Specialties

FeeneyArchitect provides sustainable, classic mountain modernist architectural design and construction management services thru out the Four Corners region and on the Navajo Nation, since 1974. Our projects include the new "STEAM" Park [Science, Theater, Education, Arts and Music] project on the Animas River next to our Discovery Museum [now the PowerHouse Science Center] in Durango; a new Durango branch for Vectra Bank; 1201 LOFTS mixed use at 12th and Main in Durango, as well as 10,000 sf mountain retreats and a firm specialty- small, +/-700 s.f sustainable min-homes. One recent modernist home in the Animas Valley north of Durango received an Energy Star rating of "18"- meaning it uses only 18% of the energy [gas, electricity] that a normal to code built home would use! Currently, our $3.M Navajo Agricultural Products Industries Soils Lab and Farm Administration building is under construction on the NAPI campus in Farmington, New Mexico, as well as many residential projects.

History

Established in 1974.

After graduating from architecture school and working in Louisville and Chicago, Rick followed his dream of moving to Colorado in 1974. He started out designing small but sustainable and passive solar homes and additions, then graduated to work for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe [Justice Center and Sky Ute Downs' 1000 seat Grandstand.] He brought the internationally acclaimed New Urbanist town planners DPZ to Durango where they were hired for the design of Three Springs where he served as the Town Architect for the design Charrette for the town. As the firm grew, he began work on the 12o1 Lofts building on Main Street in Durango, and eventually designed a new branch bank for VectraBank Colorado, and is currently working for the Navajo Nation's Agricultural Products Industries designing the now under construction $3,000,000. Soils Laboratory and Farm Administration building. The firm has a long history of doing Pro-Bono work for numerous non-profit organizations in the area.

Meet the Business Owner: C. Richard Feeney, AIA, LEED AP +.

Rick is a member of the American Institute of Architects [AIA], a certificate holder from the National Council of Architectural Boards [NCARB], an Approved Professional of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, with a specialty in Building Design and Construction [LEED AP+ BD+C]. His firm has designed projects ranging in size from a 700 s.f. passive sustainable modernist "eroded cube" cabin to his 55,000 s.f. 12o1 Lofts mixed-used project where his office is located and where he lives with his wife of 36 years, Maureen. His son Keegan, an A.I.T. architect, is an integral part of the firm.