Klipp Architecture Planning Interior and Saunders Construction CMGC
Summit Design Award – Renovation
- Coronado High School, DLR Group, Colorado Spring School District 11 and Gerald Phipps General Contractors
Peak Design Award – New Construction
- Design Award – Adams City High School, Adams 14 School District by H+L Architects and Adolfson & Peterson
- Merit Award – Early Childhood Center, Douglas County School District, Klipp Architecture Planning Interior and MW Golden Constructors
Planner of the Year Award
2008 Award Winners
Rockies Design Award – Unbuilt Project
- 21st Century High School, Denver Public Schools by Slaterpaull Architects
Summit Design Award – Renovation
- Longmont High School Cafeteria Renovation, St. Vrain Valley School District by Hutton Architecture Studio P.C.
Peak Design Award – New Construction
- Golden High School, Jefferson County Public Schools by AR7 Architects PC
Planner of the Year Award
- Robert T. Matschulat, AIA, CSI, CCS, CEFPI, NCARB
President’s Award