FEDERAL EXPRESS FACILITY
Pueblo, Colorado

Office / Distribution Warehouse
New construction
1996
8000 SF
Cost: $232,000

BlueSky Studio and the project developer, Wally Hultin, had a lot of fun with this design process.
We explored images that expressed the evolution of communication in the West from the
horseshoe (a symbol for the Pony Express) to the hubcap (representative of the automobile) to
digital technology (demonstrated by a satellite dish).

At one point, the design incorporated half-moon hubcap shapes along the roofline, similar to a style of Navajo jewelry.

Although this concept did not end up part of the building, the idea had its place in the creative process.
In the end, this building, an otherwise plain box, was streamlined through the use of specially
colored concrete block and the inclusion of a curved entry wall. By using standard building
system components on a carefully detailed facade, this little building was designed to provide
Federal Express with a big presence to those traveling on Interstate 2.