JANUARY 2020 Transcendent Hotel Design in Downtown Denver The following is written by Jim Johnson, AIA, Founding Partner of JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE. Late last century, we began a creative journey to transcend ordinary hospitality design in Downtown Denver. Well before widespread recognition of the “Experience Economy,” we introduced “Denver’s Hippest Hotel,” The Hotel Monaco at…

December 2019 Happy Holidays from JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE! As 2020 nears and our team busily wraps up end of year projects, we’ve been intentional to take some time to appreciate the holiday season! Denver is a magical place during the holidays, especially Downtown which always dons festive décor, glowing lights and an occasional layer (or…

November 2019 Cheers to an Inspiring Career! This month, we raised a glass and celebrated the remarkable career of our Founding Partner Jim Johnson. From the Rocky Mountains to the California coast to downtown Denver, Jim has built a reputation for creating iconic places of lasting beauty and value. Since founding our firm as JG…

October 2019 Celebrating the Contributions and Achievements of our Founder, Jim Johnson, AIA JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE is honored to celebrate our Founding Partner, Jim Johnson, as he retires from an extraordinary 43-year architecture career in December. Lending his architectural design expertise on many hospitality, urban housing and mixed-use projects, Jim’s work has helped shape the…

September 2019 Revitalizing Local Markets through Hospitality Design: Stock Island, Florida Since 1993, JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE has completed hundreds of hospitality, urban housing and mixed-use projects across the country with an equal focus on creativity and context. In addition to design quality, we are deeply committed to understanding the economic impact of each and every…

August 2019 Revitalizing Local Markets through Hospitality Design: Missoula, Montana JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE’s commitment to quality architecture and design goes beyond the creative vision. We work with our clients to address the practical needs with every project and strive to understand the long-term impact each has on the surrounding environment and community. Over the years,…

July 2019 Revitalizing Small Towns through Hospitality Design: Greeley At JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE, we feel a strong sense of civic responsibility to address the long-term impact each of our projects has on the environment and community. While we work meticulously to create spaces that are beautiful and functional for their intended use, it is also…

June 2019 Revitalizing Small Towns Through Hospitality Design: Cañon City At JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE, our mission goes beyond creating environments that are both beautiful and functional for their intended use. With every new project, we aim to design a place that also benefits the surrounding community, helping to bolster the economic vitality of the area.…

April 2019 Hospitality Trend: Is Nature the New Luxury? As a top architecture and interior design firm in Colorado and across the country, we make it a priority at JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE to stay on top of industry trends. One hospitality trend we’ve seen emerging across hotels? The desire to bring nature inside. Today, travelers…

March 2019 Activating Franklinton with the Scioto Peninsula Hotel JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE recently designed the 180-room Scioto Peninsula Hotel on the Scioto Peninsula, located at the east end of Franklinton, Ohio, just across the river from downtown Columbus. The hotel is part of the city’s masterplan to create an active, mixed-use development on the peninsula,…

January 2019 Sneak Peek: Historic Hose Company No. 1 at 1999 Chestnut Place JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE and members of the Denver community came together this month to celebrate the progress of 1999 Chestnut Place, which includes the renovation of Denver’s first firehouse. Stops along the hardhat tour, hosted by Denver Architecture Foundation, included the main…

November / December 2018 Jim Johnson Reflects on 40-Year Architecture Career Our very own Jim Johnson, the founding partner of JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE, was recently profiled in the Denver Business Journal. In an open conversation, Jim shares how a love for hotels and architecture paved his career path, the ups and downs he faced in…

October 2018 Laurel Cherry Creek: A Luxurious Addition to Denver’s Cherry Creek North Cherry Creek North may not be a stranger to luxury, but the soon-to-be-open Laurel Cherry Creek certainly stands out in the pack of high-end residences. As the neighborhood’s tallest for-sale condos, this JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE-designed urban haven combines the comforts of home…

September 2018 Walnut Creek Transit Village: Inspired by the Confluence of Urbanism, Transit and Nature The East Bay’s premier retail destination is about to become an even bigger draw with the new Walnut Creek Transit Village, a mixed-use development in Walnut Creek, California. Inspired by the convergence of urbanism, transit and nature, JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE’s…

August 2018 Majestic “Jewel Box” Complete as Denver Hotel Tops Out A new fixture of the Downtown Denver skyline is taking shape with the official toppingout of 1999 Chestnut Place. Envisioned as a beacon for Denver’s Central Platte River Valley, JOHNSON NATHANSTROHE’s design for the 12-story Hilton Garden Inn Denver Union Station incorporatesone of the…

June 2018 Designing for Community: Creating a Timeless Modern Golf Clubhouse in Denver At Denver’s historic City Park Golf Course, JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE’s vision of a community-centered clubhouse is quickly becoming a reality. Saunders Construction recently broke ground on the new clubhouse, which is slated to open in 2019. With interior finishes selected and foundation…

