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/ BUILDING DIALOGUE / JUNE 2017

/ Stitching the Urban Fabric: Tryba Architects /

out to two different worlds.”

Terry Considine, CEO of Aimco, has worked with Tryba as master design

architect on multifamily projects all over the country. “We probably have $1

billion of projects under development with Tryba right now,” he says.

“David is very easy to work with,” says Considine. “He’s a very good listener

and has great customer focus. He has a great empathic side.” He calls Tryba's

aesthetic sensibility “timeless,” with “a great sense of proportion and a good

understanding of when less is more.”

The infill project at the former Fitzsimons Medical Center and current Uni-

versity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora is a current Aim-

co-Tryba project in Colorado. “That’s very exciting,” says Considine. “It’s the

most important land-use experiment in the state.”

The goal “is to make it a place where people will live, work, play,” says Tryba.

The project will include 1,450 residential units, a hotel and a new faculty club.

“When we look at our competitors like Stanford andMIT and the Mayo Clinic

and Johns Hopkins, we are actually attracting the best of the best.”

To guide the project, Tryba Architects published a bound 70-page book that

catalogs every last structure on the campus. “We write a narrative for our-

selves,” says Tryba. It’s exhaustive, and this is just for ourselves so we’re all on

the same page. We do this with every project.”

It’s this kind of attention to detail that defines the firm’s mindset. “The

idea of creating a place that connects to the environment and what makes

Colorado special is fundamental to our practice right now,” adds Tryba. “More

important than the buildings are the settings and connections.”

ABOVE:

Fox North sits on the old Denver

Post site in the shadows of the

I-25 and I-70 “mousetrap."

ABOVE RIGHT:

Opening in 2012, History Colorado

was designed to bridge "the historic

structures and the exuberance of

the Hamilton Wing” at the

Denver Art Museum.

RIGHT:

Riverview at 1700 Platte: A generous

double-height lobby is accessed

from Platte Street, connecting to the

courtyard with a grand stair.