Recent Architecture News
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 >
Wonderview House
The owners wanted a small house with a lot of thought given to the details. We selected the craftsman style as a starting point, fitting for the mountain environment, but also for another reason. Since the craftsman movement was influenced by Asian architecture, it would provide an appropriate setting for the owners collection of Asian [...]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 >
RiversPointe
This project presented an opportunity to design an anchor mixed use building on a brownfield site at the West end of downtown. The ground level plan includes four retail units with prime street frontage plus a large space on the Town’s Riverwalk for retail or arts group use. The upper floor consists of nine higher [...]Read More >
YMCA of the Rockies, Arts & Crafts
While we have been privileged to work on numerous projects with the YMCA of the Rockies, one of the most popular activities at the YMCA of the Rockies - rain or shine - is the arts and crafts center This is where parents can work with leather or ceramics, while kids spend time painting or [...]Read More >
Cafe in the Clouds
It is not too often one gets the opportunity to work on a project at an elevation of 12,000 feet that is virtually inaccessible - usually completely buried in snow - for more than seven months of the year. The café and retail store at the high point of Trail Ridge Road in RMNP needed [...]Read More >
Good Samaritan, Fox Run
The Good Samaritan Society felt that a presence in the new Fox Run development on the west side of Greeley, Colorado would be advantageous. We developed a master plan of senior housing for one of two tracts owned by the Society. The plan calls for over 200 units of independent apartment and assisted living distributed [...]Read More >