Mark R Leese
Architects at Galapago St, Denver, CO

Principal at Leese & Associates LLC, Member at Hyperform Design Co-op, Board of Directors / Vice Chair at Transit Alliance

Architecture & Planning

Leese & Associates LLC - Greater Denver Area since May 2011 - Principal Hyperform Design Co-op - Greater Denver Area since Sep 2011 - Member Transit Alliance - Greater Denver Area since Jan 2012 - Board of Directors / Vice Chair URS Corporation - Greater Denver Area Aug 2003 - Apr 2011 - Director of Urban Design, Denver Downtown Colorado, Inc. 2004 - 2010 - Board Member / Former President Denver Public Works Department 1990 - 1999 - Assistant to the Manager

Zoning, Historic Preservation, Site Plans, Sustainability, LEED AP, Urban, Parks, General Public, Design Research, Green Building, Architectural Design, Environmental Planning, Submittals, Regional Planning, Feasibility Studies, Community Development, Urban Design, Construction Management, Workshop Facilitation, Transit-oriented Development, Urban Planning, BIM, Revit, Placemaking, SketchUp, Residential Design, Entitlements, Project Planning, Land Development, Urban Regeneration, Municipalities, LEED, Rendering, Sustainable Architecture, Adaptive Reuse, GIS, Construction Drawings, Public Transport, Streetscape, Landscape Design, Architectural Drawings, Design Guidelines, Microstation, Stormwater Management

Mayor's Design Award
City and County of Denver
The award recognizes “individuals who have achieved excellence in design that makes the Denver community more interesting, provocative and memorable”.
Brick and Mortar Award
Lower Downtown District, Inc.
Good Neighbor Award
West 38th Avenue Merchants Association
You Made a Difference Award
Cherry Creek Improvement Association
First Place Award, Electrical Vehicle and the American Community National Design Competition
Edison Electric, EPA, DOE, General Motors, and others
Sponsored by a host of electric energy corporations and research institutes and hosted by the Smithsonian, this competition challenged entrants to imagine future municipal infrastructures that would encourage the use of electric vehicles. See: http://sloan.stanford.edu/EVonline/contest.htm

Emerging Small Business Certification Level 1 ESB, Colorado Department of Transportation
Small Business Enterprise Certification Category 1 SBE, RTD
LEED+AP Building Design + Construction, Green Building Certification Institute
Charrette Planner Certification Training, National Charrette Institute
Colorado Architect License, Colorado State Board of Examiners of Architects