%1 http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/ en History Colorado Center http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/history-colorado-center <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"> History Colorado Center</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2021-06-29T16:34:47-06:00" title="Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 16:34" class="datetime">Tue, 06/29/2021 - 16:34</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/history-colorado-center" data-a2a-title=" History Colorado Center"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Fhistory-colorado-center&amp;title=%20History%20Colorado%20Center"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>The History Colorado Center (1200 Broadway, <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/denver"><strong>Denver</strong></a>) opened in 2012 as the headquarters, museum, and research center of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/history-colorado-colorado-historical-society"><strong>History Colorado</strong></a>. Established in 1879 as the State Historical and Natural History Society, History Colorado had outgrown a succession of previous buildings, including the <a href="/article/colorado-state-capitol"><strong>State Capitol</strong></a>, <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-state-museum"><strong>Colorado State Museum</strong></a> (1915), and <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-history-museum"><strong>Colorado History Museum</strong></a> (1977). Its new home, designed by Denver-based <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/david-owen-tryba"><strong>Tryba Architects</strong></a>, was praised for adding an elegant modern touch to <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/civic-center"><strong>Civic Center</strong></a>, but its expense and its troubled exhibits led to several years of turmoil and turnover at the organization.</p> <h2>Building</h2> <p>For decades, the Colorado History Museum shared the block south of Lincoln Park with the <strong>Colorado Judicial Center</strong>. In 2005, however, the <strong>Colorado Supreme Court</strong> decided that it wanted a newer building that would occupy the whole block in order to bring together scattered Denver-area state judicial offices. History Colorado began to search for a new home. One possibility was on the south side of Civic Center Park as a twin to the <strong>McNichols Building</strong>, a location where the art museum was originally planned a century earlier. Opponents objected to losing more of the park’s green space. Instead, History Colorado found a site at Twelfth Avenue between Lincoln Street and Broadway, a half-block south of its previous location.</p> <p>&nbsp;In 2010 the Colorado History Museum was demolished to make way for the <strong>Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center</strong>. The History Colorado Center (HCC) opened to the public in April 2012. Critic Michael Paglia called the building an “architectural triumph” with “something gorgeous everywhere you look.” Designed by Tryba Architects, it is a four-story, 200,000-square-foot structure. A modern building made of glass and limestone, its central feature is a sky-lighted, four-story atrium with a terrazzo floor depicting a forty-foot-by-sixty-foot map of Colorado by artist <strong>Steven Weitzman</strong>. The airy edifice houses the History Colorado administration, the State Historical Fund, the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, classrooms, a restaurant, a museum store, an auditorium, large public spaces, and 30,000 square feet of exhibit space. The fourth floor is home to the Stephen H. Hart Research Center, which provides public access to all of History Colorado’s artifacts and library materials.</p> <p>The HCC incorporates many environmentally friendly features as well as recycled and regional materials, including terrazzo flooring made of 20 percent recycled glass and wooden surfaces made of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/mountain-pine-beetle"><strong>beetle-kill</strong></a> pine. The design also promotes water and energy conservation by incorporating native landscaping and by taking advantage of natural light and heat through the skylit atrium. These features helped make the HCC the first history museum in the country to attain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold status.</p> <h2>Exhibits</h2> <p>A new museum meant all-new exhibits had to be completed on a phased schedule between 2012 and 2014. State Historian Bill Convery and Chief Operating Officer Kathryn Hill directed design and installation of the exhibits, including many interactive experiences. Convery planned the exhibits to include, as he put it, “something to do as well as something to see.” Visitors can drive a simulated Model T, descend into a simulated mine shaft, or try out a simulated ski jump. One of the largest exhibits, in the southeast corner of the atrium, is a mock railroad depot for Keota, now a ghost town on the Chicago, Burlington &amp; Quincy Railroad’s “Prairie Dog Special.” Inside, artifacts showcase farm life on the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado%E2%80%99s-great-plains"><strong>Great Plains</strong></a>, an often-neglected part of Colorado. Interactive features allow visitors to milk a cow, gather eggs, and explore a general store.