Recent Commercial News
The Boulders Wedding Facility
With a backdrop of Lumpy Ridge, a famous climbing area of rock protrusions in RMNP, owners of the Black Canyon Inn knew they had a perfect spot for a new wedding facility. With the footprint of space and the land and views as context, we nestled in a building with a cantilevered ceremony balcony that [...]Read More >
Alarado Development
On a long-vacant parcel at the eastern edge of downtown Estes Park, the Alarado development addresses a number of community needs. The majority of the main level houses a new Urgent Care Facility - a wing of the local hospital Estes Park Medical Center. the Urgent Care expands services available to residents and visitors alike [...]Read More >
Bird & Jim Restaurant
Current owner Melissa Strong and partners John Witmer and Ethan Brown came to BAS1S after purchasing a longstanding restaurant building on the outskirts of Estes Park and near the entrance to RMNP. The location was ideal, but the building was a hodgepodge of 50+ years of disconnected renovations. Not knowing what we would find, the [...]Read More >
St Theresa Catholic Church
St. Theresa's congregation was rapidly outpacing it's building. With permission from the Archdioceses, they approached BAS1S to help them create a more worthy space to hold service, perform ceremonies, and provide education and outreach. Completed in 2020.
YMCA Boone Family Mountain Center
Former CEO Kent Meyer had a vision to create a space to connect YMCA of the Rockies guests with the outdoors, while providing an opportunity to learn about the environment they'd be spending time in. The Boone Family Mountain Center serves as a Nature Museum and Outdoor Activities hub. When we were asked to design [...]Read More >
Old Colorado Brewing
Old Colorado Brewing Company was the second micro-brew to open in Colorado 1989, at the forefront of the Micro-brew revolution. After the original brewery closed in the 90's, the founder's grandson, Brandon Neckel, took up the charge of resurrecting the business. Brandon and his wife Tara had found an old granary to house the newest [...]Read More >
Harmony Foundation
The Harmony Foundation is a residential substance abuse treatment facility on 43 acres. BAS1S has worked with Harmony for over ten years on numerous projects, including creating a master plan in 2008. The first phase of plan development included a 10,470 sq.ft., 20 bed center for client admissions and detoxification; plus an 8,240 sq. ft., [...]Read More >
Good Samaritan Society
When the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society came to us to help develop their Estes Park facility, we proposed an architectural style loosely coined ‘parkitecture’ based on using western national park buildings as influences. The resulting project is complimentary to its unique mountain resort community and one of the preeminent Good Samaritan Society facilities. The [...]Read More >
Estes Park Visitor Center
The Town of Estes Park engaged the firm to provide an assessment of the existing Center. The building was woefully inadequate in meeting the demands of the number of visitors to the area. Given the difficulty of remodeling, BAS1S recommended construction of a new facility. The new building houses the Information Center, twenty-four hour lobby [...]Read More >
Ed’s Cantina
Ed’s Cantina’s original restaurant had two kitchens, three dining rooms, a tiny bar and no connection to the Riverwalk outside the back door. The new plan arranged a new kitchen, central dining room, bigger bar, upstairs banquet room and outdoor seating on both levels - in a smaller footprint. We completely demoed the interior of [...]Read More >