Aspens silver-mining heyday produced many of the towns most iconic structures: the Pitkin County Courthouse, the former armory turned City Hall, the regal Wheeler Opera House and the crown jewel the Hotel Jerome.

Its too soon to tell how the test of time will regard some of the more modern structures. But one thing is certain, longtime Aspen-area firm Cottle Carr and Yaw Architects has put its stamp on the modern era by designing some of the more high-visibility structures over the last 30 years.

CCY, as the firm is now known, was selected to build what could arguably be called Aspens three most important and sensitive projects undertaken since the mid-1980s. It was selected by Aspen Skiing Co. to reinvent the base area of Aspen Mountain with the Silver Queen Gondola plaza in 1987 and Little Nell Hotel in 1989. It undertook the addition to the Hotel Jerome in 1987. It was the company under pressure for coming up with a design appropriate for the replacement of the Sundeck Restaurant atop Aspen Mountain in 1999.

In each case, the firm was playing with fire. The base area project would define Aspen Mountain for decades to come. The Hotel Jerome addition had to blend with what is the most revered building in town for many people. The demolition of the old Sundeck was met with significant skepticism; CCYs design had to relieve the angst.

Larry Yaw, one of the three partners in the firm with John Cottle and Rich Carr, shrugged off the pressure of working on the Sundeck. It was no more than usual, he said. Every time you work on something purposeful, it reduces the stress, he said.

Whether the partners want to admit it or not, the pressure probably couldnt have been greater then when the firm worked on the Little Nell Hotel and gondola plaza. Skico envisioned a five-star hotel and it required a design for the public plaza that tied the town and mountain together.

We put a porch on the town to the mountain. We knit them together with that design. Thats fantastic, Cottle said, sounding much more like a proud papa than a boastful architect.

The firms employees are absolutely aware that they are working on some of the projects that will help define Aspen and its ski areas, according Cottle.

Statistically, he said he is uncertain if CCY has designed the most projects downtown, but hes proud of the legacy the firm is creating. I always thought we had the most robust history and forward-looking projects in downtown, he said.

The partners said they want their designs to reflect the current era and the traditions of the community, but also be forward-looking.

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On the outskirts of Rome is a mile-long stretch of unfinished elevated track for a tramline. Work stopped in the mid-1990s. Under the guidance of Renzo Piano, architects are turning it into an elevated park. Courtesy of the G124 Group hide caption

On the outskirts of Rome is a mile-long stretch of unfinished elevated track for a tramline. Work stopped in the mid-1990s. Under the guidance of Renzo Piano, architects are turning it into an elevated park.

When the famed Italian architect Renzo Piano was named honorary Senator-For-Life in 2013, he handed over his spacious new office and hefty salary of some $15,000 a month to a team of young architects. They were given the task of helping salvage depressed outskirts of Italian cities. One project was inspired by New York City's High Line the beloved public park built on a derelict rail line elevated above the streets of Manhattan.

Italy is littered with 600 unfinished public works projects incomplete highways, half-bridges going nowhere, skeletons of buildings. They're the offspring of bad governance, greed and state subsidies eaten up by graft.

In Rome, there's an unfinished elevated track cutting through two peripheral neighborhoods, Serpentara and Vigne Nuove. Originally conceived as a 12-mile tramline, looping north to south outskirts, work on the project suddenly stopped in the mid-1990s. The reason is clouded in mystery. The result is just one mile of elevated, abandoned concrete.

Pedestrians stroll on New York's High Line, a public park that has been constructed on the remains of an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

Pedestrians stroll on New York's High Line, a public park that has been constructed on the remains of an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan.

Under Piano's supervision, a team of young architects cleaned up what had become the local garbage dump below. And, using recycled materials, transformed a planned tram stop into a community space for art installations, concerts and workshops. Francesco Lorenzi, 32, says the architects took an abandoned part of the city and put life there.

Lorenzi is one of 600 young architects who competed to join Piano's team of six. It's called G124 the number on Piano's Senate office door. The project was inspired by New York's High Line. But here, the park will be below, and above, pedestrians and cyclists will use a path to get between two big green areas of district Parco delle Sabine and Parco Talenti.

The elevated park is about a 45-minute drive from the city center. These neighborhoods were born during the construction boom of the 1970s and '80s when cozy relations between city authorities and real estate speculators made building permits easy to acquire.

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We've already witnessed Australian firm Andrew Maynard Architects' flair for the unusual with the Cut Paw Paw house. Tower House sees the practice up the ante by turning a typical weatherboard home in Alphington, Victoria, into a delightful "village" comprising a number of tower-like buildings.

Built for a young family with twin boys, there's a lot going on with Tower House and a lot to like, too. During the renovation and extension of an existing modestly-sized suburban home, a simple flat extension was shunned in favor of five slim tower-like volumes that are connected on the inside and resemble a village on a tiny scale from outside. The original home includes two children's bedrooms, bathroom and living spaces, while the new additions feature a studio, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and a dining area.

"Tower House is a village externally and a home internally," says Andrew Maynard Architects. "The house defies logic as the exterior appears to be a series of small structures, while internally the spaces and functions are large and connected. Like the Tardis, its small on the outside and large internally."

Dad received a small astroturfed getaway nook during the extension, while mom now has a library. The most striking addition is saved for the kids though, and comprises a study room with a floor-to-ceiling bookcase and large hanging net. The architectural notes also make mention of a simple tannoy system comprising tin cans connected with string.

Another particularly nice touch for the home is the front garden, which has been given over to a communal vegetable plot. Locals are welcome to help themselves to the veggies, and can also chip in and do some work if so inclined. The back garden is fenced but can be opened to the outside.

Tower House was designed to optimize passive solar gain in a bid to reduce the need for mechanical heating, and features large windows along the southern boundary. The need for air-conditioning is reduced via carefully-thought windows which offer natural ventilation. A retractable fabric awning can also be used to add more shade when needed.

Tower House was completed in 2014.

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