Welcome to www.dtjdesign.com, home of DTJ Design, Inc. Located in Boulder, Colorado, along the Front Range, just 30 minutes from Denver and Fort Collins. DTJ provides architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and visioning services to client s nationwide. Formerly known as Downing, Thorpe, and James, DTJ Design is a leading architecture, landscape architecture, and planning firm in the Rocky Mountain and Denver Region. DTJ Design specializes in residential and commercial master planning, landscape architecture, site planning, residential and commercial architecture, mixed-use, as well as amenity- oriented resort and golf course community design. DTJ Design offers full services, with many designers accredited by AIA, ASLA, and LEED.
DTJ Design has received acclaim for many award programs, including Gold Nugget Awards, Best in American Living (BALA), Builder s Choice, AIA Awards, and the Colorado Chapter of the Amercian Society of Landscape Architects (CCASLA). In 1998, DTJ was recognized as the AIA Colorado s Firm of the Year. Our projects have been featured in many magazines, including Builder, Professional Builder, Urban Land, Colorado Architect, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, and Boulder County Home & Garden. DTJ s designers are highly experienced in the latest technology, such as Adobe PhotoShop, In Design, Auto CAD, and 3D modeling. DTJ is involved with ULI, attending most meetings and conferences, including Place Making.
DTJ Design participates in many university internship programs. Universities that DTJ has recruited interns from include Ball State, Perdue, University of Wisconsin, University of Kansas, Kansas State, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado, Colorado State, University of Nebraska, and Notre Dame.
DTJ DESIGN, Inc. Boulder, Colorado & Telluride, Colorado
www.dtjdesign.com
1881 9th Street, Suite 103
Boulder, Co 80302
Founding Principals: Bruce Downing (now a consultant for DTJ), Thomas Thorpe, Steven James
President and Principal: Michael A. Beitzel
Other Principals: Dave Williams, Lori Cady, Gail Commodore, M. Rick Volpe, Thomas Kopf, S. Christopher Moore, Erik Hartronft
Associates: Len Segel, Joseph Ginther, Shelley Gabel, Susan Wade, Greg White, Bill Fauri, Rick New, Dave Ignatew, Jay Johnston, Shawn Button, Todd Coleman, Mike Bensky
DTJ is structured to ensure the direct involvement of the principals from the design phase through Construction Document production and Construction Administration. Principals serve as a source of design leadership, bringing well-honed skills, development experience, market awareness, and inventive solutions to carefully selected design teams. Our collaborative process begins with listening to the Client s needs and understanding their vision. We provide services for Public/Civic, Commercial, Mixed-Use, Educational, Residential, Resort, Religious, Master Planning, and Historic Renovation projects.
Over 75% of our work is repeat business, and our satisfied Clients find us to be experienced, capable, and responsive to their needs. DTJ provides services with a staff of 90, including Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Environmental Graphic design teams. Clients represent both the private and public sector, and are located nationwide, as well as in Canada and Mexico.
Our practice is organized around the following discipline groups:
" Commercial / Business Environments
" Mixed-Use / Retail
" Resort / Golf Course Communities Public Environment
" Landscape Architecture
Erik Hartronft, AIA, joined his practice Hartronft Fauri Architects with Downing, Thorpe & James, Inc. to become DTJ Design Inc. in 2003. As a Principal and Director of Commercial Architecture, he has developed numerous award-winning projects, including the Boulder Public Library and Hoch Auditorium Library at the University of Kansas. Erik s partner at Hartronft Fauri Architects, Bill Fauri also joined DTJ Design in 2003 as a Senior Architect. Bill has designed projects in four countries and over 30 states. His scope of experience includes commercial, public, and residential projects, with particular expertise in fitness, wellness, and health facilities.
Recent Colorado projects completed by Hartronft Fauri Architects/DTJ Design include Boulder Community Hospital, Community Medical Center in Lafayette; One Boulder Plaza in downtown Boulder, the Riverwalk Mixed-Use Complex in Edwards; Canyon Gate, expansion of St. John s Episcopal Church in Boulder; and planning for a new Town Center in Gunbarrel, north of Boulder, which includes retail and residential uses, as well as a branch library.
Other recent DTJ projects include One Boulder Plaza, Xilinx, Pronghorn, The Hollows, Anthem Colorado at Broomfield, The Lodge at Balfour, Bellerive, Vila Di Lago at Lake Las Vegas, ATLAS Center at University of Colorado, and Garden Crossing. We have experience working in Colorado, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Texas, Minnesota, Arizona, California, Oregon, and Montana. Some of DTJ s clients include Desert Mountain Properties, Centex Destination Properties, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, Pahlisch Homes, Black Rock Development, Engle Homes (TOUSA), David Weekly Homes, and Classic Homes.
