Michael Graves

The new History Colorado Center is an architectural triumph

Hate to say I told you so: Calatrava's DIA project wrecked by red tape

History Colorado Center: peek inside the museum during ULI's Civic Center Ramble tomorrow

​For the past two years, the History Colorado Center has been going up at 12th Avenue and Broadway, but the public hasn't been allowed to see inside the state's new history museum -- until now. Tomorrow from 2 to 6:30 pm, the Urban Land Institute Colorado, a land-use research and education org ... More >>

Green Valley Ranch library: Denver opens impressive new facility despite staffing crunch

​Amid ribbon-cutting and speeches, balloon hats and live raptors, the Denver Public Library held a grand opening for its newest addition Saturday: the Green Valley Ranch Branch Library. The $11.4 million project, paid for out of bond funds authorized four years ago, arrives at a time when DPL ... More >>

LEGO my library: Imagine Rigney's cool homage to Michael Graves

​Kids do the darnedest things with LEGO bricks and games, as Joel Warner pointed out in this feature last January. But few projects are quite the labor of love involved in one fifteen-year-old devotee's astonishing replica of the Denver Public Library on Broadway: 7,000 bricks, two solid weeks ... More >>

Watch out for falling facade at Denver's Central Library

Photo by Michael RobertsRain isn't the only thing that's fallen near Denver's Central Library lately.​ Just as giant scaffolding is finally being removed from the Denver Art Museum, barriers are going up at Denver Public Library's central branch just steps away. Why? Last month, a window sill ... More >>

Digging into the future of Colorado History

Photo by Michael RobertsRain isn't the only thing that's fallen near Denver's Central Library lately.​ Just as giant scaffolding is finally being removed from the Denver Art Museum, barriers are going up at Denver Public Library's central branch just steps away. Why? Last month, a window sill ... More >>

Denver Artists Guild Founders and Colorado Art Before, During and After the Magafan Twins

Photo by Michael RobertsRain isn't the only thing that's fallen near Denver's Central Library lately.​ Just as giant scaffolding is finally being removed from the Denver Art Museum, barriers are going up at Denver Public Library's central branch just steps away. Why? Last month, a window sill ... More >>

Denver's Civic Center is camera-ready

Photo by Michael RobertsRain isn't the only thing that's fallen near Denver's Central Library lately.​ Just as giant scaffolding is finally being removed from the Denver Art Museum, barriers are going up at Denver Public Library's central branch just steps away. Why? Last month, a window sill ... More >>

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Everyone's a Critic

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Colorado Classic Architects

Western Art Gallery on the fifth floor of the Denver Central Library

On Target

Evan Hecox takes his art to the masses, one superstore at a time.

Border Dispute

Chicano and post-Chicano art mix it up in an elegant offering at the Central Library.

Hit Parade

It's business as usual for the Civic Center, Denver's premier urban space.

Civics Centered

Concerns about the Justice Center and the Civic Center, plus a Bronx cheer for Rick Ashton.

Unfolding Realities

There's new realism at the Mizel Center, a new spot for the Mizel Museum, and news at the DAM.

Painted Ponies

The Central Library surveys the brief, brilliant career of Frank Mechau.

Blind Justice

Is building a jail as an extension of Denver's Civic Center really the right thing to do?

Contemporary in Colorado

The DAM presents an exhibit studded with the state's art stars.

Best Liquor in a Superstore

Super Target

Under the Influence

Beauty at Cordell Taylor, ties at RMCAD, trouble at Mizel and an insult hurled at the DAM.

Checked Out

Members of the Friends Foundation donated their lives to the library. Those days are over.

More Stories About Buildings and Art

Opportunities for art and architecture can be both found and lost amid city politics.

Best Look at the Recent Past

US Design 1975-2000

Panavision

The Denver Art Museum turns recent design history every which way but loose.

Design of the Times

Revel in a quarter-century of US Design at the DAM.

The More Things Change...

Landmarks rise and fall in Denver.

Mind Over Matter

Daniel Libeskind muses over the first new museum building of the 21st century.

Best place to curl up with a Harry Potter book

Children's Library, Denver Central Library

Of Graves Concern

Old guys still rule the architecture world.

Mature Audiences

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.

Coming of Age

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.

Check Your List

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.

Middle-Age Modern

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.

PEOPLE & PLACES

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.

BIBLIO FILE

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.

THRILLS

The Artists of the Broadmoor Academy show the big picture of Colorado art history.