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NIELSEN DESIGN is a small architectural firm specializing in buildings that are distinct in design and sustainably built. We achieve this by working with clients and builders that have a passion for modern design and green building practice.
Our design is informed by international imagery and grounded in regional integrity. We strive for solutions that comment on the moment and the place. Our building forms are site specific and seamlessly integrated with current building practice and green technology. As a result, we create cutting edge buildings, which happen to be green.
Past and current projects are rooted in energy efficiency. Our building practice involves site analysis, super insulated building envelopes, passive solar design for heat gain, thermal mass, high efficiency appliances and equipment, as well as solar thermal and solar electric technology. Our most recent projects have been net zero energy and have received LEED for Homes Platinum certification.
Our firm is small and professional.  We work with an outstanding team of strategic partners and consultants. Our relationships with our engineers and builders are very important to our process and to our success. Whether the project is small or large we have the experience and team to accomplish the task. Our clients can always count on excellent attention to their project and to their specific needs. We can provide excellent client references for every project we have been involved with.
We are excited to be doing what we are doing. Architecture is our passion, and building green is gratifying. We believe that most people want to live in and interact with buildings that represent their own unique personalities.

J Logan Architects has a long-standing reputation for designing public and private buildings that combine a strong sense of craftsmanship with energy responsible design. In light of the overwhelming evidence of global climate change the firm now focuses exclusively on buildings with very low carbon emissions. These featured projects reflect those values.
Residences, community projects and commercial buildings alike are designed as part of a collaborative process between site and form, interior and exterior, and client and architect. First the essential elements of the site are distilled from the point of view of the client and the spaces are established around those connections. Building forms then arise followed by the selection of materials and state-of-the-art green technologies that make the most sense for a specific project.
Paramount to every design is an ecological and environmental awareness that can include the pursuit of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. Whether pursuing certification or not J Logan Architects believes in and utilizes the practices of the Green Building Rating System.
With an overall emphasis on the personal experience J Logan Architects seeks to keep clients as involved as possible from the initial design phase through to the building’s conclusion. Experience has proven that clients who participate in every aspect of their project are likely to be the most satisfied with the end results.

Michael Silbert received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee in 1981 and his license to practice architecture in Colorado in 1986 after working for a Boulder firm for the previous four years. He started his Sole Proprietorship that year working from an office in his home. Michael Silbert, Architect is located in the Boulder foothills at 56 Antler Drive. He is a “Green Advantage” certified residential environmental practitioner and a member of the “Colorado Green Building Guild”.

As a Boulder architect, Michael has experience in commercial projects and multi-family but has mostly focused on single family, new homes and renovations lately. He has designed on mountain lots and plains lots and his portfolio spans numerous styles. Most of his work has been along the Front Range from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins and in the Vail Valley.

As a Sole Proprietor, Michael carries the full responsibility for the designs through all of the design phases: schematic, preliminary, design development, and construction documents. All phases of the design are also hand drawn which adds a personal touch and leads to a more intimate knowledge of every detail of the structure. Speaking of structure, Michael typically draws all of the structural plans as well, coordinating with the structural engineer, in order to maintain better quality control. General contractors really appreciate this extra attention paid to the drawings, the deep understanding of how the building is to be constructed and how this is conveyed on the drawings. This also allows Michael to keep a keen eye on the budget, which is of utmost importance on most every project.

The best way to understand Michael’s approach to the design process is to read up on his Design Philosophy and then take a peek at the many testimonials he has received from satisfied clients.

There’s a reason his business has been built and sustained by client referrals. Excellent service and attention to detail are an integral part of Michael’s brilliant designs.

The green expertise of Doerr Architecture’s principal, Thomas Doerr, was honed as past chair of the Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment. He authored the Green Architecture Checklist for Residences and edited the Green Architecture Checklist for Commercial Buildings. He was an assistant editor of the Rocky Mountain edition of The Sustainable Design Resource Guide. Thomas also passed an exam to be a Certified Green Points Architect. For several years Thomas has been teaching professionals and the general public about passive solar design, he created an instructional video Passive Solar Simplified, and he is now finishing his book with the same title.

Pure details.

Context. Restraint. Clarity.

The intimate interplay of architecture and interiors with nature creates timeless personal statements.