Studio B embraces a lifestyle of innovation, crafting modern designs that seamlessly integrate with their surroundings. Rooted in sensitivity to the environment and materials, our work reflects a quiet yet powerful connection to each site, blending minimalism with rich textures and meticulous details.
Guided by a commitment to sustainability, we design spaces that respond to light, views, and orientation, enhancing their relationship with the landscape. Through collaboration and exploration, Studio B creates architecture that inspires clients to see their spaces—and themselves—in transformative ways.
Our 2025 holiday card began with a single line.
Drawn by Senior Project Architect Mike Folwell, the sketch featured on the card isn’t just seasonal artwork, it’s a window into how ideas take shape inside Studio B. Before materials, before models, before constraints or coordination, we begin with pencil and paper. It’s where architecture is stripped back to its essence: space, proportion, light, and intention.
As the year comes to a close, we’re pleased to share our Studio B Holiday Newsletter, a reflection on the people, places, and moments that shaped our work over the past year.
This issue highlights the year’s work and insights, including a rare opportunity to build a legacy home in Lazy-O, alongside the people behind the projects. 2025 marked a year of growth, new chapters, and meaningful achievements, and we’re grateful to the clients, collaborators, and community who continue to shape our work.
We invite you to read the Holiday Newsletter online and reflect with us on a year defined by connection, creativity, and thoughtful design. Looking ahead, 2026 brings new projects, new photography, and continued collaboration, we look forward to sharing what’s next.
Warm wishes from all of us at Studio B.
Travel has always been a quiet but powerful teacher in architectural practice. Stepping into unfamiliar places, encountering buildings in their true context, and experiencing how architecture lives within landscape and culture all deepen how we think about design.
Together, these travels reflect how architecture is best understood through experience. Whether monumental or modest, planned or serendipitous, each encounter reinforced why we travel: to see, to learn, and to return to the studio with a deeper understanding of how thoughtful design shapes the world.
We’re delighted to share that Aura Condo, our thoughtfully crafted Aspen condominium, is featured in the latest issue of Aspen Magazine. Appearing just after the excerpt from Private Aspen, the piece highlights the project’s refined material palette, curated interior moments, and the calm, modern sensibility that defines Studio B’s work.
This feature is a meaningful acknowledgement of the team and collaborators who helped bring Aura to life. We’re proud to see it recognized in one of Aspen’s most notable publications and grateful for the continued support of the design community.
Earlier this month, Studio B’s own Irina participated in the Design Like a Girl event at the University of Colorado Denver, an initiative created to empower young women and nonbinary students interested in architecture, engineering, and the built environment. The event brought together practicing designers, students, and mentors for an afternoon focused on creativity, confidence-building, and the joy of making.
Hosted by CU’s College of Architecture and Planning, Design Like a Girl is more than a workshop, it’s an introduction to the possibility of seeing yourself in design. Through hands-on activities, thoughtful conversations, and one-on-one mentorship, participants explored what it means to imagine spaces, solve problems with intention, and discover their own design voice.
Irina represented Studio B as a mentor and guide, spending the day sketching, discussing studio culture, and sharing her experience transitioning from design school to professional practice. We’re proud of Irina for contributing to such a meaningful initiative and for sharing Studio B’s commitment to mentorship, education, and design excellence with the next generation of creators.
Aspen’s architectural story takes center stage in Private Aspen: Modernism in the Mountains, the latest release from Phaidon authored by Helen Thompson. Showcasing eighteen remarkable residences, the book highlights the evolution of modernism in the Rockies, and we are proud that our Conundrum Creek Residence is among those featured. Designed to harmonize luxury living with the surrounding wilderness, Conundrum Creek reflects Studio B’s commitment to architecture that balances design, nature, and mountain lifestyle.
As the season turns, our fall newsletter invites readers to look closer, to the craftsmanship, textures, and transitions that define Studio B’s interiors. Celebrating the quiet artistry found in every joint, reveal, and connection, where material, light, and form come together with purpose.
We’re also honored to share that Studio B Architecture + Interiors was recognized on Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Residential Architects 2025 list, a reflection of our continued pursuit of thoughtful, enduring design.
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We are proud to share that Partner Sarah Harkins is featured in the Fall 2025 issue of Modern in Denver. The article spotlights Sarah alongside a talented group of Colorado architects, each offering their perspective on what it means to design modern architecture today.
In her interview, Sarah reflects on how modernism continues to evolve, becoming more human, contextual, and attuned to livability. She highlights how Colorado’s distinctive terrain and climate both challenge and inspire design, while also underscoring the value of a collaborative architectural community that shapes the state’s built environment.
“We define modern architecture as an ongoing pursuit of clarity, restraint, and purpose … distilling design to its essence: clean lines, honest materials, and a thoughtful relationship between building and site.”
We are honored to see Sarah’s voice included in this thoughtful feature, and we extend our thanks to Modern in Denver for bringing together such a talented base of architects to celebrate modern design in Colorado.
We are honored to share that Studio B Architecture + Interiors has been recognized by Forbes on the inaugural America’s Best-In-State Residential Architects list.
Following a rigorous review of more than 20,000 firms nationwide, Forbes identified practices whose work reflects the highest standards of design, innovation, and impact within their region. Studio B’s inclusion underscores our ongoing commitment to creating modern homes that are both timeless and deeply connected to place.
This recognition is particularly meaningful as the list celebrates the value of regionalism in architecture, highlighting how design responds to the specific landscapes, cultures, and communities it serves.
We are grateful to our clients, collaborators, and team members whose dedication and creativity made this honor possible.
We are excited to share the completion of Parkside Villa, a full reimagining of a 9,100-square-foot residence in Boulder. The home, designed for an active family who loves to entertain, now stands as a contemporary retreat that balances openness with intimacy, performance with beauty.
This summer at Studio B, we’re celebrating construction progress, new team members, and moments of community connection. Projects like Mountain Ridge in Boulder and Colorado Gulch in Leadville are well underway, each reflecting unique client visions and deep ties to their natural settings. In the field, Lazy-O Residence is now on the market for $16.75M, presented by Ted Borchelt of Sotheby’s, offering a striking example of our design ethos, while a nearby vacant lot presents the rare opportunity to build your own Studio B home in this private mountain enclave.
We also gathered for our spring studio retreat, uniting our Aspen and Boulder teams to reflect and align, and hosted a pop-up open house with O’baware and ceramic artist Kazu Oba. Rounding out the season, Panorama House was named a Regional Winner in LUXE Interiors + Design’s RED Awards for Exterior Architecture, further proof that timeless, place-based design endures.
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