1950 design by Doug Honnold

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Addition to Our Savior Parish Center on Capitol Hill in Denver. Designed by Charles Haertling in 1961.

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First Christian Church, dated 1960, designed by Thomas Nixon & Lincoln Jones. The location of this church marks your entry into Boulder, CO from the turnpike, but only for the time being. It is slated for destruction!

The brickwork and design remind me of this Boulder apartment building:

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Two great Prairie Style designs in Denver by Glen Huntington. Almost the same design, in different materials.

The first was built in 1916, the second below built in 1923!

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Arapahoe Acres is a truly great modernist housing development built in the 1940s-50s. What makes it unique is the variety of house designs. Every home is on the National Historic Registry, not at all common for buildings this recent.

I have not posted a photo of every house in Arapahoe Acres (most!). For some, I have yet to take a presentable photo. I still have another large batch of photos to sort through, and will add and replace photos where I find a better image.

What you really need to see are the books devoted to Arapahoe Acres by Diane Wray, such as the Historic Denver Guide: The Arapahoe Acres Historic District from 2004. Diane Wray has the most outstanding modernist architectural vocabulary. It should be studied by enthusiasts everywhere.

As for my illustrations, you may notice I work in phases, first just a sketch, then minimal illustration, then eventually landscaping. Check back and you will notice continuous improvements.

Thanks for visiting, enjoy! - Tom Lundin 2007