{"id":5946,"date":"2021-12-29T20:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T20:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=5946"},"modified":"2022-03-24T21:48:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:48:45","slug":"wazee-wireworks-lofts","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/?portfolio=wazee-wireworks-lofts","title":{"rendered":"Wazee Wireworks Lofts"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-title clearfix\"><h3 class=\"hb-heading \"><span>Wazee Wireworks Lofts<\/span><\/h3><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<p>WAZEE WIRE WORKS<br \/>\n17 Residential Condominiums \/ Ground Floor Retail<br \/>\nHistoric Restoration and Addition &#8211; 1998<br \/>\n18000 SF (e) 36000 SF (n) &#8211; Cost: $6 million<\/p>\n<p>The Wazee WireWorks is an urban in-fill project, carefully designed and engineered to fit neatly into its 75\u2019 x 75\u2019 site between three historic structures &#8212; all of which are over 100 years old. Situated in Denver\u2019s Lower Downtown Historic District, this contribution to lower downtown was designed to comply with the strict guidelines of the Department of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings. The addition addresses the historic context into which it is placed by harmonizing with its surroundings and yet it still makes the clear statement that this is a modern building.<\/p>\n<p>The design team of BlueSky Studio (as architects) and Monroe + Newell, Inc. (as Structural Engineers) met the challenges of tucking a building into a tight site bounded on three sides by historic buildings of load-bearing masonry. Existing building foundations had to be extended while maintaining occupancy. The new structural system was designed to cantilever 12 feet to another building to avoid a situation of differential settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Another unique issue was dealing with Denver Building Code requirements. The existing building onto which the addition was constructed was a typical load bearing masonry and wood structure, which is common throughout the warehouse district. This building could not have been built under today\u2019s codes, as it would not have met standards for seismic resistance. The addition met all requirements of current building codes and was built as a totally separate structure that continued to provide openings and shared exit systems.<\/p>\n<p>The design team worked closely with the general contractor to deliver a building of extraordinary complexity in budget. Value Engineering resulted in savings to the client of over one million dollars (20% reduction in budget from original estimates). BlueSky\u2019s architect received the highest compliment given by a contractor, having produced: \u201c&#8230; one of the best sets of drawings we\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row] WAZEE WIRE WORKS 17 Residential Condominiums \/ Ground Floor Retail Historic Restoration and Addition &#8211; 1998 18000 SF (e) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6071,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"portfolio_categories":[120,107,115,117,119,121],"class_list":["post-5946","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_categories-re-use","portfolio_categories-historic","portfolio_categories-multifamily","portfolio_categories-office-retail","portfolio_categories-renovation-restoration","portfolio_categories-urban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blueskystudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_categories&post=5946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}