As we wrap up 2024 (and celebrate 21 years of Apex), we're looking back on some of our favorite projects we completed this year! Scroll through to revisit some of the amazing work we had the opportunity to be a part of:
Single Family Homes
In 2024, single-family homes continued to make up nearly 50% of our total design work - making them our top project sector. Take a look at a handful of homes that finished up construction in 2025:
Modern Luxury Home - Littleton, CO
This stunning, modern home features five bedrooms and six bathrooms, and is situated on a scenic golf course in the Colorado foothills.
Westside House - Kansas City, MO
This unique home in KC's Westside neighborhood was featured in this year's Artisan Home Tour.
Rustic Mountain Home - Winter Park, CO
Construction is coming along well at this custom mountain home. Stay tuned for the finished product in 2025!
Phoenix House - Lawrence, KS
Photos courtesy Dirt Works Studio
Designed and built by KU architecture students, The Phoenix House is a small, solar-powered, mass timber affordable support services home designed to assist members of the community transitioning from homelessness to stable and dignified housing.
Desert Custom Home - Phoenix, AZ
Ditching the Midwest January weather to check out construction progress on this custom home in Phoenix was definitely a highlight of the year!
Sprawling Home - Mission, KS
This ranch-style home with a pergola turned out stunning, thanks to some creative engineering to accommodate for the extremely heavy roofing (around 120 tons)!
Multifamily + Mixed-Use
Multifamily and mixed-use projects have become our bread and butter, with several exciting projects either beginning or reaching completion this year.
The Helm - Kansas City, KS
Getting ready to open its doors to new residents, The Helm apartments are situated right along the Kansas river in the Stockyards District. Our team has enjoyed checking out construction progress on-site over the past year.
The Weaver - Kansas City, MO
Located just down the street from our Kansas City office, these luxury four-story townhomes will include private rooftop lounges and skydecks offering stunning city views.
Bemen Apartments - Denver, CO
Renderings courtesy RHAP architecture + planning
This adaptive re-use project is transforming the Church of Christ Scientist of Denver into a 22-unit multifamily building while preserving much of the original 1910 structure.
Volunteers of America Paloma Gardens Apartments - Colorado Springs, CO
This affordable housing development will offer 125 affordable housing units to seniors.
Pascua Yaqui 9 - Tucson, AZ
Photos courtesy Rolando Jaimez & Travois
This 5-story apartment complex created 50 new homes for members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.
Education
It's been an exciting year in the education space! From a first-of-its-kind museum concept that was featured in The New York Times to stunning new buildings, we truly enjoy helping shape spaces where learning can thrive.
KU Evans Scholarship Hall - Lawrence, KS
Our team helped repurpose this existing concrete building on KU's campus into a new residence hall.
The Rabbit hOle - Kansas City, MO
Images credit The Rabbit hOle
We were honored to play a role in the transformation of this 100-year-old warehouse into The Rabbit hOle, a museum experience that brings a century of American children's literature to life through interactive exhibits.
Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain - Greenwood Village, CO
Photos credit James Ray Spahn and Gensler
Our team provided the structural design for this eye-catching new Junior Achievement building.
Sports & Recreation
Often some of our most unique projects, we love the creativity and emphasis on connection that comes with sports and recreation projects.
Canyon House - Castle Pines, CO
This stunning clubhouse serves as an oasis for residents to work out, relax, and enjoy mountain views at the restaurant and bar.
Tennyson Sculpture Park & Garden - Pagosa Springs, CO
Our team enjoyed designing structures that harmonized with the park's artistic vision and natural beauty.
Baker Creek Preserve Pavilion - Knoxville, TN
This steel-framed pavilion structure serves as the gateway to the Urban Wilderness's network of trails.
Retail + Restaurant
From smaller tenant improvement projects to expansive retail spaces, there's always plenty of action in the retail and restaurant sector.
BrewDog - Denver, CO
Our team provided structural design for new building openings and a brand-new patio to enhance the space.
Corsica Wine Bar - Denver, CO
For this restaurant remodel, we designed structural support for new rooftop mechanical equipment, a steel-framed structure for a free-standing glass wall, and new openings in the building's exterior walls.
Flying Horse Retail - Colorado Springs, CO
Here's a peek at construction progress from our site visit earlier this year to this massive 123,000-square-foot retail project.
Capitol Federal Savings Bank - Lawrence, KS
This site visit was a fun one to check out the cold-formed steel framing being installed!
McDonald's - Boulder, CO
We had to include this one - the stunning photos with Boulder's iconic backdrop speak for themselves.
Forensics
From fire assessments to uncovering building envelope issues, forensics work is always exciting, and 2024 did not disappoint.
Lawrence Fire Station No. 3 - Lawrence, KS
Our team was called in to investigate bricks falling off the hose tower of this fire station. After our assessment, we determined that the issue was cause by the metal lath underneath the brick facade rusting and expanding.
Community America Credit Union Hidden Valley - Independence, MO
Our team went on-site to assess the damage to this drive-thru canopy after it was struck by a semi.
Rigney Theater - Albany, MO
Our team assessed and put drawings together for repairs of this historic building's exterior building envelope.
Fire Assessment - Kansas City, MO
Fire assessments were some of our most common forensic assignments this year. Here's one we did for a single-family home.
Of the 2,610+ projects we completed across 33 states, this is just a small glimpse of the work we had the privilege of doing this past year. Thank you to our clients and partners for another incredible year - we're excited to keep the momentum going in 2025!
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