2025 Mayor’s Design Awards Nominees
Posted on April 17, 2025, by Loretto Community
Posted by Denver.gov April 2025
Loretto is delighted to share that the Pancratia Hall Lofts project was voted the winner in the “Affordability – Existing Buildings” category for the 2025 Mayor’s Design Award. The criteria for this category is “Renovations and adaptations of existing buildings for the purpose of income-restricted housing.”
Pancratia Hall Lofts – Winner
Pancratia Hall Lofts is an adaptive use conversion of a vacant classroom and dormitory building at the heart of the historic, 72-acre Loretto Heights college campus in southwest Denver. Named after Mother Pancratia Bonfils, one of the key members of the Sisters of Loretto that founded Loretto Heights in the late 1800s, the building was designed by master architect Harry W. J. Edbrooke in 1927. The transformation of this important historic building created 74 deeply affordable apartments and an inviting courtyard. Half of the apartments are large 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom apartments for families.
The reuse of Pancratia Hall as affordable housing promotes sustainability and equity, and ensures the future of the Loretto Heights campus remains rooted in the campus’ treasured history.
Read more about all the categories and winners on the Denver.gov website.
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