AWARDS
2026
LUXE, RED Awards, Regional Winner, Exterior Architecture: Kara Creek
LUXE, RED Awards, Regional Winner, Wow-Factor Room: Alpha 1
ACEC National Engineering Excellence Awards, Recognition Award: Aiken Audubon Research Outpost
2026 AISC IDEAS Award for Excellence in Sustainable Design and Construction: Boulder Fire Rescue Station No. 3
Longboard Architectural Excellence Award: SGI-USA Buddhist Center
2025
LUXE Interiors + Design, Gold List: Kara Creek
Green Building of the Year Award Nominee: Aiken Audubon Research Outpost
A4LE Rocky Mountain Chapter, Peak Design Award: Boulder Valley School District New Vista High School
Architectural Record Design Awards, Honorable Mention: EMIT Technologies
ACEC Colorado Engineering Excellence Awards, Excellence Award: Aiken Audubon Research Outpost
national Fire Industry Education Resource Organization (FIERO) Station Design Conference, Honor Award: Boulder Fire Rescue Station No. 3
ENR News, 2025 Best Project, Government/Public Building Category: Boulder Fire Rescue Station No. 3
ALLPLAN Awards, Grand Prize, Commercial Small Tonnage Category: The Lakehouse
ALLPLAN Awards, Complex Misc Metals Category, 2nd Place: Historic Lift One Deconstruction
ALLPLAN Awards, Ingenuity Award: Paul Drake for his exceptional creativity and problem-solving on the Historic Lift One Deconstruction project
AIA Colorado Design + Honor Awards: Aiken Audubon Research Outpost
AIA Colorado Design + Honor Awards: Explorative Pathways for Innovative Careers (EPIC) Campus
AIA Colorado Design + Honor Awards: Northglenn City Hall
2025 ASID Colorado Crystal Award for Outdoor Living: Alpha 1
ACEC National Engineering Excellence Awards, Recognition Award: Boulder Community Hospital Deconstruction
NAIOP's Development Deal of the Year: T2 RiNo
2024
Colorado Business Magazine, Top Project of 2024: 5505 Central
Denver Mayor's Design Awards: Arkins Park & Promenade
Denver Mayor's Design Awards: One Platte
Engineering News-Record Mountain States, Best Residential Hospitality and Excellence in Sustainability: Electric Pass Lodge
2023
ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards - National Recognition Award: Meow Wolf
Historic Preservation Committee Award: Aspen Wheeler Opera House
Golden Nugget Awards - Best Custom Home Over 9,000 SF: Casa Cresta
Golden Nugget Awards - Best Special Use Project: Aspen City Hall
Golden Nugget Awards - Best Commercial Project: Aspen City Hall
2022
AISC Ideas2 Award of Merit: United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum
2022 ACEC Colorado Engineering Excellence Awards - Excellence: Meow Wolf
SDS2 Solid Steel Competition - Grand Prize: Joslyn Art Museum
Mountain Living Magazine's 2022 Home of the Year: Casa Cresta
AIA Design + Honor Awards: Park Union Bridge
AIA Design + Honor Awards: Meow Wolf
AIA Design + Honor Awards: The Loading Dock
AIA Design + Honor Awards: Denver Water
AIA Design + Honor Awards: Education First
AIA Design + Honor Awards: Roaring Fork Fire Rescue Station 45
ENR Mountain States 2022 Best Projects: Aspen City Hall
ENR Mountain States 2022 Best Projects: Kiewit RidgeGate
ENR Mountain States 2022 Best Projects: Meow Wolf
ENR Mountain States 2022 Best Projects: Sage Living
WoodWorks 2022 Wood Design Award s- Regional Excellence Award: University of Denver Burwell Center for Career Achievement
AGC ACE Awards, Best Building Project - General Contractor ($40-$70 Million) Bronze Award: Meow Wolf
2021
AIA Colorado 2021 Design Award of Excellence: United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum
AIA Colorado 2021 Design Award of Merit: University of Denver Burwell Center for Career Achievement
AIA Colorado 2021 Design Award - Honorable Mention: Colorado Mountain College J Robert Young Alpine Ascent Center
ENR Mountain States 2021 Best Projects - K-12 Education: Adams 12 FutureForward CTE at Washington Square
ENR Mountain States 2021 Best Projects - Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development Merit: S'PARK Development
APWA Colorado Structures Category - Park Union Bridge
ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards 2022 - Honor Award: Denver Botanic Gardens Freyer-Newman Center
2021 Mayor's Design Awards: Denver Water Administration Complex
2021 Mayor's Design Awards: Meow Wolf Convergence Station
2021 Mayor's Design Awards: Denver Botanic Gardens Freyer-Newman Center
2021 NAIOP Innovative Development of the Year: Meow Wolf Convergence Station
2020
2020 Governor's Award for Downtown Excellence: Foundry Loveland
Engineering News Record - 2020 Top 600 Specialty Contractors: KL&A Engineers & Builders
Zweig Group 2020 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
Lab Manager Design Excellence Award - Honorable Mention for Sustainability: Metro State University of Denver Aerospace Engineering Services Building
ENR Mountain States 2020 Best Projects - Cultural/Worship: United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum
ENR Mountain States 2020 Best Projects - Higher Education/Research: Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Campus J Robert Young Alpine Ascent Center
ENR Mountain States 2020 Best Projects - Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development: Platte Fifteen & 260 N Josephine
ENR Mountain States 2020 Best Projects - Residential/Hospitality: Grand Colorado at Peak 8 - Building 3
ENR Mountain States 2020 Best Projects - Small Projects Under 10M: The Windsor Mill
