Architects:MAD Architects

Area:342674ft²

Year:2024

Photographs:Iwan Baan,Parrish Ruiz De Velasco and Vic Ryan,Vic Ryan Photograph

Principal Partners:Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano

Design Team:Jon Kontuly, Flora Lee, Peng Xie, Edwin Cho, Horace Hou, Yunfei Qiu, Evan Shaner, Shawna Chengxiang Meng

Client:The MAX Collaborative

Owner:The Max Collaborative, Uplands Real Estate Partners, Zakhem Real Estate Group

Executive Architects:Davis Partnership Architects

General Contractor :Saunders Construction

Interior Designer:The Interior Studio at Davis Partnership Architects

Structural Engineering:Jirsa Hedrick

Mep Engineering:ME Engineers

Landscape Desgin:Davis Partnership Architects

Civil Consultant:Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc

City:Denver

Country:United States

Text description provided by the architects. A crack of natural terrain carves through the 16-story glass facade of One River North, (ORN), a new mixed-use development near the center of Denver, Colorado's River North Art District (RiNo). More than just an apartment building, One River North is a vertical landscape for its residents to wander as if hiking in the mountains. "Imagine living in a building yet feeling as though you're immersed in a natural landscape—like living within a canyon itself," says MAD Principal Architect, Ma Yansong.

As residents traverse the building's canyon trail from the 6th to the 9th floor, they become immersed in curated environments inspired by Colorado's foothill and canyon ecosystems, guided by the sounds of cascading water that is audible from the street below. With One River North, MAD seeks to reimagine urban living by integrating natural experiences into modern architecture, creating immersive living experiences that foster community and strengthen residents' connections to each other and the natural world.