In 2019 Barnabas Kane of Consilium Design submitted the winning entry for the design competition sponsored by ‘Irish Network Colorado’ INCO.  The Mission was to honor the nearly 1500 unmarked graves of the, mostly, Irish immigrants scattered through the woods of the Pauper section of Evergreen Cemetery in Leadville, CO. The Design vision is a mound with spiral walkways leading up to 8 glass panels with the names of the honored, encircling a  flagstone plaza and plinth with a bronze sculpted centerpiece of a kneeling miner.

We’re excited to see the Irish Miners of Leadville getting highlighted in this St. Patrick’s Day segment from the Fox 31 News team. Click Here to read the original article.

DENVER (KWGN) – As you raise a toast on this Saint Patrick’s Day, we suggest you salute the Irish Miners Of Leadville. 150 years ago, at the height of the gold and silver rush, it was Irish immigrants who answered the call. Thousands made the trek to Leadville, Colorado. When they arrived to work the mines, they found low pay and harsh conditions. The mines could reach temperatures of 100 degrees below, and -20 degrees at the surface. Many of our Irish pioneers didn’t make it. And nearly 1,500 were buried in unmarked graves, too poor to afford a burial. Average age of a person in the paupers grave: just 23-years-old. But now, there’s an effort to honor the lost, remember their efforts, and celebrate their contributions. The Irish Miners Memorial set to open this fall.

Consilium Design is small by design.

We are a small firm that does big things and get big results. Our practice structure is designed for performance with the skills and resources of a world-class firm. We strive to be better, not bigger, with high standards, unmatched integrity, and a drive to deliver the best.

We provide direct principal and senior staff involvement at every step in the design and implementation process.

Our design teams are involved from acquisition through the built work, providing design continuity, solid institutional project knowledge, and superior execution of the vision for your project.

Awards and Recognition

It’s one thing to say your way of doing things is better than others. It’s quite another when highly respected 3rd party sources say it for you.

• 2021 National Homebuilders Best in American Living Gold, The Met at Boulevard One
• 2020 Best in American Home Living (BALA) Multifamily Development up to 3 stories, Built for Sale, The Met at Boulevard One
• 2018 USGBC Local Leader Award for Outdoor Environments – Stanley Marketplace, Aurora, Colorado
• 2017 Best in American Home Living (BALA) Gold Award Single-Family Community, 100 units and over for Leyden Rock in Arvada, Colorado
• HBA of Denver 2016 MAME Community of the Year for Leyden Rock in Arvada, Colorado

Our Design Philosophy is Doing Simple Well

• We create simple, executable designs that maximize value and your return on investment.
• Our design solutions get you yes votes for your entitlement.
• Our design solutions perform well and “age well” so you build your reputation and open future possibilities.
• We have the experience, recognition, and reputation so people will trust your choice in working with us.

We listen well.

We are committed to strong communications and project management. We build redundancy in our internal communications and project management so more than one person can address an issue at any time.

We do our homework.

We are experienced and skilled at thoroughly researching all applicable plans codes and regulations for each jurisdiction, so we know the rules as well as or better than the staff and stakeholders we work with.

A Note from our Principal, Craig Karn: My appointment to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Land Development Committee. 

I have been serving on the Land Development Committee’s Land Use Policy Sub-Committee since 2014, and I am honored to receive this new appointment and to continue my service to the NAHB and our industry.

Our Spring committee meeting is in June, and some of the topics we’ll be discussing include:

• Opportunity Zone Regulations
• Creating ‘Home for All’ Outreach
• Diversifying Housing Options with Smaller Lots and Smaller Homes Report

If any of my colleagues have land development issues and think it would be beneficial to have input from your industry peers around the country, please share it with me and I can bring it up for discussion at the committee meeting next week.

Thank you,

Craig