Cloudy skies over CU Boulder's classic Italianate architecture.

Photo of the Week: CU Boulder Architecture

April 5, 2022

In early spring, beautiful clouds line the bright blue sky over campus. Surrounded by the Flatirons, these campus buildings embody a romantic Italianate style with red tile roofing, a style popular in the Mediterranean. Sandstone for the building walls is gathered locally from Front Range quarries. Photo by Jacob McKinney

A portrait of d’Andre Willis.

A Conversation with CU Boulder’s Campus Architect

March 11, 2022

Last October, d’Andre Willis began her role as CU Boulder’s campus architect and director of planning.

color guard holding military flags

Alumni Architect Builds Veterans Memorial

March 11, 2022

Architect Philip Cudaback designed a veterans memorial for the Central Nebraska Veterans Home.

Workers in front of a house

CU Students Build All-Electric Frisco House and Win Solar Decathlon

July 2, 2021

Since 2017, a team of 30 CU Boulder students and faculty has worked to build an all-electric house in Fraser, Colorado.

Coloradan List of Ten

10 Facts About CU's Iconic Roof Tiles

May 11, 2020

CU's clay roof tiles are a staple of the campus architecture.

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CU Boulder's Roof Tiles Are a Campus Staple

Oct. 1, 2019

From up close and from miles away, CU Boulder's red-orange tile rooftops signal it's no ordinary place.

barbie

Campus News Briefs — Fall 2018

Oct. 15, 2018

Good news for early risers, Robotics Engineer Barbie and facts about CU's architecture.

Hellems

Podcast: Bill Deno on CU Boulder's Architecture

Aug. 7, 2018

From 1918 to 1938, notable CU architect Charles Z. Klauder designed 15 buildings around campus. If he visited today, what might he say? Bill Deno has some theories.

Woodbury

Then and Now: Woodbury Arts and Sciences Building

Woodbury served as a temporary hospital during the 1918 influenza epidemic before being converted to the business school in the 1920s.

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Then and Now: Folsom Field

The stadium, originally called Colorado Stadium, was renamed Folsom Field after legendary CU football coach and law professor Frederick Folsom in 1944.

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