Kenneth A. BerendtBack to People
 

Current Projects:  National Park Service projects in Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia and Kings Canyon; Ray & Joan Kroc Salvation Army Corps Community Center, Coeur d'Alene, ID; Huffhines Park and Breckinridge Recreation Facilities, Richardson, TX; Colorado State Parks - St Vrain, Chatfield, Cherry Creek.

How We Describe Him:
Ken is a Principal who has been involved during the master plan and concept design of many projects. His talent is design and his tool is SketchUp which allows him to quickly put concept to paper.   He has been Principal in Charge of several community recreation centers on a national basis.

He has been a juror of the Athletic Business Magazine Awards and a speaker at the national conference also sponsored by Athletic Business Magazine. He has participated in the Recreation Facility Design and Management School in Colorado.


Quickest Time for Bike Ride into Work:
28 min.

Best Vacation:
Our honeymoon in Costa Rica

Best Sabbatical:
Volunteering in the Peace Corps with my wife Nancy on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.

Best Lifetime Experiences:
Adopting our two daughters, Anna and Elle, from China

Favorite Hike:
Base camp – Tibet side of Mount Everest

Most Livable City Visited:
Stockholm, Sweden

Farthest Trip from Home:
Timbuktu, Mali

Education:
University of Detroit, Bachelor of Architecture 1979
University of Detroit, Bachelor of Science in Architecture 1978
Michigan State University, Landscape Architecture & Planning 1974 - 75
Glen Oaks Community College 1973 - 74

Community & Professional Activities:
Member, American Institute of Architects
Graphics Instructor -University of Colorado, Denver,
   College of Design & Planning/Graphic Communications
Contributing Delineator - The Downtown Area Plan,
   The Denver Partnership
Past President - Denver Urban Gardens

Registration:
Colorado, Michigan, Montana, Wisconsin, NCARB