Education

University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning, Denver, CO 80217

• Masters in Architecture, MArch May 2008

• Masters in Urban Design, MUd May 2008

  Colorado State University, College of Applied Human Sciences, Fort Collins, CO

• Cum Laude Bachelor of Science Interior Design May 2002

• Cum Laude Bachelor of Science Construction Management May 2002

• University Of Colorado- Boulder, Colorado, -Studio Arts

Work

Electra Johnson Design & Planning LLC. | Colorado Springs- Owner

Owner | Principal 2021-Ongoing

• Huerfano Community Corporation Community Services Cooperative Development

• Arkansas Valley & Crystal Lake Master Plan- GOCO Technical Assistance Grant- Client: City of Rocky Ford and Arkansas Valley Fairboard- Loco Technical Assistance Grant

• Thorne Ranch Master Plan- Client Huerfano County

• Gardner Main Street Master Plan - DOLA Technical assistance planning grant for Gardner Main Street Board- 2022- 2023

  • client: Huerfano County- Partner- Downtown Colorado Inc./ Roscoe Engineering/ Bar7Rodeo Designers

• Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center- Divide, Colorado- Master plan-  Custom fence design- Swift Fox Habitat- Red fox Habitat

• Sunwater Spa- Master plan- conditional use permit/ parking variance/ renovations

• Ranch food Direct Local food hub – collaboration with local food producers to create a market and venue

• Mountain Song Community School Master Plan, Building and Playground Updates

• New Build Custom Home Design for Roger and Mary Miller House, Patty Jewett,  Colorado Springs- Built during covid for under $200/ sq foot

• Garland Street Farmhouse Renovation and Addition- Lakewood, Colorado (In CA)

• Hillcrest Avenue addition and Renovation- Colorado Springs CO

• New Build Custom Home Design for Kristin Cole and Michael Pagett- Manitou Springs, Co

• New Build Custom Home Design for Noel Black in Old Colorado City

• New Build Custom Home Design for Janine DiSalvatore and Steve Thomas in 

  Canon City

• New Build Custom Home Design for Oak Place house- For Scott, Walker & Electra Johnson

• Pine Oaks Way Addition| Colorado Springs CO

• Weiss residential Renovation, Manitou Springs

• Luckett Renovation, Colorado Springs, CO 

• Art Curation Curation of Fissure- Scott Johnson Artist Retrospective - Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe New Mexico

SALTworkshop, Colorado Springs | Denver Colorado- Partner

Partner | Principal
Project Manager, Architectural Designer March 2014 – 2020

• Colorado College Speech and Debate House remodel/ Interior Design

• Colorado College - 2nd phase Worner center Update to Gaylord hall

• Colorado College- Sustainability House remodel and design

• Colorado College Shove Chapel Remodel- Colorado Springs, CO
  ($120,000 construction budget - complete)

• Colorado College East Campus Housing Exteriors and Interiors -
  Colorado Springs, CO ($2,000,000 construction budget - complete)

• Colorado College - East Campus Cottage renovations - 26 houses in total- ( Ongoing renovations)

• Colorado College - Interfaith House Design/ Kosher Airstream Design/ New Interfaith House (On going)

• Colorado College- Butler Center for Diversity and Inclusion Renovation (Ongoing) Colorado College- Worner Center 2nd floor remodel (Ongoing)

• Colorado College- Gates Common Room ReDesign- Palmer Hall($40,000)

• Colorado College Nevada Street Faculty ArBnB Housing ($500,000)

• Colorado College- Tutt Alumni House

• Colorado College- Entry Design and Narrowing Bike Lanes on Cascade

• Radiantly Raw- Chocolate Shop design Colorado SPrings

• 3E’s Comedy Club Interior Design

• Roger and Mary Miller New build House- came in at $157/ sq. foot in 2020

• Jankovich Addition | Denver Colorado

• Winter Park Village Improvement Project & Grant Procurement - Smokehouse Restaurant | Winter Park CO ($120,000 construction budget -$30,000 grant complete)

• Winter Park Village Improvement Project & Grant Procurement - Divide Board Shop/ Hideaway Park Brewery | Winter Park CO ($75,000 construction budget - $25,000 grant received - complete)

