Mark Rodgers

Mark is well known for encouraging projects that celebrate and promote the unique strengths of the programs housed and creating warm and inviting spaces with the recent renovation of the Penrose Library (originally built in 1972) into the Anderson Academic Commons that re-opened in March of this year a notable example.

As university architect, Mark’s responsibilities range from the initial programming and design to adapting projects years after construction – allowing him to garner a rare understanding of how buildings serve an academic institution for many years beyond completion. Following upon initial design direction, Mark has continued the challenging work of unifying the University Park Campus in a manner that embraces its distinguished history, accounts for the necessity of enduring design, and celebrates an enthusiasm for DU’s future. Mark has enjoyed the roles in architecture from “picking up redlines” and “producing shop drawings” to being deeply involved in the design of every project at the University of Denver over the last two decades.