</p> <p>The second floor contains “Colorado Stories”: exhibits of communities such as <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/silverton-0"><strong>Silverton</strong></a>, a mining town in the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/san-juan-mountains"><strong>San Juan Mountains</strong></a>, and <strong>Steamboat Springs</strong>, a ranching and ski town. Other exhibits showcase the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/fur-trade-colorado"><strong>fur-trading</strong></a> post of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/bents-forts"><strong>Bent’s Fort</strong></a>, the <strong>World War II</strong>–era Japanese internment camp of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/granada-war-relocation-center-amache"><strong>Amache</strong></a>, and the Black summer resort of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/lincoln-hills"><strong>Lincoln Hills</strong></a>. One reviewer appreciated the museum’s mix of “irreverence . . . with Colorado boosterism” but lamented the absence of “a full sense of context.” Others were dismayed by what they called the “Disneyfication” of the past and wondered why the museum didn’t feature more items from its vast collections. Most damaging to the museum’s reputation was a “Colorado Stories” exhibit on the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/sand-creek-massacre"><strong>Sand Creek Massacre</strong></a> that had to be closed after the affected tribes—who were not consulted during the exhibit’s development—found the display inaccurate and offensive.</p> <p>Another core exhibit, “The Living West,” opened in 2014 to tell stories of survival in a dryland geography. Sponsored by <strong>Denver Water</strong>, the exhibit features <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/mesa-verde-national-park"><strong>Mesa Verde</strong></a> as well as contemporary Colorado with its <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/wildfire-colorado"><strong>wildfires</strong></a> and <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/water-colorado"><strong>water</strong></a> shortages. A virtual stay in a wind-blasted, rattling shack brings the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/dust-bowl"><strong>Dust Bowl</strong></a> to life.</p> <h2>Changes</h2> <p>In the years after the HCC opened, high payments on the $110 million building and complaints about the exhibits took a toll. After a 2014 audit revealed serious financial problems, History Colorado’s leadership resigned, the board was reorganized, and one-fifth of the staff was cut. Steve W. Turner, previously director of the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, took over as executive director, and <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/patty-limerick"><strong>Patty Limerick</strong></a>, a distinguished professor of history at the <strong>University of Colorado–Boulder</strong>, became state historian. In 2018 Limerick, frustrated by an ongoing emphasis on exhibits that she called “history lite,” was replaced by a council of five state historians.</p> <p>The new team’s first major exhibit was the installation “Zoom In: Colorado History in 100 Objects.” This 3,700-foot gallery displays some of the museum’s most prized artifacts, including Mesa Verde baskets, <strong>Jack </strong><strong>Swigert</strong>’s Apollo 13 space suit, an 1894 ballot box from the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/womens-suffrage-movement"><strong>first Colorado election in which women could vote</strong></a>, and <strong>Molly Brown</strong>’s opera cape. In addition, the beloved old Works Progress Administration diorama depicting Denver in 1860 was retrieved from storage and placed on the second floor.</p> <h2>Today</h2> <p>Accelerated by the 2020 <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/coronavirus-colorado"><strong>COVID-19</strong></a> pandemic, History Colorado has increasingly digitized its work on all fronts. The building itself, with its airy atrium and generous public spaces, proved functional during the pandemic. In June 2020 the museum reopened after a three-month closure with exhibits on <strong>John Denver </strong>and <strong>Colfax Avenue</strong>. The HCC also began to offer in-person support for students in remote learning.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/noel-thomas-j" hreflang="und">Noel, Thomas J.</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/history-colorado" hreflang="en">History Colorado</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/history-colorado-center" hreflang="en">History Colorado Center</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/david-tryba" hreflang="en">David Tryba</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/colorado-historical-society" hreflang="en">Colorado Historical Society</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/colorado-history" hreflang="en">colorado history</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>Ann Marie Awad, “<a href="https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/history-colorados-turnaround-has-come-in-fits-and-starts-whats-next/">History Colorado’s Turnaround Has Come in Fits and Starts. What’s Next?