The Performance Park Pavilion is one of Thorp Associates most successful projects in terms of public acceptance and use.  Designed as an outdoor performance venue, the pavilion is set against a beautiful and naturally acoustic cliff along the Estes Park Urban Renewal Authority’s award-winning Riverwalk, and is utilized nightly form late spring through early fall for concerts, meetings, rallies, weddings, and other special events.  The project has previously received an award from the local Responsible Development Association for quality development of a blighted site.  In the fall of 2007, the project also was honored with an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Citation for Outstanding Achievement in Design Excellence.  Roger Thorp is shown here receiving the Award from Ms. Kate Schwennson, the Past President of the National AIA in Washington D.C.

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For a third consecutive year, Thorp Associates has been honored with an “Excellence in Community Design” award from the City of Greeley, CO.  The Award was presented at a televised session of the Greeley City Council, recognizing the design of the Harvest Modern Country Kitchen in the St. Michael’s Town Center development.  The Harvest was the overall winner in the Commercial Category of the awards program.  Roger Thorp is pictured receiving the award from Greeley Mayor Tom Selders.

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The relocated 32,000 s.f. offices of the Hall~Irwin Corporation, a 400 person development and construction firm in Milliken, Colorado, received an Award of Merit in the Private/Commercial under $5 million category a the 2006 Rocky Mountain Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Colorado ACE Awards program.  The project was designed to consolidate this fast-growing firm with development and construction projects throughout Colorado.  Extensive landscaping, designed and completed by the firm, helps to show off the company’s creativity and maintenance talents.

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Thorp Associates has been honored as one of Northern Colorado’s fastest-growing private companies, with its placement as #18 on the Northern Colorado Business Report’s Mercury 100 list for 2003-2004 and a Multi-Year Honoree for 2000-2006. This prestigious ranking honors the top 100 Northern Colorado companies on the basis of annual growth revenue. With a dynamic and experienced staff at both our Estes Park and Milliken locations, Thorp Associates continues to attract a wide variety of designing and planning projects within the region and abroad.

In addition to being honored, Thorp Associates was featured in a special publication by the Northern Colorado Business Report.

For its design of the Thunder Mountain Harley-Davidson Dealership in Loveland, Colorado, Thorp Associates received a Silver Hard Hat Award at the 2004 “Best of Colorado” awards ceremony sponsored by Colorado Construction Magazine, a statewide publication of McGraw-Hill. The award ceremony also recognized the efforts of R.C. Heath Construction Co. as the project’s design/builder and the owners, Todd and Shelley Erdmann.

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The Honorable John Baudek, Mayor of Estes Park, is shown receiving from Roger Thorp the Honor Award Certificate for Excellence in Design, which Thorp Associates received from the American Institute of Architects for the design of the new Estes Park Gateway.

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Joe Calvin received an award from the Colorado AIA for “Excellence in Construction Documents” at the 2002 Young Architects Award Gala held in Littleton, Colorado on April 6, 2002. The award was specifically judged on Joe's construction drawings for the Mississauga Coliseum. The jury commented that the drawings were simple and clear despite the challenging geometry of the project. Also noted by the jurors was the good use of line weight. The YAAG is held annually to promote and recognize the work of the youngest generation of the architecture profession – students, architectural interns, and practicing professionals licensed less than ten years. Roger Thorp was a juror for the 2001 competition. The 2002 ceremony was held in conjunction with the two-day AIA Knowledge Summit.

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The Northern Colorado Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has awarded Thorp Associates a 2001 Merit Award for Design Excellence for the RMNP Fall River Visitor Center, located just outside the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park. The Awards Gala was held at the historic Stanley Hotel. Created as a landmark public-private partnership, the Center enhances the educational and environmental stewardship experience of RMNP's nearly 3,000,000 annual visitors. Carefully positioned to take advantage of extraordinary site conditions, the structure incorporates native moss rock veneer and log superstructure to recall the rustic character of early 20th century Park facilities. Jury comments included praise for the design's appropriate character and use of native materials.

The project, approved in 1993, was put on hold for nearly five years awaiting federal legislative initiatives to allow Park employees to be employed full-time in a facility outside the National Park. Once the bill passed, in order to minimize the effects of five years of inflation, a fast-track design and construction process was initiated, and the project opened two months ahead of anticipated completion.

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Featured on cover of the August 2000 issue of "Colorado Architect", Roger Thorp receives citation from the AIA for artistic drawing skills in the 5th annual Northern Exposures Gallery Exhibit held at the state office. The exhibit also was part of the Lodo Art Walk held May 15 through June 15. Juried by members of the faculty of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver Graduate School, the jurors commended Mr. Thorp for his "extremely practiced, skilled hand in a classic illustration style. The jury found this to be far superior to any computer graphic and hopes this art form stays alive".

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