… The house was going to be well insulated. The building inspector showed up at 2:00 as scheduled and gave a thumbs up. We had the official approval to start hanging the drywall.

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Architects, planners and developers should take inspiration from the mixed use, pedestrian friendly 2 and 3 story buildings, moderate density fabric of Tennyson street. An urban plan of buildings of similar diversity and scale integrated with open space parks that link to Lake Rhoda could be a concept which would offer much more potential to the immediate and adjacent communities for the Lakeside Redevelopment.

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ArcWest Architects became certified as an Small Business Enterprise (SBE) approved business with the City and County of Denver (Denvergov) on July 29th of this year.   It was cause for an out loud “Hooray!”  The ArcWest partners labored for a month through the numerous forms that were required to be completed, signed and notarized.  Along [...]

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One of the best moments during the course of a project is to receive some acknowledgment near the end of the process that the work was completed to the satisfaction of your client, and it was a job well done.
We recently experienced that moment as we just received a kind letter from our past client, [...]

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ArcWest Architects can help with creative design, economical solutions and conceptual feasibility studies for maximum commercial effect. To get a better understanding of what is possible and the approach our recent clients have taken, please visit our web site.

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ArcWest Architects is excited to announce The “Hole” Bakery and Restaurant on Tennyson Street is finally open for business. It’s that bitter sweet time in which we are thrilled to see the completion of a commercial project we have been working on for so long.

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We used the school they were in a demonstration architectural project and made placards for each profession involved with the project.

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Design and engineering for the remodel of what was previously a retail shoe store to be retrofitted for a new retail business: bakery, coffee shop, restaurant and bar

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Building permits are required for new construction to insure the proposed building project will be safe and built to industry standards. Completing a building project that is not permitted and inspected by the local regulatory agencies can set you up for problems down the road.

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Mentoring a high school student as part of his senior experience certainly has no clear association with the business of Commercial Architecture in the Denver area.  Nor does it provide a dash of new income to the company.   This said, it was truly a professionally enriching experience.
When approached to become a Mentor to a student [...]

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