Building on over a decade of close relationships, Northern Colorado design leaders Vaught Frye Architects and VF Ripley Associates will merge in July to form Vaught Frye Ripley Design Inc., what will soon become the largest firm in Northern Colorado to offer both architecture and landscape architecture services.

VFR Design will bridge the traditional division between landscape architecture and architecture firms to offer an integrated, innovation-driven team that provides full-phase architecture, land planning, entitlement, landscape architecture and interior design services, as well as U.S. Green Building Council LEED-certified sustainable design and consulting.

Vaught Frye Ripley Design Inc.?EUR??,,????'???s managing partners, Joe Frye, Frank Vaught and Linda Ripley represent over 30 years of combined leadership, creative vision and community stewardship in architecture and landscape architecture. The two original companies have worked in close collaboration since the formation of VF Ripley Associates in 1996, and in total have completed more than 2,450 projects in Northern Colorado, Grand Junction, Steamboat Springs, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. The merger creates a unified team of 28 talented professionals led by the three managing partners and senior personnel Cathy Mathis, Director of Entitlement Services; Jeff Fleischer, Director of Architecture; Russ Lee, Director of Landscape Architecture; and Robin Pelkey, Business Manager.

?EUR??,,????'??As we continued to work in close partnership on several projects, we realized the two firms?EUR??,,????'??? teamwork resulted in several client benefits,?EUR??,,????'?? Vaught said. ?EUR??,,????'??Foremost is improved project quality and results that come from a shared design vision, seamless project integration, and enhanced problem-solving responsiveness and creativity. But clients also realize greater efficiency and cost savings by consolidating team members and administrative functions under a single company.?EUR??,,????'??