Happy New Year!

Well that was a crazy year! As we roll into 2021 our team has been reflecting on what was, hopefully, the craziest year we’ve seen in our 40-years designing mountain homes and buildings. When we first shut down the office … Continue reading

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How to Elevate your Basement

Homes & Gardens just featured our Owl Creek project, which included a major basement renovation! When we first met the homeowners who were looking to purchase the property, we helped them envision how the entire home could be transformed. It … Continue reading

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CCA wins Firm of the Year!

CCA caps off our 40th anniversary as winner of the AIA Western Mountain Region Firm of the Year! Competing against firms from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico, this prestigious award is presented to a firm that has … Continue reading

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Designing for People & Pandemics

Senior Project Architect, Chad Molliconi and Principal, Charles Cunniffe sat down with Mountain Living magazine to explore how Covid-19 may change the way we approach design. An interesting discussion about how our team’s approach to thoughtful and healthy designs instinctively … Continue reading

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Gratitude & Resilience

With our teams safely working remote, and Charles & Nicole currently manning the Aspen office (6′ apart of course), we are feeling grateful today for all of the amazing individuals out there working the front lines. We feel very fortunate … Continue reading

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IN THE NEWS : WINTER 2020

It’s not often that a design firm can claim four decades of extraordinary success, so we took the opportunity in our latest newsletter to mark this milestone. In the newsletter — and here in our office — we’ve been honoring … Continue reading

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CCA featured on Architectural Digest

Last month, Architectural Digest published a story on the high rates of burnout at architecture and interior design firms, as a result of the intense work environment. So when they asked CCA how we recognize and prevent burnout at our … Continue reading

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CCA’s Charles Cunniffe Talks Sustainable High Tech Mountain Homes with AD.COM

  We are always honored to be featured in the press, so when Architectural Digest wanted to discuss the modern mountain home, Charles was thrilled to discuss the topic. To that, we’re so proud that AD selected to feature Elk … Continue reading

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CCA’s Latest Condo Remodel Featured in Mountain Living Magazine

There’s no greater accomplishment than earning both the clients’ and editors’ stamp of approval. That was just the case with this condominium remodel, recently featured in Mountain Living​. Last year, a New York-based couple, who purchased the condo as a … Continue reading

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