A couple of days ago I had a chance to tour 1800 Larimer, the 22-story office tower under construction on Block 066. 1800 Larimer will be the new home to Xcel Energy. The project is being developed by Westfield Development, with RNL the architect and Mortenson the general contractor. Many thanks to the folks from RNL and Mortenson who gave us a great tour.

So, without further ado, how about some photos? Here’s the building we’re talking about:

 

The highest up we could go was to floor 19, but the view was awesome:

 

 

The extruded blue squares on the outside of the building are certainly the project’s most distinctive feature. From the inside, here’s the difference in looking through the two colors, with the regular glass on the left and the dark blue glass on the right:

And, finally, what will become the building’s lobby:

1800 Larimer will be Denver’s first LEED Platinum building and will officially top off in a few days.