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Diverse design and development team begin work on North America's largest ski village
by Kim Megson | 21 Jul 2017
Construction has begun on North America's largest ski village development: a vast new leisure community in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. Over 200 stakeholders gathered at the base village of the Snowmass Ski Area near Aspen, Colorado, on Tuesday (18 July) to celebrate the start of work on the new mountain resort development – a US$600m (€520m, £463m) collaboration between Colorado-based hospitality operators East West Partners (EWP), Aspen Skiing

New video shines light on Shigeru Ban's Aspen Art Museum
by Kim Megson | 21 Jun 2016
A video has been released providing an insight into the design process behind Shigeru Ban’s Aspen Art Museum (AAM), which opened to the public last year. The film, released by Redsquare Productions, features interviews with Ban and the museum’s director Heidi Zuckerman about the museum’s striking design and its impact in the city.

W Hotels to open Rocky Mountain alpine getaway
by Kim Megson | 20 Jan 2016
W Hotels Worldwide has today (20 January) announced it will open its first alpine retreat in North America: a chalet and cocktail bar in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. The hotel – located at the foot of Aspen Mountain – is being designed by New York design firm Nemaworkshop, Denver-based Rowland+Broughton Architecture and W’s in-house design team. In a bid to make the most of the dramatic surrounding scenery, the design team

Shigeru Ban's new Aspen Art Museum to open on 9 August
by Katie Buckley | 07 Aug 2014
The new home for the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) is now complete, and ready to open to the public on Saturday 9 August. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Shigeru Ban, the 33,000sq ft (10,058sq m) museum and gallery is the new home for the Aspen Art Museum, which had outgrown its old place of residence. As Ban’s first permanent museum in America, the backdrop of the building is the

The Aspen Club and Spa in Colorado prepares for US$65m redevelopment
by Helen Andrews | 23 Apr 2014
The redevelopment of the Aspen Club and Spa in Colorado, including the addition of 20 timeshare condos, will break ground in Q3 this year. First proposed in 2005, the US$65m (€47m, £38.6m) project to drill geothermal wells in the area of the existing tennis courts – where the new condos will be – received approval in 2010. The Club’s owner and managing director, Michael Fox, told local media that the

Aspen Museum raises US$65m ahead of move
by Tom Anstey | 17 Jul 2013
Aspen Museum, in Colorado, US, has raised US$58m (£38.1m, €44m) as part of a US$65m (£42.7m, €49.4m) fundraising campaign to move into a much larger facility. Construction on the new 33,000sq ft (3,065sq m) building, designed by award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, has already begun and will be completed in 2013. The museum has seen demand rocket in recent years, with a 200 per cent increase in budget, number of
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