Austin Reese, PE is a Senior Project Engineer with Jirsa Hedrick in Denver, CO and always up for an adventure. He has spent much of his last few years working on the One River North project, a showpiece building that is currently under construction in Denver’s River North neighborhood and slated for completion in late 2023. This building will include three stories of below grade parking and 16 stories of above grade, luxury residences, with an open air, 10 story tall, canyon through the center of the building. The exterior will almost appear as if the exterior hardscapes are cracked open, revealing vast crevasses of lush greenery. There will be over 13,000 square feet of open-air environments throughout the structure, including a creek, waterfall and walking trail lined with vegetation. Biophilic design inspired by Colorado’s great outdoors will be integrated throughout the building structure. The structure will be comprised of post tension concrete floor slabs and concrete vertical elements.Austin grew up in Maryland and Texas but has called Colorado home since 2017. When he is not designing adventurous structures, you can find him hiking. This past summer, he completed an almost 450 mile hike along the Colorado Trail.If you enjoy this show and want more content like this, visit gablmedia.com