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On July 10th the Colorado chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers hosted the 2014 Crystal Awards Held at Denver’s Seawell Grand Ballroom, the ceremony honored ASID members for excellence in commercial and residential design
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Residence Under 4,000 Square Feet Berardi Residence Kimberly Timmons, Kelly Flynn and Holly Royval Kimberly Timmons Interiors What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The design challenge was creating an extravagantly styled, functional and comfortable home while working under strict budgetary constraints. How did you resolve it? Because of our buying power, we were able to offer high-end furnishings and accessories to our clients at an affordable price. Using wellpriced designer fabrics on our custom soft goods and window treatments enabled us to design a luxurious, elegant look. What was your favorite aspect of the project? The installation process was very rewarding as each layer was delivered and placed. Our clients were enamored with their new home. Their positive reaction reflected the success in reaching our design goals and installing on time and within budget.
Residential Single Space Dedicated Function Evans Sewing Room Finished Basement Company What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The biggest challenge was creating a space that needed to be usable for a multitude of purposes including sewing, quilting and painting. Each activity had a different and specific set of needs that had to be met. How did you resolve it? We resolved the challenge by utilizing mobile tables. This allows for two separate tables that when pushed together create one grand table for larger scale projects. Additionally, we selected lighting fixtures that are adjustable by a weight-and-pulley system; this allows the client to adjust lighting according to task. What was your favorite aspect of the project? The best aspect of the project was the collaboration between our artist client and designer to create the one-of-a-kind lotus flower stenciled floor. This inventive focal point adds depth and character, creating an even more moving, uplifting space.
Residence Over 4,000 Square Feet Rocky Mountain Residence Kari Foster, Rachel Blackburn and Natalie Lynch Associates III Interior Design What was the most difficult challenge of this project? Keeping a connection to the outdoors was uppermost while considering furniture placement and selection of materials. The goal was to minimize a goldfish bowl experience that could have happened with so much expansive glass, while ensuring a comfortable and secure environment. How did you resolve it? Expansive mountain views inspired furnishing groupings that would provide a prospect and refuge experience. Upper cabinetry was minimal and furniture pieces were positioned so that nothing competed with or obscured view corridors. Natural materials, patterns and hues complemented Mother Nature’s palette. Window coverings were discreet yet accessible when needed.
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What was your favorite aspect of the project? We thoroughly enjoyed working with knowledgeable, sophisticated clients who trusted all team members to do their best work. The respectful, inclusive collaborative project team was also a joy. Each team member contributed to creating an exquisitely crafted, well-built home with lovely, appropriate interior finishes and furnishings.
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Bath Bagley Bathroom Remodel Laura Hodgson and homeowners | Haven What was the most difficult challenge of this project? Although the space was large, there were two windows that could not be moved, which posed challenges for space planning. The client wanted to keep the area as open as possible, which had the potential for wasted space. How did you resolve it? By designing a double-sided floating vanity for the middle of the room, we were able to create his and hers bath areas. This also allowed us to add one more window that flooded the bath with natural light. What was your favorite aspect of the project? I loved the clients; both their openness to try new things and their willingness to listen to my ideas. This led to the floating vanity with a shared sink, a wall of tile, frosted storage in the main area and an additional lighting grid at ceiling level. ASID Crystal Awards
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Kitchen Observatory Park Residence Elisabeth Aiello | Kitchen Distributors What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The biggest challenge was creating a contemporary space that fit with the dÊcor of the house. The home has transitional interior spaces and a traditional exterior, but the homeowner wanted a contemporary space that would fit with the home’s design and remain timeless. How did you resolve it? Raising the ceilings opened everything up, while including warm materials and stainless appliances created a space that fit with the home’s design. Creating beams for the integrated LEDs solved the lighting issue that comes with high ceilings and added an architectural feature. Clean lines finish the contemporary look. What was your favorite aspect of the project? My favorite part was creating a balance between the timeless design of the traditional home and the contemporary feel that the client desired. It needed to be clean and stylish, yet able to last the test of time.
Temporary Installation Skyestone Plan 5430 Savannah Schafer, Kim McInnes, Stacey Drake and Rachel Magelky Kimberly Timmons Interiors What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The most difficult challenge was designing a model home that was unique enough and memorable enough to stand out in the series of six model homes. How did you resolve it? This was achieved through many different aspects of the design, from the dramatic use of accent paints to creating memory points throughout the home and creating spaces in which potential homebuyers can envision themselves living. What was your favorite aspect of the project? Our favorite aspect would have to be attending the grand opening event and hearing the many positive comments about the interior design and furnishing of the home. ASID Crystal Awards
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Residential Custom-Designed Element Simon Murphy Bed Anne Grice, ASID and Amy Favour, ASID Anne Grice Interiors What was the most difficult challenge of this project? Creating a functional living and sleeping area in one small space. How did you resolve it? By creating a feature wall that functioned as the dining and sleeping areas. This wall needed to be a beautiful element that is seen from the living and kitchen areas. Adding hidden features such as bed lighting, night tables, blackout shades and a privacy curtain creates a comfortable and private sleeping area. What was your favorite aspect of the project? The open, contemporary aesthetic and continuity of the adjacent spaces.
