Visioneering Studios Wins Best Church Architect Award for 4th Consecutive Year at 2011 Solomon Awards
Irvine, CA (PRWEB) December 03, 2011
Visioneering Studios captured the award for Best Church Architect for fourth straight year at the yearly Solomon Awards that know quality in the church facilities industry. The studio won the award, and the award for Best Church Renovation (1-800 seats) for their redevelopment of the Hanger 61 creating on the grounds of the former Stapleton Airport in Denver, CO.
Stapleton Fellowship Church bought the creating in 2010 and worked with Visioneering to repurpose, renovate and redesign the historic structure for any fresh lifetime. The Hangar, first built to hold turbo-prop airliners, today homes areas for worship, study, and classes for each age group. The Lift is really a 3500 sf. worship center with an overlook Sky Lounge. The Terminal lounge, welcome area, and java bar offers original sliding hangar doors with floor to ceiling glass walls which today enclose the room. Stapleton Fellowship Church meeting in Hangar 61 understand they obtaining refueled, repaired, and prepared for departure.
“We think this project very exemplifies the future of sacred room, says Mel McGowan, Visioneerings president. In the past, we’ve won awards for huge suburban megachurches. But what exactly is filling our plate today is the redemption of current spaces in the heart of communities. The redevelopment of the former Stapleton airport represents the biggest urban infill, sustainable community redevelopment project in the nation.
Visioneering is recognized for high-impact Design Intervention projects that embody the unique DNA and character of a faith community. Using the historic hanger was a unique challenge for Visioneering and a good chance for Stapleton Fellowship, that previously met at the Denver School of Science and Technology.
This Jetsonian structure was 1 of the last vestiges of the story of the website, McGowan says. We worked with the hangars good bones to create it work because a following generation community room. It was an honor and a privilege to work with this church that serves thousands of families in Stapleton, a two-square-mile community without other churches. We are thrilled which this place which lifts the spirit offers resonated with its community and is having eternal affect.”
About Visioneering Studios:
Visioneering Studios is really a national architecture fast with studios in Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, and Charlotte. The leading international designer of Christ-centered communities, Visioneering Studios believes church design because common is ineffective, and rather draws from years of experience in theme park, resort and retail design to conceptualize and build Destinations which lift the spirit integrating religious, hospitality, and urban design elements. More info is available at http://www.visioneeringstudios.com.
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