• Business Streetscape Grant Procurement - One Love Grill | Fraser, CO ($28,000 construction budget - $11,000 grant received - complete)

• The Dairy Barn Event Center | Johnstown CO
  ($400,000 construction budget - in design)

• f:LUX Denver 8-Unit Prefabricated Modular Unit live-work creative studios | Denver CO ($1,700,000 construction budget - in design)

• Hideaway Village Clubhouse Remodel | Winter Park, CO ($350,000 Construction Budget - in design)

• StreetCar 520 Restaurant- Colorado Springs, CO ($350,000)

• Mountain Fold Books and Coffee Shop | Colorado Springs CO

• Hernandez Residence | Denver, CO ($650,000 construction budget )

• Schilling Residence | Lyons CO ($300,000 construction budget - complete)

• Bretz Residence | Golden, Colorado ($560,000 construction budget - in construction)

• Sanctuary Lofts |Highlands Neighborhood Denver |($1.5 millon)

• Montrose Compressed Earth Block Forever Home | Montrose CO ($650,000)

• Gentle Shepherd Respite Care Office Addition| Colorado Springs CO (In Design)

Libre Ink | Colorado Springs & Eldorado Springs, Colorado- Sole Proprietor

Project Manager, Urban Designer,Architectural Designer, Principal July 2008 – 2014

• Mining Exchange Hotel Renderings and space planning

• Bristol Lofts renderings

• Shilling house Architectural Drawings

• Sutton Lexington house 8000 sq foot architectural house plans

• Interfaith House Programming, Client advocate and Architectural Design – Chaplin’s Office Colorado College

• Colorado College Color & Exterior Renovation plan for East Campus Houses (9 so far)

• Trail River Ranch Facilities Master Plan with Munn Architecture

• Smokebrush Foundation Community Opening

• Mining Exchange Hotel Interior Design and Rendering with Bobby Hill Design

• Colorado Springs Depot Arts District Master Plan

• Heller Kitchen Renovation, Cherry Hills, Colorado

• Trestle Building Master Plan

• Colorado Springs Downtown Redevelopment Conceptual Master Plan

• Colorado Springs to Manitou- Bike path infrastructure Development

• Smokebrush Eco-Art Mart Collaboration with Director Holly Parker

• Colorado College- Tutt Alumni Center Renovation and Garden Master Plan

• Colorado College- Gates Common Room Remodel and Historic Preservation Project

• Libre Artist Community Water Plan

• Design of 20,000 sf art space for Imagination Celebration Community Art Foundation, ColoradoSprings

• Box Fort Building Workshop for kids

• Riverwalk Project- Walsenburg Colorado- Huerfano County Social Services

• CREW- Project director with Huerfano CountyYouth Services

• Huerfano County Parks & Recreation Master Plan with National Parks Service

• Varia Salon –Denver, Colorado

• Odom Kitchen Remodel- Longmont, Colorado

• Vintage Villas- Austin,Texas- Master Plan/ Travis Ballroom and administrative office building

• Vintage Villas- Austin,Texas- Colorado Ballroom Remodel

• Cain Residence Remodel- Louisville, Colorado

• Carpenter Bungalow remodel and renovation, Longmont, Colorado

• Spruce Street Exterior redesign for curb appeal. Boulder, Colorado

• Medical Office Building design for Neurology group in Colorado Springs

Van Meter Williams Pollack | Denver CO

Architectural Designer/ Project Manager
2004 – July 2008

Responsibilities

Urban design, project management, writing policies, reports on sustainable urbanism and transit oriented development, developing station area plans, comprehensive plans, working with city governments to change and rewrite policies, creating overlay zoning, submittals for cities, charettes for communities, development proformas, development programs, developing implementation strategies, community consensus building, site planning, architectural design, schematic design, conceptual design, design development, construction administration, mentoring, illustrative site plans, urban design for cities, writing codes and policies, developing marketing strategies, writing marketing proposals, tracking schedules, coordinating consultants, writing papers and reports, 3- d rendering & modeling, computer modeling, hand drawing, studying precedents, developing maps and site analysis, architectural drafting, color selection, interior design, studying sustainable cities technologies and cutting edge green design, Conflict resolution.

