HISTORY


History of the Firm
Founded in 1991 Jim Logan Architects has remained a small firm since its inception. Firm principal Jim Logan believes giving personal attention to the details of design, construction and green building practice is essential to the success of the buildings designed by his company. Over the years many talented architects have worked for the firm and many of these architects have gone on to start their own practices where they continue to work as leaders in sustainable architecture. Jim Logan Architects has won several awards and its projects have been widely published.


Selected Community Projects
E-Town Hall (net-zero energy consultant) – Boulder, CO
Firehole Ranch – West Yellowstone, MT
Movement Climbing and Fitness – Boulder, CO
Patagonia, Inc. – Denver, CO
Shambhala Mountain Center: Rigden Lodge, Shambhala Lodge – Red Feather Lakes, CO
Shepherd Valley Waldorf School – Niwot, CO
The Nature Conservancy (energy consultant) - Boulder, CO
Wild Sage Cohousing – Boulder, CO
Yarmouth Park – Boulder, CO


Selected Residential Projects
Burridge Residence – Boulder, CO
Caine Residence – West Yellowstone, MT
Desbarats Camp – Lake Huron Shore, Ontario, Canada
Ferguson Billings Residence – Norwood, CO
Ferguson Billings Resedence – Jamestown, CO
Friefeld Residence – Eldorado Springs, CO
Gallop-Parker Residence – Boulder, CO
Hullet Residence – Boulder, CO
Jordan Residence – Longmont, CO
Mahaffy Residence – Boulder, CO
McCleod Residence – Boulder, CO
Next West House – Boulder, CO
Oreck Residence – Boulder, CO
Ozeroff Residence – Boulder, CO
Peters Weis Residence – Boulder, CO
Pondhouse – Allenspark. CO
Walcher Residence – Boulder, CO
Yokell Residence – Boulder, CO
Zacatitos Residence – San Jose Baja, Mexico
Zidell Residence – Marin County, CA


Selected Publications
“Eco Logical,” Metropolitan Home, May 2009
“The Net-Zero-Carbon-Home,” Solar Today, March 2009
Nichola Davies, Gaia Warriors, Walker Books, 2009
"Enchanted Cottage," My House In the Mountain States, (Nov/Dec, 2005)
Living Homes: Sustainable  Architecture and Design, Suzi Moore McGregor & Nora Burba Trulsson, Chronicle Books, 2001
"Living on the Edge of the World," Building Ideas, (Spring, 2000)
"Mixing it Up," Boulder Daily Camera, (February 6, 2000)
"Green Dream," Metropolitan Home, (Sept/October, 1999)
"Color Your World Naturally," Natural Home, (July/Aug 1999)
"Built-In Health," Rocky Mountain News, (March 8, 1998)
"A Haven for Healing," Country Living's Healthy Living, (Feb/Mar 1998)
"Health is Where the Hearth Is," Country Living's Healthy Living, (Fall 1997)
"Home Eco-nomics," Metropolitan Home, (Nov/Dec 1996)
"Natural High," Custom Home, (Nov/Dec 1994)
"Eco-Architecture," Metropolitan Home, (Mar/April 1994)


Selected Awards
Leadership Initiative in Green Building Award, Boulder Green Building Guild, 2009
Historic Preservation Award, Next West House, City of Boulder, 2008
Energy Design Award, Shambhala Lodge, Colorado Renewable Energy Society, 2005
Award of Merit, Oreck Residence, Historic Boulder, Inc., 1999
Colorado Best in Residential Architecture, Jordan Residence 1996


Affiliations
American Solar Energy Society
Boulder Green Building Guild
Colorado Renewable Energy Society