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Grand Opening of Sienna on Sloans Lake

City leaders joined Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to celebrate the grand opening of the new affordable housing community, Sienna on Sloans Lake. The adaptive reuse of the 1941 Kuhlman Building brings 49 affordable units to the former St. Anthony's Hospital Campus. VMWP is proud to […]

Congratulations to VMWP’s Jeos Oreamuno

Congratulations to VMWP’s Jeos Oreamuno on becoming 2019’s Co-Chair of the Regional + Urban Design Knowledge Committee for AIA Colorado! Jeos has been involved in multi-family urban infill, adaptive reuse projects from concept design through construction documentation offering visual graphics, schematic design, code analysis, and consultant coordination.

VMWP is a Finalist in C40’s Reinventing Cities Competition

Van Meter Williams Pollack has been shortlisted to proceed to final phase of the Reinventing Cities Competition, for Hallidie Plaza in San Francisco. Last week we announced the 82 teams of architects, urban planners, developers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and neighbourhood collectives that will compete in the final […]

VMWP’s Elaine Uang to Receive an ATHENA Award

Elaine Uang will be honored with an ATHENA award for her contributions in the Palo Alto community. The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce recognizes Ms. Uang as a role model in the architectural field and acknowledges her exceptional dedication to serve the community. “The ATHENA Award […]

Rick Williams, Presenter at Housing Leadership Day

"Practical Steps to Creating Teacher Housing" HEART welcomed over 60 educators and housing supporters to a “nuts and bolts” workshop on how to prepare a feasibility study of a teacher housing project. Four distinguished guest panelists described the critical steps districts need to take to asses […]

Los Medanos Affordable Housing Project Opens in Pittsburg

Low-Income Housing Project Opens in Pittsburg PITTSBURG — A new housing project here has brought the city closer to complying with a mandate to add low-income homes stemming from a 2005 lawsuit settlement. The 71-unit Los Medanos Village provides housing for 66 low-income individuals or families and […]