The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center has received the American Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum International Museum for Architecture and Design! This prestigious award is the highest…
The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center’s innovative approach to saving water has been featured in Sierra Club Magazine. Check out the full article to learn more about how…
The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center has been featured on the cover of The Architect’s Newspaper March/April issue! RTA was proud to team with GWWO on this one-of-a-kind…
The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center has been awarded Project of the Year by ENR Mountain States! Mountain States’ 2022 Best Projects featured nearly 100 entries spanning Colorado…
Two RTA-GE Johnson design-build projects were recognized as the best in their categories at the 2022 DBIA Rocky Mountain Region award ceremony. The High Altitude Research Laboratory atop…
The RTA-designed Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center is a Place To Love! Watch host Samantha Brown visit Pikes Peak to talk with Colorado Springs Parks Operations Administrator Sandy…
If We Built It Today is a fascinating series that features architects, historians and engineers who explore modern-day innovations that could be applied to recreate iconic building projects…
Did you know that the Pikes Peak Visitor Center is a total-precast structure? Read about the planning, design, fabrication, and construction of this incredible project in the fall issue…
We are pleased to announce that RTA has been recognized with an Environmental Stewardship Award from the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). RTA was nominated for its work on…
Design and construction of the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center went to unprecedented lengths to incorporate materials that avoided Red List chemicals, included locally-sourced and salvaged materials…
Colorado is a destination for visitors from all over the world seeking to connect with the awe-inspiring power of nature, and a healthy indoor environment that nurtures the…
"If you can do it on Pikes Peak, you can do it anywhere."
The new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center goes to unprecedented lengths to conserve and…
"Water is life, especially here in Colorado."
The new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center is only the second location in Colorado to incorporate a wastewater recycling system…
“The mountain was not to be conquered. The environment was not an adversary. It was something to try and respond to.”
In part 2 of the video…
The new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center is the most sustainable high-altitude structure in the country, if not the…
There were smiles for miles as we celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center along with hundredes of guests, City of Colorado Springs Mayor…
Building design at 14,000 feet comes with many challenges, not the least of which are those involving materials and geotechnical conditions. In a recent article by The American…
Demolition of the 1960s-era Summit House on Pikes Peak has begun, marking the end of an era. This is the last major construction milestone ahead of the opening…
As we near the completion of the Pikes Peak Summit Complex, which includes the new Pikes Peak Visitor Center, we had a chance to reflect on the incredible…
Temperatures are warming in the city, but it’s still windy and cold on top of Pikes Peak, where construction on the Summit Complex continues. Within the past few…
Check out the latest from our exciting project atop Pikes Peak! The April 2020 newsletter discusses the steps our construction partner GE Johnson is taking to ensure the…
What an incredible year it’s been for construction progress on the new RTA/GWWO-designed Summit Complex atop Pikes Peak! Take a look at all that’s happened in 2019 on…
As construction on the Pikes Peak Summit Complex progresses, many of the RTA team members who have not been part of the project team had the opportunity to…
In spite of wind, cold, and shorter days, our project partners at GE Johnson Construction Company “topped out” the steel on the new Pikes Peak Visitor Center last…
The new Pikes Peak Summit Complex atop Pikes Peak - America's Mountain has gone vertical, as pre-cast concrete walls and floors are being erected by GE Johnson and Stresscon.
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Big things are happening atop Pikes Peak! Our team has made huge strides to keep the Summit Complex progress on schedule despite a tight construction schedule and…
If you've been wondering what excavation for our new Summit Complex at 14,115 feet atop Pikes Peak looks like, check out this awesome video!
Today's the day for the long-awaited groundbreaking of the new Pikes Peak Summit Complex at Pikes Peak! Pikes Peak is one of the most visited mountains in the…
The goals set by Pikes Peak Summit Complex design team - including RTA Architects and GWWO, Inc. / Architects - already surpass LEED silver standards. But sights have…
The preferred design concept for the new Pikes Peak Summit Complex was revealed at a standing-room-only public meeting by the design team – led by RTA Architects and…
Our own Stuart Coppedge, AIA describes the four design concepts for the new Pikes Peak Summit Complex in a Public Service Announcement.
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