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12 / BUILDING DIALOGUE / June 2019 ADVERTISING: Lori Golightly lgolightly@crej.com SUBSCRIPTIONS: Jolene Wollett jwollett@crej.com ART DIRECTOR: Heather Lewis hlewis@crej.com 1600 Stout St., Suite 1330 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-1148 www.crej.com www.crej.com/buildingdialogue/ Publisher’s Note D oing good feels good. Whether its an act of kindness on the human level or a cor- porate endeavor to help out a community in need, it feels good. In this issue, you’ll find a couple of such “feel good” stories: Colorado firms doing their part where they can. Whether its STUDIO Architecture helping to bring sup- portive housing to Boulder or Brinkmann Constructors delivering the new Clinica Family Health facility in La- fayette, saving the client needed dollars along the way, the local design and construction community is doing its part. Education is another hot topic in this issue. Knoll is look- ing at ways to create holistic learning environments while Page breaks down trends in student housing design. Other trends covered here look at activating Denver plazas – private and public – for all; building community entertain- ment venues; and embracing diversity as cities evolve. Projects featured this time around include not only the stunning all-glass Finan- cial House in Cherry Creek North, but also Denver Health’s Outpatient Medi- cal Center, which features Colorado’s first Sideplate bolt system, and SOVA on Grant, a new Uptown luxury apartment community. As for my part, doing good means a return trip to Africa – learning and sharing more about rhino conservation (shameless plug: Take a look at the ad in the back of Build- ing Dialogue). Stay tuned as I know I’ll have stories to share with you in September! The dialogue continues to be outstanding, thanks to the great projects you are building and designing. Please keep ‘em rolling. Kris Oppermann Stern Publisher & Editor kostern@crej.com