The Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center. The conference kicked off on Thursday evening with a tour of the SEWYWC, led by its designer, Joey Carrasquillo of Anderson Mason Dale Architects and Susanne Norton. As a welcome center, the facility features public facilities, exhibit space and office space for the state tourism department. The building is a dynamic structure that includes three different sources of onsite energy: wind, solar and geothermal. Blue World Headquarters. During a break on Friday, we were given a tour of the building where the conference was being held. The tour was led by Abbie Reece of Open Studio Architecture, the director of facilities at Blue Federal Credit Union; Jera Likely of Martin & Martin Engineering; and Evan Gerwig of Brinkman Construction, the project’s builder. This 8.6-acre site, formerly an abandoned shopping center, is now home to three stories of offices and a two-story community wing featuring amenity and event space. Architectural Trolley Tour of Downtown Cheyenne. Following the keynote speaker, Randy Byers of The Design Studio and Glen Garrett, along with the trolley tour staff, took participants on a trolley tour throughout downtown Cheyenne. They provided background on the architectural history and urban development of the community, from its early days as a railroad town in the Dakota Territory to its emergence as the capital of the State of Wyoming. Railspur Bar & Grill. This project, designed by Winters Griffith Architects, entailed converting an Office Occupancy to an A2 Occupancy as a lively bar and grill, utilizing a ghost kitchen food truck model. During the tour provided by Jamie Winters, participants learned about the history, design vision and non-traditional building methods employed in the original design and its transformation. Following the tour, participants had dinner and socialized. 25
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