RKD Architects, Inc

We at Foster Construction love working with Sally and Jack of RKD! They are great architects with fun ideas, great designs, and embrace the idea of working together as a Architect/Contractor team from the start of the projects to help the client.

If I had to pick one word to describe this firm it would be "dynamic." Two words- " dynamic duo." Jack and Sally are a creative force to be reckoned with. Other architects follow trends. This team CREATES the trends. Architects all over the country/world follow their work which is all over the country/world although they live in the Vail valley. They are a special, creative, unique , intellectual team. A true ying and yang. Also, it is no coincidence that they are also wonderful people. Early in her career Sally was the architect on a home that we purchased. When we decided to do a renovation, we hired RKD to do it. In that process, I looked at several homes that they worked on. They were creative and inspirational. Yet, with my project, they also had a practical vision. We were extremely happy with the process and the end product. It is a pleasure to recomed the firm of RKD. Kim Grillo Bernstein, Colorado

Sally and Jack from RKD Architects have been working with my husband and me to design a mountain/desert contemporary home on 35 acres in the Arkansas River Valley near Salida, Colorado. You can see in the rendered design the use of concrete forms as well as roof lines to manage the use of solar. In the winter the sun will heat up the forms, in the summer the roof overhangs will block the sun from warming up the inside too much. The home is a modest 2400 square feet and is built into the landscape and takes advantage of the views of mountains and valley all around. We wanted to be able to expand our living space into the outdoors with fully opening windows and doors, as well as continue the inside floor design to the outdoor patios. We solicited RKD based on their beautiful work with much larger projects which you can see on their website. Our challenge to them was to build us a beautiful, but modest, home using similar design principals to their larger projects but keep it under our budget. I will post pictures and updates through the process. We plan to start building this Spring.

Jack Snow and Sally Brainerd of RKD Architects, Inc. are the most unique and original of architects that I have worked with in my career as a builder. Their creativity is always flowing and I like how they think out of the box to find new solutions and ideas. I am a home builder of 20 years in Vail, Colorado and RKD is on top of my list of architects. Ulf Lindroth, Ulf & Associates LLC.