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October 12, 2021

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Our project team discusses the aesthetic and sustainable benefits of the lighting system for Denver Water in Lighting Design + Application magazine

For Denver Water, it’s all about the flow. Just as water flows to the utility’s 1.5 million customers, lighting was designed to complement the flow of architectural elements within the company’s new 186,000-sq ft administration building, as well as among seven other renovated facilities on its historic 34-acre operations complex.

At the helm of the complex’s transformation was Stantec, which began working with Denver Water in 2013. “We conducted master planning [for Denver Water] to help them determine that staying on their current campus was indeed the best value and most impactful design approach,” says Tony Thornton, senior associate and architectural project manager for Stantec. “We also helped the client to strategize how their campus could be phased to remain operational while nearly every building was being replaced or renovated.”

  • Rachel Fitzgerald

    A senior lighting designer with our team in Denver, Rachel has over 20 years of experience providing exterior and interior lighting designs for hospitality, mixed-use, retail, corporate, civic and government, religious, and recreation facilities.

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  • Tony Thornton

    An architect working on commercial, residential, mixed use, and institutional projects for the last 25 years, Tony believes that designers are at the forefront of sustainability, wellness, and resilience.

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  • Vannessa Pederson

    Vannessa delivers lighting design solutions that combine the art and science of light into holistic offerings. She’s worked in the education, office, recreation, commercial, and hospitality sectors, and she’s worked with the National Park Service.

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