What a pleasant surprise to be introduced to this mid-century modern church in Arvada, where my wife was playing guitar and singing for the Hina Matsuri holiday this weekend! It’s super rare anymore for me to come across a mid-century modern building (especially a major one) that I have never seen or even heard of before in the Denver area . . . but this weekend, I had one such experienc

A rare mid-century modern “Craner-Built” home in Denver’s Harvey Park. In a neighborhood of over 4,000 homes, there are only about a block built by Craner, and this one stands out as one of the best. Notice how the front door doesn’t face the street! Many of Harvey Park’s mid-century modern homes have entrances that are on the side of the home, instead of facing

Window wall elevation in Westminster’s Sunset Lanes. While all of the 99 homes have the same 3-bed, 1-bath floorplan, these homes designed by Norton Polivnick, were built with several different elevations–this window wall elevation being the most dramatic. A lot of the homes in the neighborhood still have their original wood Andersen Windows from the mid 1950s . . . something DEFIN

If you know Colorado, you know that 303 was our state’s first area code, and it was our state’s only area code until I was about 10 years old (back when a “landline” house phone was still our only means of communicating over long distances). To celebrate, I wanted to share one of my favorite modern buildings in the state, the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center at Rocky Mounta

This unique Burns Modern in Denver’s Harvey Park is one of the “Glenwood” tri-level models. One of the interesting aspects of this mid-century modern tri-level design was its inherent flexibility. While almost all tri-levels have an established front and back elevation baked into the design, the Glenwood could be placed on the lot three different ways: Living room to the f

My wife and I moved into the Cliff May Homes in Denver’s Harvey Park nearly 18 years ago. We had no idea what we had just bought when we bought it; we just knew that it was something we could afford, and that there was something about it that was like no other home we had ever seen. 12 years ago, I started really digging into what these homes were, and discovered a richer story than I c