Bill Devo holding Body & Soul book

Klauder's Champion

Famous architect Charles Z. Klauder designed 15 campus buildings. What would he say if he visited today? Retired campus architect Bill Deno has some theories.

Extinction inscription

LOOK Inscriptions

At CU Boulder, wisdom blares across quads from building faces. We've called out eight notable inscriptions and artworks from around campus.

Hellems

Podcast: Bill Deno on CU Boulder's Architecture

Aug. 7, 2018

From 1918 to 1938, notable CU architect Charles Z. Klauder designed 15 buildings around campus. If he visited today, what might he say? Bill Deno has some theories.

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Infographic: Campus Buildings

June 1, 2018

In the last 20 years, CU Boulder has developed 29 buildings and additions totaling nearly 4 million square feet.

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Kale Aplenty

June 1, 2018

CU Boulder gets serious about greens.

Old Main

Then and Now: Old Main

When it opened, Old Main included living quarters for the president and his family, plus classrooms, a library, laboratories and rooms for the building custodian and his family.

scan of architecture

THEN — July 31, 1919

From its earliest days, CU Boulder educated men and women both. But it wasn’t until 1934 that the first largescale women’s dormitory opened.

CU doorways

Poster Contest Winners

Jan. 24, 2018

The first 10 alumni to correctly guess at least seven of our featured campus doorways.

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Social Buffs – Winter 2017

Dec. 1, 2017

Eerie fog greets campus on Halloween.

doorways of cu boulder

Doorways of CU Boulder

Dec. 1, 2017

There are more than 360 buildings at CU Boulder and thousands of doorways. Have you strolled through some of these?

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