Brett SuydamAIA · NCARB
Portfolio · Edition 2026

Brett Suydam, AIA, NCARB

Registered Architect, Colorado  ·  Project Manager  ·  Denver

Profile

Project leader by formation. Builder by trajectory.

I produce design-development and construction-document deliverables across K-12, civic, healthcare, and corporate work — and I bring a project manager’s perspective to every phase of delivery. Newly licensed as a Registered Architect in Colorado, I’m building toward long-term practice leadership.

Formal theatre training built the habit of communication that meets the audience where they are. I’m comfortable taking initiative when the brief is unclear, and I believe impactful architecture takes a holistic approach to protecting health, safety, and welfare.

Based inDenver, Colorado
LicensureRA · Colorado · 2026
CredentialsNCARB · AIA
Current firmWold Architects & Engineers

Selected Work

Five projects
Built & academic
01 · K-12 Education · Built

McClave PK-12 School

A rural school becomes its town’s first sanitary system.

Seventy thousand square feet on previously unsewered ground. The school is the first move; the community waste-processing plant is the second. Rural-district K-12 means every system is exposed to weather and every dollar shows up in the wall section.

Firm
Wold Architects & Engineers
Role
Designer / Job Captain
Size
70,000 SF
Budget
$35 M
Site
McClave, CO
SD → CA · Ongoing
Main Entry — building meeting the high plains R1
Gymnasium — Home of the Cardinals R2
Learning Commons — clerestory daylighting R3
02 · Corporate TI · Built

Crocs Innovation Campus

Global Headquarters tenant improvement — a Hub carved from the slab.

The defining move: cutting primary and secondary steel beams in an occupied three-story floor plate to open a community space at the building’s center. I ran construction administration — submittals, RFIs, field observations — through closeout.

Firm
Venture Architecture
Role
Project Manager · CA
Size
178,000 SF · 3 stories
Budget
$35 M
Site
Broomfield, CO
2022 — 2023 · Built
The Hub — atrium & green wall R1
Bleacher stair P1
Board room P4
Central stair P3
Café / kitchen package P8
03 · K-12 Education

Alameda Intl Jr / Sr High

An addition and renovation for an oft-missed community.

A 72,000 SF addition within a 211,000 SF campus that grew from 1961 through 2008. Re-alignment of program zones brings a new heart — the Media Center, maker space, and bleacher stair — to this home. Deliverables ran DD through CD.

Firm
Wold Architects & Engineers
Role
Designer — DD → CD
Size
211,000 SF (72k addition)
Budget
$30 M
Site
Lakewood, CO
CM-at-Risk · 2019 — 2020
Main Entry — brick & metal panel R3
Media Center — the new heart P1
West wall mural & maker space R2
04 · Community · Capstone

Raven’s Nest

A community center for the Denver Indian Center.

A place for gathering within the significance of the circle. The plan opens around a centered ceremonial hall; childcare lifts above to a roof play space. A diagonal heavy-timber lattice — no nails — wraps the building, reading as presence from the street and dappled light from within.

Type
Community / Childcare
Studio
V Capstone — Phil Gallegos
Award
Top Student, Studio V (2018)
Role
Sole Designer
Site
Morrison Rd., Denver
Spring 2018
Looking up through the gathering-hall lattice R1
Sectional model M1
Upper corridor R2
Site model M2
Balcony to the lattice R3
05 · Residential

Highlands House

Private residence for a chef and a psychologist.

A home for two professionals, with strong separation between private and public realms organized around a shared courtyard accessible from every wing. Studio IV under Brad Tomacek.

Type
Single-family Residence
Studio
IV — Brad Tomacek
Move
Courtyard from all wings
Site
Highlands, Denver, CO
Studio IV · 2018
Exterior — entry & garage volumes P1
Interior — through the slat screen to the kitchen P2

Nuts & Bolts

Eighteen projects
built & in-flight
#ProjectTypeSFRole · Firm
01McClave PK-12 SchoolK-1270,000Designer / Job Captain · Wold
02Weisbrod Healthcare ClinicHealthcare7,291Designer · Wold
03City of Wray — City Building / Museum / PoliceCivic44,000Job Captain · Wold
04Arapahoe County Altura Plaza — LobbyAdaptive Reuse500Job Captain · Wold
05Crocs Global Headquarters T.I.Corporate TI178,000Project Manager · Venture
06The George — Office → MultifamilyAdaptive Reuse100,000Job Captain · Venture
07Projex Exterior UpgradesAdaptive Reuse500Project Manager · Venture
08Various Multifamily Test-FitsMultifamily10–350 unitsProject Manager · Venture
09Tartan High School (MN)K-12380,000Designer · Wold
10Douglas County SD — Deferred Maint. R3K-123 schoolsDesigner · Wold
11Conrad Ball Middle School — BEST GrantK-1293,000Designer · Wold
12Summit County EOC / 911 DispatchPublic Safety13,000Job Captain · Wold
13Owatonna High School (MN)K-12301,000Designer · Wold
14El Paso County CSC RenovationCivic21,000Designer · Wold
15Adams County Govt Center — Study SessionCivic8,000Designer · Wold
16Adams County Detention — Signage PlanPublic Safety314,000Project Manager · Wold
17Douglas County SD — Deferred Maint. R1K-1210 schoolsDesigner · Wold
18Alameda Intl Jr/Sr HS AdditionK-12211,000Designer · Wold

Résumé

Experience · Education
Credentials

Experience

May 2024 —
Present

Architect

Wold Architects & Engineers · Denver, CO
  • Producing DD and CD deliverables across K-12, government, and healthcare — bringing PM perspective to every phase of delivery.
  • Coordinating with owners, consultants, and contractors across concurrent municipal and school-district programs.
  • Licensed as a Registered Architect in Colorado (2026) after completing all six ARE 5.0 divisions on first attempt while maintaining full-time production.
May 2022 —
Nov 2023

Project Manager

Venture Architecture · Denver, CO
  • Managed concurrent commercial, multifamily, and high-end TI projects as primary owner contact through full delivery.
  • Ran CA for the Crocs 178,000 SF Global HQ — submittals, RFIs, field observations, and closeout.
  • Produced details for podium and wrap multifamily; resolved envelope and structural-interface conditions.
Sept 2019 —
Jul 2021

Architectural Designer

Wold Architects & Engineers · Denver, CO
  • Deliverables across concurrent K-12 and government projects, SD through CD.

Credentials

May 2026

Registered Architect — Colorado

DORA · State Board of Licensure
2026

AIA Member

AIA Colorado / AIA Denver
2024 — 2026

ARE 5.0 — All Six, First Attempt

NCARB

Education

2016 — 2018

B.S. Architecture · Cum Laude

University of Colorado, Denver · 3.604

Software

RevitArchicadRhino 3DGrasshopperEnscapeLumionProcoreBluebeamAdobe CC
Get in touch

Let’s build something.

I’d love to hear about the work in your studio. Reach out — whichever channel suits.

Brett Suydam, AIA, NCARB  ·  Registered Architect  ·  Architect / PM
Portfolio 2026  ·  Denver, CO

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