Colorado Rocky Mountain School February 2025

The delivery of 200 new LH42 chairs and stools and 31 Athena tables to the ‘Bar Fork’ dining hall at Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS), in Carbondale (CO), USA went ahead as planned.

This remarkable outward-bound educational establishment, under the shadow of Mt Sopris (3952m), offers a rich, broad education with a rare emphasis on both mountain sports and hands-on skills in the Arts and Crafts.

The newly fitted ‘Bar Fork’ dining hall has been greatly increased in size and prominence under the design direction of Olivia Emery of A4 Architects LLC, who wrote: ‘The furniture is so beautiful… and I was honoured from the very beginning that the Principal, Jeff Leahy, saw the importance of furniture in the renovation’.

Mark Bell, Development Director at CRMS, wrote: ‘I can’t overstate how excited we are about the end result and to have had the chance to work with you on this project. The furniture takes it to a new level!

Jeff Leahy, the Principal said ‘the stunning views of Mt. Sopris never cease to awe and inspire, and the elegant and versatile Luke Hughes custom dining furniture now transforms the space to suit any function’.

Luke Hughes, a keen mountaineer, found himself wishing some of his teenage years could have been spent there. He was invited to give a lecture to the whole school about the relevance of the philosophies of ‘The Arts & Crafts Movement in a Digital Age’. ‘Talking to the students, they were without exception engaging, confident, curious and passionate. It was such a treat to meet a few. I’m only sorry not to have spent more time with them’.

Luke Hughes Designs Ltd is delighted to add CRMS to the long list of other schools, Oxbridge colleges, Royal Palaces, cultural institutions and other universities (such as Harvard and Yale) that understand the significance of getting the furniture right in the architectural spaces they inhabit.

A4 Architects www.a4arc.com

Colorado Rocky Mountain School: https://www.crms.org