Institutional Aims Community College Platte Building SLATERPAULL Architects What was the most difficult challenge of this project? A major challenge to the designers was to provide a sustainable feeling to a building focused on an oil and gas curriculum that does not normally project a green image. The success of merging the two was dependent on spaces acknowledging the campus’ industrial nature while incorporating sustainable design. How did you resolve it? The main lobby incorporated steel elements that reflected the pump-jack form of oil wells, but at the same time allowed abundant daylight into the space to save on lighting energy; a natural wood slat ceiling filters the daylight. A planted wall highlights the circulation between lobby and labs. What was your favorite aspect of the project? The surface patterns and materials in the lobby that carry to the exterior quad between buildings. A large fabric-printed mural in the lobby highlights the agricultural and oil-well ground patterns of Weld County while helping control acoustics. Wood slat materials provide a motif for filtering light and defining informal meeting spaces. ASID Crystal Awards
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Commercial Under 20,000 Square Feet Woody Creek Distillers Laura Butler, ASID, Sara Boulet Upton, AIA, Sarah Broughton, AIA and John Rowland, AIA Rowland+Broughton Architecture What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The biggest challenge was transforming the exterior strip-mall façade into a unique landmark distillery. The space is located in an industrial business center, an unexpected location for a distillery and bar. The existing space was formerly a furniture warehouse.
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Custom-Designed Element Guard and Grace Steakhouse Kimberly Timmons, Amanda Fairbairn, Kelsey McNatt and Kelly Witt Kimberly Timmons Interiors What was the most difficult challenge of this project? One of the challenges was designing a unique and memorable hostess station that housed all the components needed for the restaurant’s functionality while creating a memory point for guests. How did you resolve it? We resolved this challenge with careful programming and approval from the client prior to fabricating this unique custom piece. What was your favorite aspect of the project? Our favorite aspect was designing a custom element that was the first statement when entering the restaurant. The hostess stand has veiled meanings as it relates to the chef and the name of the restaurant, and it is unified with other design materials and elements used in the design of the restaurant.
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How did you resolve it? This was accomplished by installing new clerestory windows with a view of the 30-feethigh copper stills, rusted perforated panels to break up the storefront, an entry archway with backlit signage and softly lit welcoming windows. What was your favorite aspect of the project? We loved the challenge of combining so many program elements into one building and one cohesive educational experience to understand the distilling process: dry and wet processing, mashing areas, alcohol stills, bottling and shipping, barrel storage and educational tours, as well as a lounge, bar, retail areas, prep kitchen and the private tasting room.
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Commercial Over 20,000 Square Feet Canyon Place, Fort Collins, CO Nancy Richardson, Laura Arledge, Andrea Smith, Jacque Johnson and Stephanie Souther Blue Ocean Enterprises, Inc. What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The biggest challenge was analyzing the changing needs of the client’s workspace and being creative in providing flexibility to a company that grows and changes weekly. It was also challenging to provide consistency and uniformity for a variety of departments consistent with corporate standards. How did you resolve it? We explored multiple solutions, including mobile furniture (on wheels). Achieving flexibility with power requirements, lighting and ceiling plans, combined with the overall cohesiveness we aimed to achieve, led us to install 20-foot-long benching runs with no knee-knockers that allow headcount to grow and shrink as required. What was your favorite aspect of the project? We had an opportunity to be creative for a company that is driven by creativity. We were challenged to understand tenant needs, create a concept to solve those needs, and implement that concept in unique ways. We enjoyed the challenge of doing more with less and working with incredible partners.
Healthcare John D. Sievers, DDS, PC Comprehensive Dentistry Lynne Thom, AIA LEED AP | Lynne Thom Architects What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The challenge was to create a graceful transition from the large modern lobby to a smaller dental office that would maintain the lobby’s clean lines but with a more intimate scale and warmer feeling. How did you resolve it? To smooth the transition from large to small space, we incorporated curved soffits with indirect cove lighting, framing the lobby pathway that narrows and focuses towards the inner, more private areas of the dental office. What was your favorite aspect of the project? Creating an environment where patients feel comfortable and relaxed for treatment through the exploration of the orthogonal against the curved, the horizontal against the vertical, rich texture against plain surface, and bright hue against monochromatic—all part of a design vocabulary that supports the transition from one scale of space to another. ASID Crystal Awards
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Kimberly Timmons, Amanda Fairbairn, Kelsey McNatt and Kelly Witt Kimberly Timmons Interiors
James Graczyk, Laura Richardson and Karen Offer | BOX Studios
What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The design of the open kitchen and centralized bar near the dining space, which needed to provide the energy necessary to launch a dining experience filled with life, vibrancy and pulse but also offer acoustical control. How did you resolve it? Allowing guests to be in the heart and pulse of the restaurant while still being able to have conversations and enjoy a meal was addressed with the use of acoustical batting mounted above the suspended wood beams as well as acoustical tiling, metal linear panels and other sound-dampening materials. What was your favorite aspect of the project? Our favorite aspect of the project was working again with this talented, innovative, creative chef and bringing his vision of the modern steakhouse to life. We created a cutting-edge environment that is receiving rave reviews, not only for its great food but also for its invigorating atmosphere.
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What was the most difficult challenge of this project? The biggest challenge was linking the reception and meeting functions into one central hub for various uses. How did you resolve it? Layers of full-height glass using clear, semi-transparent and electronic separate each room yet enabled the sum of the rooms to visually connect as one. Collaboration takes center stage as the configuration enables formal and informal meetings and discussions to take place simultaneously. It can bring people together in an open and transparent manner, yet still offer private spaces when required. This flexibility was achieved through the thoughtful use of dimmable glass, graphic images and contemporary use of materials and furniture. What was your favorite aspect of the project? How the creative use of space and unique layers of glass applications combined with graphic images become the foreground, conveying the spirit of travel, while the linear lights, white custom millwork and warm wood wallcovering play a supporting roll that gives the space depth, volume and multi-dimension in a clear, articulate way.