Numerous efficiency features are being incorporated into the University of Utah's L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Building, which will open next summer in Salt Lake City. For example, automated sashes and proximity sensors will reduce air-flow rates when laboratory hoods are not in use. Reclaimed laboratory wastewater will be used to flush toilets and urinals, and radiant-heated slabs will melt snow at the building's entrance. The entire 150,000-sq-ft complex, including the current building, will be named the L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute after Leonard S. Skaggs Jr., the retail force behind such well-known grocery and drugstore chains as Acme, Safeway, Albertsons, Longs and

Nestled in the foothills above Salt Lake City, the $102-million Natural History Museum of Utah in the Rio Tinto Center began welcoming visitors in mid-November. The new museum rests on a section of what was once the shoreline of ancient Lake Bonneville. It has already garnered praise from the design and building community as well as those wishing to explore the state’s unique people, geology and history. The NHMU, administered by the University of Utah, sits on a 17-acre site on the upper southeastern edge of campus with sweeping views of the Salt Lake Valley. The 163,000-sq-ft museum is now

Williams Village North, the University of Colorado Boulder’s newest residence hall, has received a LEED-Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. The 500-bed residence hall is the first of its size in the nation to rank Platinum, the highest possible green designation. Photo courtesy of John Robledo Foto and CU Boulder CU-Boulder's LEED-Platinum-certified Williams Village North residence hall is the first building on campus to earn that distinction. The $46.5-million Williams Village North, at 131,246 gross sq ft, is projected to be nearly 40% more energy and water efficient than modern code-compliant buildings of the same size“Our Platinum rating—a

The design-build team for Denver’s Central Platte Campus project, led by Lakewood’s Pinkard Construction Co. and architecture firm RNL, Denver, recently received a Design-Build Excellence Award from the Design-Build Institute of America. Photo by Ed Lacasse The $28-million, 105,000-sq-ft campus service center provides state-of-the-art public works facilities for the City of Denver. The $28-million, 105,000-sq-ft campus service center provides state-of-the-art facilities for the City of Denver’s fleet maintenance, solid waste management, street maintenance, traffic engineering and right-of-way enforcement services. The project also includes an office/warehouse, vehicle maintenance building, covered and heated vehicle storage, fuel and wash facilities, and salt and

Editor's Note: The following story is an architect's perspective on Denver's new Clyfford Still Museum, published in Architectural Record magazine before the building opened to the public on Nov. 18. Photo by Ed Lacasse The $29-million, 28,500-sq-ft Clyfford Still Museum sits directly adjacent to Daniel Libeskinds flamboyant 2006 addition to the Denver Art Museum. Rendering by Allied Works Architecture The museum's reception lobby is long and low, with a 10-ft ceiling. Brad Cloepfil walks through the second-floor galleries of Denver’s new Clyfford Still Museum, taking it all in. It’s the first time the founding principal of Portland, Ore.-based Allied Works

The new 40,000-sq-ft Robert and Carol Berry Center for Natural History and Conservation on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie recently opened. It will become an interdisciplinary focal point for both research and teaching and aims to be an important resource for both faculty and students. Courtesy of NJRA Architects The new Berry Center is intended to advance the understanding of natural history and conservation. Courtesy of NJRA Architects The type of research undertaken in the center relates specifically to the natural history and environment of the northern Rocky Mountain region. The new center is intended to

Denver Health recently celebrated the opening of Pavilion M, a new outpatient facility built by Denver’s Mortenson Construction. Courtesy of Mortenson Construdtion The new pavilion houses adolescent inpatient/outpatient psychiatric units, enrollment and dialysis centers and an outpatient surgical procedure unit. Denver Health is the Rocky Mountain Region’s Level 1 academic trauma center, and the safety net hospital for the Denver area. The facility is located at 7th Avenue and Delaware Street and houses adolescent inpatient/outpatient psychiatric units, enrollment and dialysis centers and an outpatient surgical procedure unit. It also features 16 beds dedicated to inpatient adolescent care, and the full

Fireclay Villages, a 26-acre, $80-million transit-oriented development, recently started construction. It is one of the largest developments ever to be built in Murray City, Utah. The project is a joint venture between Strategic Capital Group (SCG) and Miller Development Co. (MDC).  The project is located at 4400 South and 100 West in Murray. Courtesy of Miller Development Group Fireclay Village is a mixed-use development that will include 400 apartments, 268 income-restricted units and anticipated future phases that will include retail, restaurant and office space. Fireclay Village is a mixed-use development that includes 400 apartments, 268 income-restricted units and anticipated future

Montage Deer Valley is a new LEED-Silver, first-class luxury resort constructed on 16 acres at the Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah. It combines deluxe guestrooms and suites with private residences ranging from one to four bedrooms that feature fireplaces and expansive views of the majestic Wasatch Range. Photo courtesy of Layton Construction The resort combines deluxe guestrooms and suites with private residences ranging from one to four bedrooms that feature fireplaces and expansive views of the Wasatch Range. Photo courtesy of Layton Construction Montage Deer Valley is a first-class luxury resort constructed on 16 acres at the

Planning/DesignColorado The U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs is seeking a site to build a new 200-acre VA national cemetery in the Colorado Springs area, with land acquired either through purchase or donation. The site must be within El Paso County and have unencumbered water rights and infrastructure already in place for immediate access and availability. VA anticipates an initial water demand of 120 acre ft per year, with a future increase up to 350 acre ft per year. U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Kelli Witt, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., 20420-0001. DR# 11-605243. IdahoDesign is under way for upgrades