Roles & Projects
Project Manager & Lead Urban Designer

• Northend Station TOD,Thornton, Colorado

• McKenzie Junction, Boulder, Colorado

• County Line TOD, Denver, Colorado

• Kailua Road multifamily housing, Oahu, Hawaii

• Meridian Station TOD, Denver, Colorado

• Falls Creek, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

• Arapahoe centennial station area plan, Centennial Colorado

• Bellevue TOD, Englewood, Colorado

• Boulder transit village station area plan, Boulder, Colorado

• Phoenix central stationTOD Study,Phoenix,Arizona

• Colorado crossing, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• County line station TOD, Denver, Colorado

• Fannin Station TOD, Houston,Texas

  SALT workshop
  Electra Johnson| electra@saltworkshop.com |719.290.7387

• Houston Urban Corridors study, Houston,Texas

• Redeemer Church Transit Oriented Development,Austin,Texas

• 28th street Urban Infill, Boulder, Colorado

• Grant Place, Denver, Colorado

• Houston Gillette Street Urban Infill, Houston,Texas

• Salida Infill, Salida, Colorado

• Ho'Opili New Town, Oahu, Hawaii

• Westcreek, Denver, Colorado

• Mount Sanitas, Boulder, Colorado

• Waipahu TOD Station Area Plans, Oahu, Hawaii

• Leoku Station Area Plan, Oahu, Hawaii

• Moukoula Station Area Plan, Oahu, Hawaii

• Bainbridge Island TOD, Bainbridge Island,Washington

• South Westminster TOD,Westminster, Colorado

• Superior New Town Center, Superior, Colorado

  Environmental Protection Agencies Smart Growth National Technical Assistance Team

• Paseo del Pueblo Sur Corridor Study in Taos New Mexico

• Cheyenne Wyoming smart growth charette

• McCall, Idaho smart growth study.

  Guidelines, Standards and Policies (wrote/ illustrated)

•  NorthEndStationTransitOrientedDesignPlannedDevelopmentStandards-CityofThornton, Colorado.

• South Westminster Transit Oriented Development Design Guidelines, City of Westminster, Colorado

• Policies for City of Centennial, Arapahoe Urban Center Sub Area Plan, Centennial, Colorado

• Traditional Mixed- Use Neighborhood Design Guidelines, City of Westminster, Colorado

• City of Dallas,Texas Form Based Codes with Code Studio (Austin,Texas)

  Architectural Drawings

• Belmar Urban Apartments

• Bradburn Village

• Uptown Broadway

• Rail yard Lofts

• Rue32

• Belmar Block 6
  Material Selection/ Color Studies/ Interior Design

  • Uptown Broadway

  • VMWP, Denver Office

  • Off Broadway

  • Rail yard lofts

Trapp Associates | Boulder CO
Project Manager/ Interior & Architectural & Industrial Designer 

April 2003-May 2004

Responsibilities

Building and maintaining strong client relationships, developing and managing project budgets and fast track schedule, coordinating consultants, reviewing construction drawings and working with municipalities regarding construction in historic districts, as well as interpreting ADA, UBC and local signage and building codes,

Developing specifications for prototype projects, translating conceptual ideas and sketches into finished product, sourcing, purchasing, tracking, coordinating installation for restaurant construction, autocad drawings, conceptual sketching, hand drafting for millwork, custom furniture, lighting, sign package, and interior details.

Restaurant design

• McGraffs, Loveland, CO

• Jim N Nicks BBQ Chain

• (4 restaurants Alabama- Florida)

• Tony Romas Chain ( Florida)

• Farleys- Roswell, NM

• STIX Hibachi grill and sushi bar - Birmingham,AL

• Goodtimes, Lafayette, CO

• The Cork, Boulder CO

• Le Peep, Longmont, CO

• The Chop House, Denver, CO

  Retail Design

• Vail Front Door,Vail CO

• Gart Sports stores; Burton Store

• Elkco- Target redevelopment, Aurora, CO

  Barber Architecture | Denver CO

  Interior Designer/ Marketing Director

  September 2002-April 2003

  Responsibilities

  For a corporate Architectural and Interior Design Firm, during a severe economic downturn, due to unexpected personnel changes, I became the Marketing Director. I championed efforts to change the marketing strategy for a firm who had done little to no marketing. I wrote a business plan, streamlined the marketing database, began writing proposals, developed new marketing material, brochures, and a new website. Working closely with the principals I developed a new approach to marketing, that began to gather steam and get new work.