</a>” <em>CPR News</em>, July 2, 2018.</p> <p>Patricia Calhoun, “<a href="https://www.westword.com/news/a-century-and-a-half-later-the-wounds-of-sand-creek-are-still-fresh-5119582">A Century and a Half Later, the Wounds of Sand Creek Are Still Fresh</a>,” <em>Westword</em>, February 14, 2013.</p> <p>Patricia Calhoun, “<a href="https://www.westword.com/arts/denver-diorama-getting-a-facelift-moving-upstairs-at-history-colorado-11252037">Denver Diorama Comes Up from Underground at History Colorado</a>,” <em>Westword</em>, February 28, 2019.</p> <p><em>The History Colorado Center</em> (Denver: History Colorado, 2012).</p> <p>Michael Paglia, “<a href="https://www.westword.com/arts/the-new-history-colorado-center-is-an-architectural-triumph-5116308">The New History Colorado Center Is an Architectural Triumph</a>,” <em>Westword</em>, April 18, 2012.</p> <p>Edward Rothstein, “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/arts/design/history-colorado-center-opens-in-denver.html">A State Looks at Itself in a New Mirror</a>,” <em>New York Times</em>, April 27, 2012.</p> <p>Steve W. Turner (History Colorado executive director), various interviews with Tom Noel, 2020.</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p><a href="https://www.historycolorado.org/">History Colorado</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.trybaarchitects.com/">Tryba Architects</a>.</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:34:47 +0000 yongli 3593 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org David Owen Tryba http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/david-owen-tryba <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">David Owen Tryba</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 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'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image--image.html.twig * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-encyclopedia-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <a href="/image/colorado-springs-fine-arts-center"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/Tryba_Media_03_0.jpg?itok=HJ1NWZBx" width="1000" height="602" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-wide" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> </a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block"> <h5><a href="/image/colorado-springs-fine-arts-center" rel="bookmark"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--image.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> </a></h5> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--image.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Tryba Architects, led by renowned urban&nbsp;architect David Owen Tryba, designed the 2007 expansion and restoration of the 1936 Colorado&nbsp;Springs Fine Arts Center. The new design creates a seamless connection with the historic landmark listed in the national Register of Historic Places.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2021-06-17T16:21:17-06:00" title="Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 16:21" class="datetime">Thu, 06/17/2021 - 16:21</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/david-owen-tryba" data-a2a-title="David Owen Tryba"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Fdavid-owen-tryba&amp;title=David%20Owen%20Tryba"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>David Owen Tryba (1955–) is a prominent and prolific <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/denver"><strong>Denver</strong></a> architect known for designing the <strong>Wellington E. Webb</strong> Municipal Office Building, the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/union-station-0"><strong>Union Station</strong></a> renovation, and the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/history-colorado-center"><strong>History Colorado Center</strong></a> as well as the Google campus in <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/boulder"><strong>Boulder</strong></a>. He has handled the preservation and updating of many landmark buildings as well as contemporary designs for residences, retail, and civic buildings. By restoring old, endangered buildings and creating distinctive new ones, he has added architectural diversity to the cityscape.