Worldly Boulder Architecture
September 16, 2008
BOULDER – As Boulder prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2009, the city’s appeal owes much to the rest of the world, Boulder architect Len Segel told the Boulder Rotary Club Friday, Sept. 12.
Boulder’s rich tapestry of architecture reflects Victorian, Revival, Neo-Classical and Craftsman influences, Segel said, and each gives the city a certain “panache” and distinction.
Segel presented a montage of photos of some of Boulder’s classical homes and buildings, including the Arnett Fullen House, the Hotel Boulderado, the Carnegie Library, and some of the buildings that line the Pearl Street Mall.
Boulder has been heavily influenced by the modern era of architecture that thrived from the 1930s through the 1970s and had its roots in Germany, originating from the Bauhaus Industrial Arts College.
Local pioneering architects Glenn Huntington, Charles Haertling, Roger Easton, Hobart Wagener, Harvey Hine and James Hunter have all designed buildings within the city that have married the look of industrial, mass-produced material with an artistic flair.
The distinctive and unique architectural approach has made Boulder a better and richer place. And Segel said the architects of tomorrow will produce designs we haven’t even imagined yet – just look at the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic Stadium and the new “Glass House” above Boulder as heralds of the future.
-Reported by Ron Secrist, Boulder Rotary Club member
For more information on Rotary, see www.boulderrotary.org or www.rotary.org.
BOULDER ROTARY CLUB
5350 Manhattan Circle, Suite 201 Boulder, Colorado, 80303-4272
303-554-7074 Rotary@wxwax.com
Fax 303-499-6714 www.BoulderRotary.org
Contact: Sue Deans, 303-579-9580
BOULDER – As Boulder prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2009, the city’s appeal owes much to the rest of the world, Boulder architect Len Segel told the Boulder Rotary Club Friday, Sept. 12.
Boulder’s rich tapestry of architecture reflects Victorian, Revival, Neo-Classical and Craftsman influences, Segel said, and each gives the city a certain “panache” and distinction.
Segel presented a montage of photos of some of Boulder’s classical homes and buildings, including the Arnett Fullen House, the Hotel Boulderado, the Carnegie Library, and some of the buildings that line the Pearl Street Mall.
Boulder has been heavily influenced by the modern era of architecture that thrived from the 1930s through the 1970s and had its roots in Germany, originating from the Bauhaus Industrial Arts College.
Local pioneering architects Glenn Huntington, Charles Haertling, Roger Easton, Hobart Wagener, Harvey Hine and James Hunter have all designed buildings within the city that have married the look of industrial, mass-produced material with an artistic flair.
The distinctive and unique architectural approach has made Boulder a better and richer place. And Segel said the architects of tomorrow will produce designs we haven’t even imagined yet – just look at the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic Stadium and the new “Glass House” above Boulder as heralds of the future.
-Reported by Ron Secrist, Boulder Rotary Club member
For more information on Rotary, see www.boulderrotary.org or www.rotary.org.
BOULDER ROTARY CLUB
5350 Manhattan Circle, Suite 201 Boulder, Colorado, 80303-4272
303-554-7074 Rotary@wxwax.com
Fax 303-499-6714 www.BoulderRotary.org
Contact: Sue Deans, 303-579-9580
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