Christopher A. Carvell, AIA, NCARB

As Design Principal of PageSoutherlandPage’s Denver office, Chris guides design teams through the phases of project planning, programming and design. With more than 30 years of experience in both private sector and public institutional projects, he has particular expertise in the design of affordable housing and clinical care facilities, corporate and investment mixed-use projects, municipal convention and recreation centers, and facilities for higher education. The education sector includes natural and health sciences teaching and research laboratories, student unions, student recreation and inter-collegiate sports facilities, and the integration of living-learning communities in student housing.

Chris merged his office, Christopher Carvell Architects, with PageSoutherlandPage in 2008. His practice includes such landmarks as The Gallogoly Events Center for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, The Center for Oral and Facial Health (in association) for the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, The Natural and Health Sciences Complex for the University of Northern Colorado and the award-winning Renaissance Riverfront Lofts in Denver, the first affordable housing developed by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to employ sustainable design concepts. Award-winning projects which recently have been completed on the Colorado State University at Pueblo campus include the Student Recreation Center and the 750-bed Crestone, Greenhorn, and Culebra residence halls, which are the first new student housing to be built in 40 years on the campus. Chris also collaborates with other PageSoutherlandPage offices on campus housing, including a new 613-bed, mixed-use student housing project adjacent to the University of Texas campus at Austin.

Diverse in scale, character, and visual expression, Chris’s work has won many AIA and industry design awards for excellence. Embracing the use of technology and sustainable practices, his projects create exceptional environments through the use of local indigenous materials. Chris regularly serves as a guest lecturer at schools of architecture and has presented case studies at regional and national conferences for higher education.

Chris received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky School of Architecture and pursued continuing education at Harvard Graduate School of Design.