</p> <h2>Early Life</h2> <p>David Owen Tryba was born on July 22, 1955, in <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-springs"><strong>Colorado Springs</strong></a>. He received a BA in environmental design at the <strong>University of Colorado</strong><strong>–</strong><strong>Boulder</strong> in 1977 and an MA in architecture at the <strong>University of Colorado</strong><strong>–</strong><strong>Denver</strong> in 1980. After receiving his graduate degree, Tryba worked in the Denver office of Gensler and Associates, a global interdisciplinary design firm, before moving to New York City, where he was a design architect with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects from 1983 to 1988. There he was engaged in civic, cultural, retail, and residential projects combining historic preservation and new design. In New York, Tryba worked with James Marston Fitch, the father of the American preservation movement and founder of the first program for historic preservation at Columbia University in 1964. From Fitch, Tryba learned to listen to the community and the history of place before acting and that the top priority in balancing new architecture with preservation should be to do no harm.</p> <h2>Founding Tryba Architects</h2> <p>Returning to Colorado, Tryba founded Tryba Architects in Denver in 1988. In 1991 he married Stephanie Taylor, who has provided leadership and support to multiple preservation organizations. She has also worked in the Tryba offices in two Denver landmarks, first in <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/daniels-and-fisher-tower"><strong>Daniels &amp; Fisher Tower</strong></a> and then in Fisher Mansion (1600 Logan Street), which the Trybas restored as their home and expanded with a four-story architectural studio in 1997. The integration of the historic mansion with the adjacent modern studio illustrates Tryba’s skill at blending old and new in his designs. The complex also makes landscaping integral, with gardens, courtyards, tree lawns, and terraces to connect the workplace and residence with nature.</p> <p>Other early examples of Tryba’s blending of history and the built environment include his restoration of four Denver branch libraries: Decker in <strong>Platt Park </strong>(1993), Smiley in Berkeley (1993), Woodbury in Highland (1993), and Park Hill (1994). In 1998 his firm completed the adaptive reuse of the landmark eight-story <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/tramway-building-hotel-teatro"><strong>Tramway Building</strong></a> as the four-star Hotel Teatro. These and other prizewinning projects established a preservation practice, enabling Tryba’s firm to grow even as hard economic times limited new projects.</p> <p>Tryba’s work in adaptive reuse of historic structures grew in scale with Mercantile Square (1996), at <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/sixteenth-street-denver"><strong>Sixteenth</strong></a> and Wynkoop Streets, where his firm transformed six adjacent historic warehouses on a single block in Denver’s <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/lodo-lower-downtown-denver"><strong>Lower Downtown</strong></a> to house the <strong>Tattered Cover Book Store</strong> and ninety-eight units of affordable housing. This helped spark the revitalization of a previously neglected area as the Lower Downtown Historic District, a thriving neighborhood of lofts, retail, and entertainment. Even as the area’s rents have skyrocketed, Mercantile Square continues to offer below-market rates to people making substantially less than the area median income.</p> <h2>Growth and Exploration</h2> <p>During the early 2000s, Tryba ventured into large-scale civic work when his firm won the competition for Denver’s Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (2002), a twelve-story modern structure at 201 West <strong>Colfax Avenue</strong>. Tryba’s design skillfully incorporated an existing International Style landmark from 1949 into a full-block site that became home to forty-five city agencies. A decade later, he modernized the César E. Chávez Memorial Federal Office Building and Parking Complex (2012) on Speer Boulevard, repositioning an outdated building to accommodate seven federal agencies.</p> <p>Central to the firm’s work is the reinvention of landmark structures, exemplified by the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-springs-fine-arts-center"><strong>Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center</strong></a> (2007), where Tryba complemented the original John Gaw Meem design with a major expansion and restoration. The <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/denver-botanic-gardens"><strong>Denver Botanic Gardens</strong></a> Master Development Plan (2009) addressed every element of the campus while respecting the integrity of the historic Boettcher Conservatory. Tryba’s plan included a visitor center and a 1.2-acre green-roof garage topped by a children’s garden. The upgrade helped make Denver Botanic Gardens the most-visited public garden in the United States as of 2018.</p> <h2>Modern Urbanism</h2> <p>Tryba defined his work in 2020 as “modern urbanism.” It grows out of three primary influences: urbanism, or the rediscovery of the fundamental values that underlie American urban form; preservation, or the effort to recover a civic sense of place by enriching public understanding of social, cultural, and architectural history; and modernism, or the deliberate departure from tradition to live fully in the present.