Jeffrey Sheppard

Jeffrey Sheppard, AIA, received his master’s degree in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1979. Following a teaching honorarium at the Institute and an apprenticeship at the Mother Earth News Magazine, he moved to Denver to join the prestigious design firm, W.C. Muchow and Partners. Within two years, Jeff was appointed associate in charge of design and was responsible for several award-winning projects including the Winter Park Ski Area Base Facility and the Jefferson County Sheriff and Detention Facility.

In 1983, Sheppard co-founded Roth Sheppard Architects with his partner, Herbert Roth, FAIA, and was named the Denver Chapter of the American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) Young Architect of the Year in 1989. Roth Sheppard’s notable work, influence, commitment to mentoring, and design leadership in a wide variety of building types over the last 30 years led to the firm being recognized as the AIA Western Mountain Region’s (WMR) 2012 Architectural Firm of the Year, as well as the Firm of the Year for both AIA-Denver and AIA-Colorado in 2010.

Over the last three decades, Sheppard has grounded his practice in the rigor and delight of romantic minimalism. The firm’s design work—which is programmatically responsive, yet sensorial and emotive—reflects the founding principals’ dedication to impacting the environment in a positive way while elevating the profession’s and public’s expectation of design through mentoring, teaching, speaking and writing.

Recognized as one of Colorado’s “top thinkers” of 2012 by The Denver Post, Sheppard has overseen the design of more than 50 noteworthy restaurants, high-end retail stores and boutiques and numerous award winning local and national projects. Local examples include the Denver Art Museum’s new Museum Store, Sushi Den’s new Izakaya Den, Vesta Dipping Grill, 18 Tokyo Joe’s restaurants, DC 10, Skye Boutique, Modmarket in Boulder, Room & Board in Cherry Creek, Scandinavian Designs Furniture Showroom in Rocklin, California, the Colorado State Patrol Prototype Facilities, Evans Community Complex, Brighton Police Department, Milliken Police Department, Windsor Police Department as well as several residences.

Roth Sheppard’s designs have received more than 75 AIA awards and 20 industry publication awards. From 1989 to present, Sheppard has served on 26 design award juries and seven design review committees; was Design Coordinator for the 3rd Year Environmental Design Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder; and has been a guest lecturer and juror at Oklahoma State University, Georgia Institute of Technology and at both the University of Colorado-Denver and -Boulder. Sheppard was also invited to present at the 2012 AIA National Convention in Washington D.C., the 2012 AIA-WMR Design Conference, and the University of Colorado’s Visionary Leadership Class at the School of Business, Denver’s Culinary Art Institute and the 2010 Museum Store Association’s national conference.

One of Sheppard’s architectural pieces is in the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum.

In 2018, Jeff Sheppard retired from Roth Sheppard.