Achievements

As businesses and individuals face uncertain economic times and many are scaling back donations and contributions to non-profits and charities, Poss Architecture + Planning has capitalized on their relationship with Autodesk® to secure an Invest in Education Grant for Colorado Mountain College. The grant provides 25 licenses of Revit 2009 software for 13 months. Revit is an award-winning Building Information Modeling software. Eric Wood, a Poss designer, a Computer Aided Design instructor for CMC and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas, learned of the grant last fall at Autodesk® University and presented to Bill Poss and Rick Johnson, instructional chair for workforce development at Colorado Mountain College’s Aspen Campus, the idea of applying for the grant using the firm’s value in Autodesk® subscriptions.

Poss Architecture + Planning and Colorado Mountain College received notification of the award in February. Eric has also been the lead instructor for the internal CAD / BIM education at Poss. Mr. Wood has been teaching CAD / BIM for over 3 years.

Announcements

Nick Chan and Ryan Walterscheid recently passed the USGBC LEED certification process and are now LEED Accredited Professional.

We are Proud to Announce we recently opened a new Carbondale office and it is beautiful. We are delighted to be a part of the down valley community and look forward to our firm’s continued success and personal accomplishments in both Aspen and Carbondale.

Project Updates

The Burlingame Ranch Affordable Housing project was recognized by the US Department of Energy – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Program for its use of energy efficient systems and materials. 

We were asked to contribute designs for The Preserve at Botany Bay, a Caribbean resort in St. Thomas and they are going very well.

We are designing a 150-room lodge for the Biltmore Estates in North Carolina. 

The Ridge Lot Cabins are under construction at the Eagle Ranch Golf Resort in Invermere, British Columbia. 

The Wheeler Residence, Tucker Residence and Weitz Residence are all completed and each is truly a one of a kind home with special attention to detailing, the site and their extraordinary views. 

Poss Interior Design began purchasing for the Snake River Cabins in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, finished our new Carbondale office, completed Unit 410 for Related WestPac and is ready to submit the second set of construction drawings for the Eagle Ranch Golf Resort cabins. 

Publications

This year the Arapahoe Ridge Residence was featured in Aspen Sojourner and looked unique, fresh and contemporary! Colorado Homes and Lifestyles magazine chose the Degraeve Residence, a Zone 4 project, as “Home of the Year”. Bill Pollock and Keith Howie of Zone 4 joined Poss Architecture + Planning in 2006. The Horne Residence took the cover of Aspen Home magazine with a feature on the Landscape Architect, Bluegreen.