</p> <p>For the contemporary-style History Colorado Center (2012) in Denver, for example, Tryba used Limestone to complement other <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/civic-center"><strong>Civic Center</strong></a> buildings but put it in a sleek design that wrapped offices, exhibits, an auditorium, a café, a gift shop, and classrooms around a four-story, skylit atrium. His work at Denver Union Station, including the Crawford Hotel (2014), restored and reinvigorated the building while respecting its historic context and role as the region’s transit hub. The building’s revamped lobby became known as Denver’s “Living Room.” The <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/denver-art-museum"><strong>Denver Art Museum</strong></a> North Building Master Plan (2015) responded to the museum’s need to expand and to reinvigorate the iconic 1971 North Building designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti.</p> <p>As with its Denver Botanic Gardens and Denver Art Museum projects, Tryba’s firm is increasingly involved in large-scale campus planning. One of Tryba’s first projects, Regis Jesuit High School in <strong>Aurora </strong>(1990), already expressed the firm’s interest in planning. Town centers at <strong>Lowry</strong> (2000) and <strong>Englewood</strong> (2002) focused on pedestrian living around a distinctive urban hub, an idea also evident in Clayton Lane (2004) in Denver’s <strong>Cherry Creek neighborhood</strong>, which reintroduced the street grid to transform about ten acres of surface parking into a live-work-play neighborhood. The firm recently completed or is planning several other neighborhoods and campuses, including the DEN 50-Year Vision, a framework for growth at <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/denver-international-airport"><strong>Denver International Airport</strong></a>; Denargo Market, a thirteen-acre development along the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/south-platte-river"><strong>South Platte River</strong></a>; the Fitzsimons Innovation Community, a 125-acre life-sciences hub on the University of Colorado’s <strong>Anschutz Medical Campus</strong>; and Fox Park, a forty-one-acre mixed-use development near the 41st &amp; Fox light-rail station.</p> <h2>Today</h2> <p>Tryba Architects has grown into a national practice, with projects in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas in addition to Colorado. In 2007 it was honored as Firm of the Year for the American Institute of Architects’ Western Mountain Region. In 2004 Tryba was elevated to the AIA’s College of Fellows, and a year later he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Colorado. Stephanie and David Tryba received the <strong><a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/dana-crawford">Dana Crawford</a></strong> Award for Lifetime Achievement in Historic Preservation in 2012, and David Tryba was named Architect of the Year by AIA Colorado in 2013.</p> <p>Tryba’s work has changed Denver by helping to make preservation a key development principle and by replacing parking lots and underused older buildings with higher-density modern designs, typically using glass and stone as well as prominent public art and generous plazas. Some dislike his emphasis on greater density, but his work generally draws praise for feeling fresh while remaining sensitive to history and context.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/noel-thomas-j" hreflang="und">Noel, Thomas J.</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/david-tryba" hreflang="en">David Tryba</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/tryba-architects" hreflang="en">Tryba Architects</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/daniels-and-fisher-tower" hreflang="en">Daniels and Fisher Tower</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/fisher-mansion" hreflang="en">Fisher Mansion</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/mercantile-square" hreflang="en">Mercantile Square</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/union-station" hreflang="en">Union Station</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/wellington-webb-municipal-building" hreflang="en">Wellington Webb Municipal Building</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/denver-botanic-gardens" hreflang="en">Denver Botanic Gardens</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/history-colorado-center" hreflang="en">History Colorado Center</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>Mary Volz Chandler, <em>Guide to Denver Architecture</em>, 2nd ed. (Golden: Fulcrum Publishing and the Denver Architectural Foundation, 2013).</p> <p>Tommy Matthews (historian and designer with Tryba Architects), various interviews with and documents provided to Thomas J. Noel, n.d.</p> <p>Thomas J. Noel and Nicholas J. Wharton. <em>Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts</em>, 2nd ed. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2016).</p> <p>David Owen Tryba, various interviews with Thomas J. Noel, n.d.</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p>Stephen J. Leonard and Thomas J. Noel, <em>Denver: Mining Camp to Metropolis</em> (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1990).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:21:17 +0000 yongli 3566 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org