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Caddis Spotlight: Hillside School
Located in Boulder County, Hillside School educates students with dyslexia and other learning differences through a half-day personalized learning environment. Caddis Collaborative is helping this wonderful community resource as it evolves, conducting Boulder County Special Use Review and Entitlement processes for a wonderful new facility that will architecturally match Hillside’s innovative teaching approach in a setting that provides quiet outdoor space and nature play opportunities for the students.
Caddis Spotlight: Naropa University
Located in Boulder, Naropa University was the first accredited university to bring contemplative education to the West. Caddis’s work for Naropa has included designing the university’s student lounge, Snowlion student housing, performing arts center, café, Alaya Preschool, and Nalanda campus as well as assisting with the university’s master planning and property entitlement processes.
Podcast Feature: Jumping Into Cohousing
Caddis Collaborative is excited to be working with CoHousing Houston, a new community we are helping to design in the East End of the city.
Sustainable Urbanism and The “15-Minute City”
These sustainable urbanism case studies display the type of vibrant environments that can be fostered by a bold approach to neighborhood building,
Working with Lama Foundation: University of Colorado Architecture Students Bring Their Skills to a Spiritual Retreat Center
Stephen Eckert, senior architect at Caddis Collaborative, talks about the service work he and his wife, architect and University of Colorado faculty member Jade Polizzi, do with CU students. Almost every summer since 2010, Stephen and Jade have taken a group of about 12 architecture students to New Mexico to work on a “design build” project for Lama Foundation, an ecumenical spiritual retreat center.
Thriving During the Pandemic: The Story of One Urban Community
Caddis has designed a number of urban infill communities in neighborhoods around the United States. As the country begins to move out of COVID-19 restrictions, we reflect on how one of these communities has thrived during the pandemic.
Principal Architect Kristen Uitto Featured in “Women in Architecture Projection”
Caddis Collaborative is pleased to announce that our own Kristen Uitto, principal architect at Caddis, was featured as part of AIA Colorado’s “Women in Architecture Projection.”
Opening a Path in Urban Design
Caddis principal architectd Bryan Bowen's exposure to urban design began during his days as an architecture student at Carnegie Mellon University.
What We’re Reading: Karin Recommends “Inside, the World Is Orange”
We asked Caddis Collaborative staff members what they’re reading. Business manager Karin Hoskin has been a voracious reader all her life, and she especially loves it when a friend publishes a new book. Recently, she read “Inside, the World Is Orange,” a book by her friend and neighbor Ellen Orleans.
What We’re Reading: Cathy Recommends “The Namesake”
Caddis Collaborative loves to read! Job captain Cathy Dong recommends Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel "The Namesake."
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