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Entries by David Barrett, FAIA
Studio Arts Progress during the Pause
We share with you a heartening update from our friends at Studio Arts Boulder about our mutual progress during the “pause.”
Timelessness: Home on the Knoll
This home for one of our favorite couples is on the market after serving them well for the past 23 years. It, like them, has stood the test of time and aged gracefully.
Drawing on Life 1: The Die Was Cast
As a 15-year-old kid in Pittsburgh, I was fortunate enough to intern in a four-person architecture firm on the north side of the city.
Launching Studio Arts Boulder
This is something I know I want to leave behind for our children and grandchildren.
Video: Solar Church Scrape-Off
This is sad, the scrape-off of a solar church we designed 32 years ago in Lafayette, CO.
Transformation Part 2: Design
After 20 years as Barrett Studio’s office, the decision to evolve the building into two side-by-side residences was inspired by my family’s recent trips to Morocco and southern Spain.
Transformation Part 1: Another Way
It’s good to have this vision right in front of me, because now we are faced with downsizing the 2,200 square foot Studio into our new temporary office space. For the next year we will run the business from 600 square feet. That’s a 73% reduction in space.
Eagle Rock School: A Critical Look in the Rear View Mirror
It’s a rare of opportunity for an architect to be invited back to review a completed project 28 years after it was conceived and built. In this case we are talking about the Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Estes Park, Colorado.
Musings on Modern(ism)
I’ve taken both the high road and the low road in these musings on modernism. For a bit of humor, watch this 5-minute video that is my somewhat tongue-in-cheek late night rant at the Month of Modern Wrap Party. Depending on your political orientation, it’ll give you a chuckle. On a more serious note, I have done quite a bit of thinking recently about what modernism is and isn’t and it comes down to this:
