The Building Cooperative

The Building Cooperative The Building Cooperative is a design/build program working in partnership with native communities.

The Native American Sustainable Housing Initiative as a non-profit design, research and education collaborative with a mission of creatively engaging native and rural communities in reshaping their built environment to improve peoples lives.

03/11/2020

What is your background? Describe your journey from first deciding you wanted to be an architect to now? (If not …

Hempcrete is carbon negative and and a great alternative building material. Our housing team  has been researching h**pc...
10/02/2019

Hempcrete is carbon negative and and a great alternative building material. Our housing team has been researching h**pcrete for our next build! Stay tuned for more information! **pcrete **p **phousing

06/27/2019

Wakíŋyaŋ Opȟa ⚡️ the place where the Thunders go by.

04/12/2019

Tatewin Means, Executive Director of Thunder Valley CDC, will be joining the many distinguished speakers at the 2019 New Horizons Conference. Join her to help break down the barriers to a more diverse and just environmental future!

Limited spots available for the Conference, so register before it's too late: http://myumi.ch/J9rDN

01/05/2019

We are busy designing & planning our inaugural 'Summer Build' for 2019 with our new future homeowner, their extended family, community partners, designers, builders, industry partners, and volunteers! To learn more join our circle here: https://www.thebuildingcooperative.org/careers-1 ! #

01/02/2019

We are excited to announce Pyatt Studio, The Building Cooperative, and the talented team Sweet Grass Consulting, LLC are teaming up to offer a new Ethnography & Architecture Field School on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 2019! The Field School will position itself at the intersections of architecture, design, anthropology, material culture, and sociology. Students will have an opportunity to work on various sustainable community development projects with community partners on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Online application: https://www.tfaforms.com/4709388

Katy's Tales Field School Scholarship is a $500 gift that a local applied anthropologist has gifted to Sweet Grass for the growth and education of a student or an emerging anthropologist. 

Great Alumni Spotlight on Pyatt Studio team member Claire Derr!
10/04/2018

Great Alumni Spotlight on Pyatt Studio team member Claire Derr!

Immediately after graduating from Environmental Design in May 2018, Claire Derr found herself designing and supporting sustainable communities with Pyatt Studio and the Building Cooperative. Pyatt Studio is an architecture and planning firm based in Boulder that focuses on community-based projects.

Great new research from the First Nations Development Institute.“Reclaiming Native Truth is a national effort to foster ...
07/01/2018

Great new research from the First Nations Development Institute.

“Reclaiming Native Truth is a national effort to foster cultural, social and policy change by empowering Native Americans to counter discrimination, invisibility and the dominant narratives that limit Native opportunity, access to justice, health and self-determination. Reclaiming Native Truth’s goal is to move hearts and minds toward greater respect, inclusion and social justice for Native Americans.”

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06/09/2018

Address

3980 Broadway Suite 202
Boulder, CO
80302

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+13038036810

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The Building Cooperative is a non-profit design, research and education collaborative with a mission of creatively engaging native and rural communities in reshaping their built environment to improve peoples lives.