Wenk Associates - Landscape Architecture & Planning

02/14/2026

Please welcome Wenk's newest intern! He's been here for about a month and is keeping us on our toes. And he really knows his oaks!

09/04/2025

Wenk is proud to be working with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and the design team, including Shears Adkins Rockmore, Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers, ZGF and Kiewit, on the 70-acre Ball Arena redevelopment. The Wynkoop Crossing pedestrian bridge, the first project of the redevelopment, will span over Speer Boulevard, connecting the Ball Arena neighborhood to Downtown.

A project to connect the massive new development with downtown Denver begins to take shape.

08/06/2025

Gold Strike Park: Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Collaboration
https://youtu.be/W-MfXlZA4Vo?si=0d56k1PSrdqGAQDi

Wenk is proud to be collaborating with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and the City of Arvada through the design process of Gold Strike Park. The experience has been rewarding and educational for our project team as we strive to create a park for all while making connections to the site’s Indigenous history.

The City of Arvada Parks and Urban Design Department recently hosted the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes for a multi-day work session focused on cultural consultation and shared visioning for the design of Gold Strike Park. This video highlights the work between the City and the tribes, as well as the City of Arvada’s commitment to inclusive, respectful, and historically grounded public projects that honor the original stewards of this land.

Wenk’s Jennifer Mahan, project manager for the Gold Strike Park project, will be speaking with Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Historian Gordon Yellowman and Darin DeLay from the City of Arvada at the upcoming American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) conference in New Orleans on October 10th. Their presentation “Listening to the Land: Integrating Indigenous Perspectives for Restoration and Healing” explores how participatory park design fosters healing through Indigenous, local, and historic perspectives.

If you plan to attend the conference, we hope you will come and listen in!
https://www.arvadaco.gov/513/Gold-Strike-Park

The City of Arvada is proud to share an important step in the Gold Strike Park redevelopment project: a multi-day consultation with the Cheyenne and Arapaho ...

07/18/2025

Wenk's Greg Dorolek, Principal, spoke at ULI’s 2025 Spring Meeting in Denver, Colorado, alongside Marianne Eppig, Senior Director of Resilience for ULI. Together, they shared best practices and case studies on how to reduce water usage during droughts and mitigate flooding during excessive rainfall. This article summarizes their discussion.

Extreme weather events such as droughts and floods significantly impact vulnerable communities across the country—especially in places where the population continues to grow, creating even more tension between real estate demand and the risk of catastrophic flooding or drought. The good news is…

07/08/2025

Wenk : new look, new website, same inspired and dedicated landscape architecture firm

https://www.wenkla.com/

03/26/2025

WENK ASSOCIATES is an established, award-winning landscape architecture firm located in Denver’s RiNo Art District. We collaborate and design with a vision to make our surroundings better places to be, to promote environmental and community health, and to create memorable, transformative, and respectful places for all.

Currently, we are looking for talented individuals at the following levels who are interested and eager to be part of our team:

+ Entry-Level Landscape Designer

+ Mid-Level Landscape Designer/Architect

For job descriptions, click on the link in our bio or go to https://www.wenkla.com/contact-us/general-information.

 

03/12/2025

We love celebrating our team’s achievements, and today, we’re highlighting our talented landscape designer, Emily Moore! 🎉 Emily received the Outstanding Paper Award by CELA (Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture) 2024 for her graduate research at Kansas State University.

Her research explores how elementary school teachers’ and parents’ perceptions and attitudes of children’s contact with nature can inform place-based, design recommendations to improve children’s contact with nature.

You can find her research published in CELA’s Landscape Research Record, Vol 13: https://thecela.org/landscape-research-record-no-13/

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11/04/2024

06/25/2024

RiNo's Arkins Park is featured in Bruce Dvorak's, FASLA, article in Living Architecture Monitor where he explores several rain gardens for their creative and multifunctional use of plants.

"An effective, resilient, and attractive approach to managing stormwater in urban areas can be achieved through a combination of grey infrastructure and a widespread application of nature-based solutions such as rain gardens and green roofs."

Rain gardens offer multifunctional stormwater management, integrating native plants to mitigate urban runoff. By mimicking natural water cycles, they complement traditional infrastructure, fostering resilience and biodiversity in urban landscapes.

04/03/2024

Meet the Downtown Denver Leadership Program’s Class of 2024 - Construction