The John Parvensky Stout Street Recuperative Care Center & Renaissance Legacy Lofts is located at 2175 California Street in the heart of Denver's vibrant Arapahoe Square neighborhood, close to four transit stops and walking distance to shops, services, and employment.

A bird's-eye view of the John Parvensky Stout Street Recuperative Care Center & Renaissance Legacy Lofts, looking southwest, illustrates how close the complex is to Downtown Denver. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

The site and massing goals of the project delivered placemaking at multiple levels on a constrained 0.43-acre, 150-foot x 123-foot site. The recuperative care facility occupies the first three floors, and a slender 98-unit apartment tower is built on the upper six levels. Image Credit: Christopher Carvell Architects, Inc.

The nine-story, 118,978-square-foot Stout Street Recuperative Care Center & Renaissance Legacy Lofts explores how architecture can create new possibilities for its highly vulnerable, dramatically underserved residents, as well as the City of Denver at large. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

The northwest view of the structure on California Street illustrates how the project forms an armature for transformation of the human spirit through architecture. This paradigm sets up a framework for the building’s integrated program services. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

The beautiful detail of the east facade of the building rises up to the featured arched crown atop the ninth-floor roofline, creating an elegant transition to the mile-high Denver sky. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

The detailed curtain wall and canopy at the main entry create an attractive and welcoming presence on California Street. The building's innovative design incorporated vertical stacks on the tight urban infill site, and used a cutting-edge, recycled steel prefabricated framing system. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

Looking south at the main entry and the California Streetscape, the building has provided a 45-foot-high, three-story façade transition that serves to express the recuperative care and assisted living environments on levels two and three, and visually relates to the adjacent, two-story Mercury Cafe on the corner of 22nd & California. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

The California Street Plaza at the main entry features an expanded plaza setback with outdoor seating and greenery that creates a welcoming impression and invites residents into the community. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

The bright, light-filled Main Lobby of Renaissance Legacy Lofts was a hub of activity during the Grand Opening Ceremony. The entire first floor of the building frames the street with transparent leasing offices, counseling facilities, and the pictured secure lobby with waiting areas. Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

The Reception Lobby of Stout Street Recuperative Care Center welcomes clients into new model of healthcare. The Center provides 75 medical respite beds for people who have been hospitalized and cannot safely be discharged to the streets or shelters Photo Credit: Frank Ooms Photography

Together with acute care, assisted living facilities like the Men's Pod seen here are provided at Stout Street Recuperative Care Center. Coupled with on-site counseling and a full complement of social services, a supportive environment is created to enable residents to transition to a better life. Photo Credit: Christopher Carvell Photography

Pictured here is one of the Stout Street Recuperative Care Center Exam Rooms. The Center is staffed by on-site nurses, social workers, and behaviorial health staff to aid clients in their total healing process. Photo Credit: Christopher Carvell Photography

The Renaissance Legacy Lofts Community Lounge and Computer Lab seen here are just two of the amenities provided, along with bike storage and other community gathering spaces. Additionally, case management, job assistance, and counseling services are offered to the residents. Photo Credit: Christopher Carvell Photography

The Terrace off the Community Lounge on the fourth floor of Legacy Lofts provides a Green Space, in sunlight, with a garden, all overlooking Downtown Denver. The project incorporated WELL Building Design features, and has also been awarded Enterprise Green Communities Certification. Photo Credit: Christopher Carvell Photography

Looking into one of the Renaissance Legacy Lofts one-bedroom apartments. Within two months, Legacy Lofts was 100% leased to new residents who needed to qualify on several levels for this Transitional-Supportive Housing. Photo Credit: Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

A nighttime view of the east facade of the building illustrates how the John Parvensky Stout Street Recuperative Care Center & Renaissance Legacy Lofts enhances the neighborhood and skyline of Denver's Arapahoe Square neighborhood. Image Credit: Christopher Carvell Architects, Inc.

This cross-section view of the structure depicts the acute care facilities and two-bed pods on the first three levels, and the studio and one-bedroom units on levels four through nine. Interior spaces take advantage of city and mountain views, with the primary program spaces wrapping around the perimeter of the building, inviting an abundance of natural daylight on all levels. Image Credit: Christopher Carvell Architects, Inc.

Here in this detailed, cross-section view, many of the community spaces and amenities are highlighted, along with delineated, color-coded building functions. Extensive solar access and daylighting were incorporated throughout the building. High ceilings with 8’ 0”-tall windows, and floor-to-ceiling glazing systems provide natural daylight throughout the building. Image Credit: Christopher Carvell Architects, Inc.

The floor plans for the second floor of the Recuperative Care Center and level four of Renaissance Legacy Lofts show the detailed and efficient design of the complex housing accommodations. Image Credit: Christopher Carvell Architects, Inc.

There's nothing like an axonometric view of one of Renaissance Legacy Lofts' typical one-bedroom apartments to give you a good idea of the comfortable, well-appointed, yet efficient living spaces. Energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly construction combine to create a warm, inviting, and healthy environment. Image Credit: Christopher Carvell Architects, Inc.