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CRMS Students Making Chandelier for New Dorm

David Darling — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:02:09 +0000

A4 has been working with Colorado Rocky Mountain School for a while now on refining their campus, including designs for two new dorms and a music studio and rehearsal space. During their current interim week, CRMS students are creating a chandelier for the reception room of the new North Dorm. Working together, the glass blowing and blacksmithing classes designed the metal and glass piece, starting with a small scale model shown below. Now they are in their separate studios making the glass and steel portions of the structure, which will later be fit with LED lights.

While the North Dorm is still just a building shell, the students are already anxious to move in.

The small scale model of the metal portion of the chandelier, showing how it will hang from the ceiling. A full-size mock-up is on the table in the background.

A student forging a bar of steel

Rolling a piece of molten glass to keep it symmetrical.

Students working together to form a glass piece

Basalt Library Exterior

brad zeigel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:40:46 +0000

A few pre-snow photos of the exterior of the Basalt Regional Library as it nears completion. Public opening is scheduled for January 9th, 2009

New Basalt Library Photos

David Darling — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:16:02 +0000

The exterior of the building is mostly complete and the interior of the library is getting finished out. Walls are all enclosed and the aspen wood paneling is going on the ceiling. Here are a few pictures from last week.

Bench at community room entrance

Corrugated copper entrance soffit

Kalwall glazing and aspen ceiling

Lobby

Making Progress on the Basalt Library

David Darling — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:08:04 +0000

Just a few quick photos of the current state of the library. The pre-patinated copper is already starting to change color, the difference in color on the bottom portion is from a batch installed a week later than the top.