AIA Colorado 2020 Award of Distinction in Sustainability: Metro State University of Denver Aerospace Engineering Services Building
AIA Colorado 2020 Honorable Mention in Sustainability: Metro State University of Denver Aerospace Engineering Services Building
AIA Colorado 2020 Award of Distinction: Firestone Police Department and Municipal Center
AIA Colorado 2020 Merit: Art Barn
Residential Design Architecture Awards 2020 - Contextual or Vernacular Renovation: Victorian Music Box
Association for Learning Environments Community Award: Mental Health Center of Denver
The Plan Awards 2020 - House: Leila Ranch
USA Today's Best New Attraction 2020: United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum
HREI Insights Best New Medical Office Building 2020: Fidelis - St. Joseph's Outpatient Medical Pavilion
2019
Zweig Group 2019 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
AIA Colorado 2019 Honorable Mention: Meadow House
AIA Colorado West 2019 Award of Distinction: Meadow House
AIA Residential Architect Design Awards - Honorable Mention: Victorian Music Box
Interior Design, Best of Year - Shining Moment Honoree: Victorian Music Box
International Design Awards - Honorable Mention: Victorian Music Box
AIA Colorado West 2018 Award of Distinction: Victorian Music Box
ENR Mountain States 2019 Best Projects - Higher Education/Research: CSU JBS Global Food Innovation Center
ENR Mountain States 2019 Best Projects - Government/Public Building: City of Thornton Fossil Ridge Public Safety Center
2019 Colorado Cares Awards: Art Barn
Preferred Hotels & Resorts - Hotel of the Year for USA and Canada: Edgewood Tahoe
US News + World Report Ranked #1 Best Hotel in Colorado: Little Nell
US News + World Report Ranked #19 Best Hotel in USA: Little Nell
Urban Land Institute 2019 Award of Excellence: Little Nell
Colorado Cares Commercial Remodel: Mesa Building
Aspen's HPC Historic Preservation Award: Mesa Store
AIA Colorado 2019 Award of Distinction: Lone Tree Library
AIA Colorado 2019 - Denver Award of Distinction - The Constellation
AIA Colorado 2019 - Honorable Mention - The Constellation
AIA Colorado West 2019 Award of Distinction: Hotel Jerome
AIA Colorado 2019 Honorable Mention: Hotel Jerome
Association for Learning Environments Peak Design Award: St. Vrain Innovation Center
2018
Zweig Group 2018 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
The American Architecture Awards 2018: Meadow House
AIA Colorado West 2019 Award of Merit: Meadow House
AIA Colorado 2018 Award of Excellence: Victorian Music Box
ENR Mountain States 2018 Best Projects - Renovation/Restoration: Archetype Distillery
ENR Mountain States 2018 Best Projects - Higher Education/Research: CSU Biology Building
Travel + Leisure #1 US Resort Hotel Reader's Choice Award: Edgewood Tahoe
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency - Best in the Basin: Edgewood Tahoe
ULI Nevada Placemaking Award - Transformative Place: Edgewood Tahoe
Gold Nugget Award of Merit: Edgewood Tahoe
AIA Nevada Citation Award: Edgewood Tahoe
WoodWorks Regional Wood Design Awards: Boulder Loading Dock
2017
Zweig Group 2017 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
AIA Awards - Architecture - Aspen Art Museum
ENR Mountain States 2017 Best Projects - Colorado Green Project: Colorado Health Foundation Headquarters
ENR Mountain States 2017 Best Projects - K-12 Education: Graland Country Day School - Corkins Center
2016
Zweig Group 2016 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
AIA Colorado Award of Excellence for Commercial/Institutional: Aspen Community School
AIA Colorado West Award of Excellence for Commercial/Institutional: Aspen Community School
AIA Colorado Award of Merit for Commercial/Institutional: The Pavilion at Laurel Village
AIA Colorado 2016 Honorable Mention for Residential Over $1 Million: Game On
AIA Denver 2016 Honorable Mention for Residential Over $1 Million: Game On
AIA Colorado West Merit Award for Unbuilt/Non-Commissioned: Meadow House
AIA Colorado 2016 Twenty-Five Year Award: Anderson Ranch Arts School
2015
Zweig Group 2015 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
ACEC National Engineering Excellence Awards: Honor Award, Aspen Art Museum
AIA Colorado West 2015 Citation Award for Residential $1 Million-$3 Million: Game On
AIA Colorado Merit Award for Built Architecture: Aspen Art Museum
AIA Western Mountain Region Honor Award for Distinguished Building: Aspen Art Museum
AIA Colorado Honor for Built Architecture: Wyoming Welcome Center
AIA Colorado Citation Award for Built Architecture: Source
AIA Colorado Citation Award for Interior Architecture: Studio Como
2014
Zweig Group 2014 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
AIA Colorado Honor Award for Built Architecture: Drive
AIA Colorado Merit Award for Built Architecture: The Bridge House
AIA Denver Honor Award for Interiors: Source
2013
Zweig Group 2013 Best Firms to Work For: KL&A Engineers & Builders
AIA Colorado Citation Award for Built Architecture: Kent Denver Dining Hall
AIA Denver Honor Award for Built Architecture: Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center
AIA Denver Merit Award for Built Architecture: 6th Street Residence
AIA Denver Citation Award for Built Architecture: Drive Commercial Building
ENR Mountain States 2013 Best Projects:
K-12 Merit: Crestone Charter School
Renovation/Retrofit Merit: Hotel Jerome
Small Project (under $10 Million) Merit: Elk Camp Restaurant
Green Project Merit: Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center