Central Denver is lousy with new buildings — or would that be that most of the new buildings are lousy? Not all of them, fortunately. Around Union Station in the Platte Valley, there are several recently completed structures that have been well designed and constructed out of distinctive materials. Most of those are fairly nice, and one, the Triangle Building, is positively great, already a distinctive landmark in that part of town. Taking the very sculptural form of a sharp-edged wedge nearly completely clad in black glass, it looks as much like an art object as it does an office building, which is what it is. Developed by East West Partners, the building was designed by one of the city's most artistically distinguished architectural firms, Anderson Mason Dale Architects. The firm has done a number of other exceptional projects not far from the Triangle Building, including the handsome pair of mid-rise pavilions bracketing Union Station and CU Denver's Student Commons Building, a stone's throw away on Speer Boulevard.
1550 Wewatta St.