  Projects

• Business plan for Barber Architecture

• Marketing plan for Barber Architecture

• Aurora Municipal Center

• Deborah & Michael Barber’s House and car collection garage

HVS Compass | Boulder CO

Interior Designer

2000- 2003

Responsibilities

Interior Design Intern for a Hospitality Design Firm. I drew floor plans, elevations, details and verified code compliance issues on all plans for hotel projects. I also choose materials, did space planning, made color boards, wrote specifications and attended client meetings.
Hotel Design

• Hotel Park City, Park City Utah

• Hawthorne Suites Hotel Chain across the country

  SALT workshop
  Electra Johnson| electra@saltworkshop.com |719.290.7387

• Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, Longmont, CO

Herman Miller Workplace Denver Colorado Interior Design Intern
January 2001- September 2001

Simpson Furones Partnership LLC | Boulder, Colorado Design Intern
January 2001- July 2001

Responsibilities

Design Intern for corporate systems furniture company, marketing, space planning, material organizing and selection/ Space planning, material selection and due diligence for the design of corporate tenant finish jobs.

HHCC Construction, Austin, Texas

Project Manager/ Architectural Designer 

January 1999- August 2000

Responsibilities

Interior design, space planning, historic preservation and renovation, estimating, purchasing for design build company.

Architectural Design, Historic Preservation, Interior Design

• Driskoll Hotel Lobby,AustinTexas which won theAIA gold medal for Historic preservation.

• Bee Cave Lake House, Bee Cave,Texas

• Condo Remodel for Dan Lyons.Austin,Texas

• Avenue De los Jados House, Hidalgo, Mexico

Diversions

Artist | Stone Carver

Colorado 1997-Present

• GOCA- Colorado Springs 2018 Libre Radical Show
• Summit County Art in Public places sculpture commission collaboration with Jim Fowler
• CU Boulder shows/ Libre Art Shows

Fashion Model @
Ford Models- New York, Paris,
Tokyo, Sao Paulo; Storm Models - London; Louisa Models- Munich; ProMod- Zurich; Chadwicks- Sydney, Auckland; Model Team; Hamburg 1985- 1997

Professional Boards & Organizational Affiliations

• AIA Associate

• Chair- El Paso County Democratic Party- 2016-2021

• Vice chair JD4 Colorado Democratic Party - 2016-2021

• Vice chair CD5 Colorado Democratic Party - 2016-2021

• State Executive Committee Member Colorado Democratic Party - 2016-On going

• State Central Committee Member Colorado Democratic Party - 2016-On going

• Precinct Organizer El Paso County 2015-ongoing

• Colorado Democratic Party - Platform committee member

• ACLU member

• Environmental Protection Agencies Smart Growth National Technical Assistance Team with VMWP

• Urban Land Institute- Transit Oriented Development Best Practices Committee

• Congress of New Urbanism- Special Events Chair for Congress XVII

• Touch Mongolia NGO- Board of Directors

• Libre Artist Community- Board of Directors

• Longmont- Art in Public Places art selection committee

• American Civil Liberties Union- Member

• ASLA- American Society of Landscape Architects

  Papers/ Studies

  2003 Urban Land Institute Transit Oriented Development study on lessons learned in the Front Range 2005 Phoenix Central Station Transit Oriented Development Study: synopsis of process and outcomes 2006 Houston Urban Transit Corridors Plan- Phase 1 Report
  2007 Arapahoe Urban Center Sub Area Plan

  Awards

  2009 Governors Office - Department of Labor - outstanding project - Riverwalk All 22 of the youth Libre Ink employed also received awards for the project