Today, we have another exciting update for One River North. While the project site is fully under construction, we only had a single rendering of the project. Now, we have a few more renderings to show some more of the intricate details of One River North. We would like to extend a huge thank you to Aldo from the Denver Post for sharing high-resolution renderings of the project. Make sure to check out his report on the project here.
Here are five additional renderings of the project showing more detail of the outdoor spaces and the fracture that runs through the building’s facade. MAD Architects and Davis Partnership Architects are behind the design of this iconic building.
Typically our images open up in a “lightbox,” however, for this post, each image will open up in a new window so you can enjoy these high-resolution renderings fully zoomed in.
Below is one additional rendering showing a section of the 13,352 square feet of outdoor space this project will feature.
It will be great to see the pieces come together as construction progresses.
Love love love.
I hope this inspires the next bout of high rises downtown to incorporate some great architecture in the Central Business District.
Some really solid projects getting started lately.
Perhaps an update to the 3D Skyline Map soon?
Awesome, thank you!
I wonder how this would look in the winter time. I am sure glad I don’t have to detail that glass curtain wall. How well that is detailed and assembled is going to make or break this project.
These should be condos.
Pretty cool, with thousands of people moving through the central park of the city daily, I hope it will be visible from I-25 as a token of Denver’s architectural possibility.
This building could be a real bird killer. Attract them with all the greenery and knock em dead with the all the reflective glass. BTW, glass curtain walls are one of the biggest killers of migratory birds, second I think to house cats. This is a cool idea, the renderings are quite beautiful and convincing, but Denver is not Singapore. The green spaces in this building are going to be windy and miserable, and things don’t grow all that well here. I think the real thing will be disappointing when compared to the renderings. I am a skeptic on this one. Sorry.
^ Are you being satirical? Because I couldn’t disagree more with everything you’ve said. I applaud the developer and architect for creating a building that is truly unique and will be known globally in the architectural industry. Also, there are numerous bird friendly glass products in the market that I’m sure the developer is pursuing.
Wait until Jim finds out about the Botanic Gardens…
What about DBG?
Things grow well if they’re tended to… Water, fertilizer and proper soil goes a very long way. But what you’ll probably see an abundance of are grasses, desert roses, etc. Still a nice idea tho.
It’ll be interesting to witness the first hail storm to blow into these landscaped glass canyon openings… or the frequent summer micro burst winds.. or the 8 months of non-growing season during the year. I agree Jim, looks great in renderings but I’m skeptical on the practicality of it all. I hope I’m pleasantly surprised, but I think a good start would be less cherry trees and more pines. It’s hard enough to grow ornamental trees on the ground in Denver, nonetheless 17 stories in the sky.
I think this provides a number of small crevices that will encourage birds to nest, especially up that high where they’re separated from all the noise and human activity down at street level. Personally, I don’t think the elements will be any more challenging here than they are on any other building with outdoor rooftop areas (pools, balconies, etc.). If anything, this design would probably ease the wind resistance on the building compared to a normal rectangular-shaped structure.
I love seeing new things going into the skyline but this looks like kitsch to me.
I’ll take kitsch anyday over another copy/paste land barge.
This looks like something a student would design in school with little practical experience and without technical guidance. The irrigation alone to water all those plants (in a dry, low-water climate)… the all-glass building (which is terrible for energy/carbon/birds)… what does it look like in winter for 4+ months where those plants won’t be green… lots of thermal envelope concerns…. lots of rendering voo-doo… Maybe I’d understand this in a different climate, just looks like the design was done in a vacuum.
Dang. We should probably dig up all the deciduous trees lining our streets too. They just don’t look good enough in the winter time. That delightful springtime experience where everything begins to bloom? Totally overrated and certainly wouldn’t translate to our built environment. And it’s too bad no one’s ever thought about how to efficiently provide water to hanging plants. Guess all those hydroponic engineers can just hang it up! If only we had the technical expertise of someone who posts to online message boards to guide us through the process of designing commercial buildings!
Actually, I have a lifetime of technical expertise in building construction. And, so does MAD Architects and the Davis Partnership and the Max Collaborative. I hope they can pull this off. It will be interesting to see how this one unfolds because at a glance I can see a lot of technical issues, code issues, maintenance issues and environmental issues. The developer is taking on a lot of risk with this design and they will likely mitigate that risk by changing the design. Likely the canyon that goes up the curtain wall, will kind of go away. FYI. Bird friendly glass is very expensive. Outdoor hydroponics in this erratic climate; oh my god! maintenance nightmare. And who’s the brave soul that gets to prune those trees? And yes I have been to the botanic gardens and what was that…? something like a thousand dollars a square foot. What’s the rent going to be here?…to live across from the noisy, stinky railroad tracks? The private park in the sky, poverty on the streets. That’s what this really is.
Like most projects in Denver, the final product will be value-engineered and likely will not resemble the renderings as much. For example, check out the early renderings of DIA, Block 162, 1144 15th. The Denver Art Museum did a good job with the new welcome center but most of these ambitious renderings actually have to get simplified enough to be constructible. Cool concept though!
I was just looking for a final update on Block 162; did that ever get completed?
Literally working on a Block 162 final update right now 🙂
The design is great, bit don’t blame me when dog food is all you smell.
I think that this going to end up being a maintenance challenge.
Growing container plants in Colorado’s arid and very, very sunny environment is challenging at best. Hopefully, they have some crack horticulturalists on the team who know a thing or two about producing thriving greenery in this state.