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2 months ago | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Michelle Shortall
You won’t find Paul Kirby’s signature at the bottom corner of his paintings. Instead, the colorful abstracts that line the walls of his Loveland studio (which you can take a virtual tour of here) are marked with “Dulcinea”—the 10-foot-by-10-foot robot that Kirby spent nine years building and the past two decades creating art with.
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2 months ago | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Michelle Shortall
You might expect a married couple consisting of an interior designer and an architect to build a sprawling, over-the-top estate for themselves. But that’s not Devon and Caleb Tobin’s style. “Sometimes less is more,” says Devon, longtime owner of Denver’s Duet Design.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Laura Beausire
Opened in November, the nine-floor, 394-guest-suite lodge and conference center was built with fans of midcentury design and aeronautics in mind. And with a bridge that will connect the hotel to the Academy’s new visitor center (slated to open this December), Hotel Polaris is a launchpad for those eager to explore the 18,500-acre campus. Here, our five favorite ways to soar during your stay. 1. Glide through high-flying design and art. The front desk.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Michelle Shortall
Driving through Denver can sometimes feel like you’re cruising through the early scenes of the Disney animated movie Up. Quaint, historic homes are encircled by clangorous construction zones making way for the newest contemporary row homes and apartment complexes. But Jordan Bagus, founder and creative director of Larapin design studio, is here to fight for the Carl Fredricksen’s of the world.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Courtney Holden
Grant McCargo remembers when commercial real estate in downtown Denver sold for cents on the dollar. That was back in the early 2000s, when he and his Denver-based community development firm, now known as Urban Villages, first began to make their mark on the Mile High City. A lot has changed in Denver’s built environment since then, and Urban Villages, which has developed more than $2 billion in Mile High City real estate since 2004, is responsible for much of it.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Michelle Shortall
Colorado has no shortage of opportunities to travel back in time with an overnight stay in a turn-of-the-century building. From the frontier-style Western Hotel in Ouray to the stately Hotel Maxwell Anderson in Colorado Springs, it seems you can find a hotel, lodge, or inn in nearly every Colorado mountain town and city that honors the Centennial State’s past. One historical hotel to add to your staycation list? The Mining Exchange Hotel in downtown Colorado Springs.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Michelle Shortall
As an interior designer based in Newport Beach, California, Lindye Galloway’s signature coastal-modern style feels right at home in salty-air-kissed environments. So when she was asked to transform a dated mansion in the sleepy Colorado town of Sedalia into a family-friendly residence with a French château feel, Galloway had to flex a different design muscle. “It’s a style that’s outside of our norm, so it was fun to try something different by leaning into more of an Old World feel,” she says.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Michelle Shortall
Five wildfire outbreaks and menacing smoky skies this month have been a reminder that, during Colorado’s increasingly hot and dry summers, blazes can ignite and spread like, well, wildfire. Three of the blazes are now fully contained and firefighters are making progress on the Alexander Mountain fire in Larimer County and the Bucktail fire in Montrose County, but dozens of homes and buildings across the Front Range have been damaged or destroyed in the past few weeks.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
5280.com | Michelle Johnson |Sarah Kuta
A decade ago, Denver Union Station was a dilapidated, empty shell of its former self. But a major $54 million revitalization project completed in 2014 spruced up the landmark and breathed new life into the once-deserted train depot. That investment paid off: With a luxury hotel, shops, restaurants, and light rail service to and from Denver International Airport, Union Station is now a thriving hub for global travelers and Denver residents alike.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Michelle Johnson
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