May 2018 4 Projects We’re Looking Forward to This Summer While many of us are gearing up for a summer vacation, looking forward to some rest and relaxation, or pacifying kids eager for a break from school, the team at JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE is looking forward to a summer spent doing what we love: designing…

April 2018 The Ramble Hotel: Introducing a new Classing to RiNo With the much-anticipated opening of The Ramble Hotel in Denver’s River North (RiNo) neighborhood this week, final touches have been put on the boutique hotel’s public spaces and guestrooms to deliver a myriad of unforgettable curated experiences. The hotel’s design seamlessly balances RiNo’s industrial…

  March 2018 Celebrating 25 Years This month marks a significant milestone for our team at JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE. We are celebrating 25 years of providing architecture and interior design for hundreds of hospitality, urban housing and mixed-use projects across the country. This body of work embodies our equal focus on creativity, context, budget and…

  February 2018 Laurel Cherry Creek: View from the Top Progress continues on what will be the tallest for-sale residential property in Denver’s upscale Cherry Creek North neighborhood. Laurel Cherry Creek, a luxury condominium project which recently topped out, is slated for completion in late 2018. Amenities abound at Laurel Cherry Creek. New renderings visualize…

JANUARY 2018 Moxy After Dark: An Insider’s Tour This past fall, Moxy Denver Cherry Creek opened its doors to the public with a beautiful new space that emphasizes social interaction and maximizes the efficiency of guest room space. JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE’s design for the eight-story, 170-room hotel embodies the Moxy brand – Marriott’s ‘millennial-minded’ boutique…

December 2017 Year in Review: 7 Projects Designed with Community in Mind This past year, our JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE team completed seven projects that not only set the standard for contextual design, but also kept the communities we serve top of mind throughout the entire design process. From the industrial chic guestrooms of The Maven…

November 2017 AC Hotel: Livin’ Large in St. Louis One of the trendiest neighborhoods in St. Louis, Missouri, is about to get the JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE-touch. The AC Hotel Marriott is slated to break ground this spring in the Central West End neighborhood, steeped with some of the city’s hottest restaurants, art galleries, bars and…

October 2017 Embassy Suites and Hilton Garden Inn Boulder: Designing a Dual-Branded Hotel Boulder is getting not one, but two new hotels this fall. The Embassy Suites and Hilton Garden Inn feature 265,000 square feet of restaurants, bars, common areas and guest levels. This dual-branded project spans two city blocks along Canyon Boulevard and is…

September 2017 The Mercantile Hotel: Digging Deep Into Missoula’s History At JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE, we always strive to design buildings that are contextual to their surroundings – honoring the community’s past, celebrating its present and welcoming its future. Our inspiration comes from a number of sources, and sometimes from the most unexpected places, including the…

August 2017 Creating Catalytic Corners Street corners connect our neighborhoods, hosting the most frequent interaction between people and the built environment, yet they are often overlooked in the design of buildings. When thoughtfully designed, these corners can serve as catalysts for enhancing or renewing the vibrancy of a community. As Denver’s real estate boom continues,…

July 2017 Matt’s Stock Island Kitchen & Bar: The Blue String Incident Adding a personal touch to a project not only provides our designs at JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE with something uniquely contextual, but it also fills our cups as designers. Recognizing an opportunity to go above and beyond in the design for Matt’s Stock Island…

June 2017 1999 Chestnut: Denver’s Largest Continuous Concrete Pour Big things are happening at our 1999 Chestnut Place project. No, we’re not talking about the Hose Company No. 1 Building renovation (that’s coming later). This future home of the Hilton Garden Inn Denver Union Station recently made the history books as the construction site was…

May 2017 Marriott Moxy Hotel Denver Tops Out The Marriott Moxy Hotel Denver/Cherry Creek recently celebrated its topping out, and we couldn’t be more excited to see the final product! Our construction partners at GE Johnson Construction Company broke ground in April 2016 and the hotel is scheduled to open in fall 2017. The Moxy…

April 2017 The Maven Hotel: An Insider Tour with Nicole Nathan With each hotel project we take on, the design is heavily influenced and inspired by the context of the surrounding neighborhood and the history of the site. We want guests to have an authentic, local experience that is unique to the community they’re visiting.…

March 2017 Celebrating The Maker The Maven, an eight-story, 172-room independent luxury hotel in the new Dairy Block in LoDo, embodies JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE’s belief that design is more powerful when it embraces its context. The architecture for The Maven incorporates an industrial aesthetic – nodding to the building’s former life as Windsor Dairy –…

February 2017 Get the Inside Design Scoop from JNS After 25 years of providing architecture and interior design solutions for hundreds of hospitality, urban housing and mixed-use projects across the country, we decided it was about time we explored a new way of sharing some of our ideas, our projects and our passion for the…