West Colfax Drive-In sign illustration
Built 1967. Once located where the Westland Shopping Center is now.
I really couldn’t tell the colors from the black & white source photo, so I went with the McDonald’s color theme. A nice, simple Googie design.
Google SketchUp
This office building has that futuristic look from the late-’60s-early ’70s, the era when traveling to the moon became a reality.
This office building in Lakewood, CO probably dates from the early 1960s.
It’s a great design with the cantilever over the lower windows, and the clerestory windows between the beams at the top.
I will be posting office buildings this whole week.
Nice, simple modern office building in Lakewood, CO. I would date it at late 1960s, early 1970s.
What is most interesting are the supports. Apartment buildings built like this over their parking lots are referred to as “dingbats”. I don’t think it applies to office buildings?
You can also see the slight slant to the windows.
I am not an engineer, so I am not quite sure how supports like these hold the weight of the building. I like how the building seems to float on air.
Mile Hi Church in Lakewood, Colorado
A unique, organic, modernist church, built 1973.
I am unsure if there is an official architect, it is my understanding that the entire congregration had a hand in the design.
Maybe it should be credited to radio and tv star Dr. Fred Vogt, minister of the church until 1993.
Mile Hi Church is a very large congregration and has been expanding quite a bit in recent years.
They had already built a second, modernist structure behind this original one, and now behind that, they have just completed their new large dome sanctuary, the largest dome in Denver! I’ll have to do a follow-up someday to show both of those buildings.
These pictures were taken before construction of the dome started, or you would see it towering behind this building.
Here you can see the shape of the cross incorporated into the doorway design.
And here you can see the large eye created out of windows and a fireplace, a fantastic design element.
When Woody Allen filmed his 1973 film Sleeper in Colorado, he sought out futuristic modern architecture all over the Front Range.
As you can see, Woody Allen turned Mile Hi Church into a McDonalds of the future! Eventually I will do a post showing all buildings used in Sleeper, maybe if I can get some close up shots of the beautiful Sculptured House of Gennessee someday. . .
St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, built 1964 to service the Green Mountain area of Lakewood, CO, just being developed at the time.
Beautiful use of stone and shingle and octagonal features. It is also sighted to give spectacular views.
Sorry I do not know the name of the architect, if there is a chance that you know, then please leave a comment!
If you live in Lakewood, CO, you may not know it, but you undoubtably drive by this beautiful mod office building all the time!
This Colfax mod office building is currently empty, and the property is for sale, I believe.
Originally, I wondered if the building was repurposed and the ramp added to become the car dealership display, but the entrance is in the back, so I guess not.
I hope this structure survives the sale. I’ll post more Colfax structures and signage later.
