A RIZONA R ESIDENTIAL A RCHITECTS
Gordon P. Rogers, AIA 1936-2015 AIA Arizona Architects Medal
Š Alexander Vertikoff, Vertikoff Archive
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Ten Reasons to Hire an Architect
1. An Architect can help you create and focus your dream house into a built reality. Architects see the big picture. A skilled architect can help you develop and integrate your list of requirements with the other complex factors to create a unique Arizona home just for you by prioritizing your needs.
2. An Architect is a licensed professional. Architects are educated, trained, and tested in a large range of areas, including aesthetic design, ergonomics, sociology, ecology, law, building codes, construction materials and technology. This breadth of knowledge allows foresight when evaluating competing requirements and restrictions.
3. An Architect will solve your problems with creative, elegant solutions. Architects are trained to make buildings both functional and beautiful. An architect will be able to show you alternatives that you might not have considered possible.
4. An Architect is trained in communication. An architect has experience effectively communicating through written word, drawing, and verbally with the key members of the project including clients, contractors, engineers, and authorities in the manner best suited to the situation.
5. An Architect has experience. Most architects consider architecture a passion more than a vocation. They draw on past experience. They are an integral part of the design/construction community with contacts in all the fields.
6. An Architect can make your life easier! Architects can bring pictorial suggestions to the table and assist in decisions for space planning, materials, and finishes transforming your abstract ideas into a form you can visualize.
7. An Architect is cost effective. A well-conceived, designed, and coordinated project is more economical. Changes made on paper in the design phase are much less expensive than those made during construction.
8. Architecture is a good investment. Great design sells from consumer products to cities. A well designed home has a higher resale value.
9. An Architect can make your building project environmentally friendly. Skilled architects work with the environment to create spaces that are sustainable and comply with ever demanding energy performance requirements.
10. An Architect can guide you through an entire project as your advocate. An architect will be able to assist with every aspect of a project from choosing a site, city permitting, design review board submittals to construction administration. Whether you choose to start a project from the ground up or remodel an existing space, an architect will be able to help the project run smoothly during each stage avoiding disruptive surprises.
Contents
Higgins Architects
Brissette Architects
Sever Design Group Architects
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150-153
Candelaria Design
Urban Design Associates, Ltd. Lee Hutchison AIA
Swaback Partners Architects
Carson Architecture and Design
Kendle Design Collaborative
Tsontakis Architecture
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162-165
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Christy & Company ARCHITECTURE
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Clint Miller Architect
120-123
Christine Wareing AIA
James Hann Design AIA
Gordon P. Rogers, AIA 1936-2015 AIA Arizona Architects Medal
Craig Wickersham Architect
Dale Gardon Design
132-137
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Features
180-183
188-191
Editorials
Ten Reasons to Hire an Architect
02
Landscape Architecture for your Home
22
ARA Community
05
Trending in the Kitchen
34
ARA News
06
Legacy Series Part 2 George W. Christensen
40-42
By Jessica Hutchison Rough, AIA, LEED AP By Dale Gardon AIA, LEED AP By Nick Tsontakis AIA, NCARB
Palm Springs Modernism Week By Michael Higgins, RA
ARA Networking Events
Photography by Tony Hernandez and Scott Sandler
ARA Sponsors and Credits
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By Azul Verde By Chris Norris
184-187
By Frank Aazami and David Brown
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By First Impressions
195
Security Screen Door Questions
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The Magical Art of Lighting Design
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Procurement and Interior Design
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ARA News By Nick Tsontakis AIA, NCARB Arizona Residential Architects is a
bi-annually and has a website,
second place, $1,000 for third
ground breaking community of
ArizonaResidentialArchitects.com
place and 2 - $500 for each
design professionals. Our purpose
The magazine and website are
honorable mention. This year’s
is to support and inspire quality
useful resource guides for the
award winning designs will be
design work with the most influen-
public.
featured in ARA12. An awards
tial and talented professionals and trades in our state.
ARA is involved in furthering the architectural
profession
and
It has been 5 years since the Fall
supports education and licensing
of
of future architects through an
2010
that
fifteen
leading
ARA has a
residential architectural firms in
internship process.
Arizona decided to for Arizona
community
Residential Architects to foster
supports the following:
relationships within the design community and promote exceptional work in a challenging economic market. members
invited
The ARA valued
colleagues to join the ARA as sponsors.
These
sponsors
included respected landscape architects,
interior
designers,
builders, banking institutions, real estate professionals, craftsmen, and construction trades such as cabinetmakers,
window
and
door manufacturers, and material suppliers. All of the sponsors in the ARA publications were hand selected for their excellent skill level and professionalism. When you choose to work with an ARA architect member, design professional or trade sponsor you are choosing the finest Arizona has to offer. The ARA architect members and sponsors regularly hold networking events to encourage communication and exchange innovative design ideas, techniques, and products. The network has evolved into a rich pool of talent offering the best possible design team for your new construction or remodel project. The ARA publishes ARA Magazine
SARRC
-
presence
and
ceremony will be held at the Gallery of Design in ASU’s South School of Design Building in late September 2016. ARA Home Tour - Fall 2016 Starting in the Fall of 2016, the ARA will host an annual ARA Home
Southwest
Autism
Tour. The tour will consist of 5 to 6
Research and Resource Center
homes designed by the ARA
ARA selected SARRC, a non- profit
architect
working to advance research
Home Tour will feature livable,
members.
The
ARA
“The network has evolved into a rich pool of talent offering the best possible design team for new construction or remodel projects” for
architect designed homes and
individuals with autism and their
highlight the importance of good
families. As a unified group, ARA
design. Proceeds from the ARA
is
Home Tour will also go to local
and
provide
proud
to
support
support
those
addressing key initiatives in our community
and
creating
a
healthy, active, prosperous place to call home. For six consecutive years, the ARA has presented a $5,000 check to sponsor the annual SARRC Breakfast. This year the breakfast will be held at 7:30 am on Wednesday, April 27 at the Arizona
Biltmore,
Frank
Lloyd
Wright Ballroom.
ARA
statewide
has
Gordon P. Rogers, AIA (1936-2015) On Sunday, October 25th, 2015, our esteemed ARA colleague, Gordi Rogers, passed away after a long illness. Gordi is a past AIA Arizona Architect Medalist and will be greatly missed by the architectural
communities
in
Arizona and his home state of Michigan. The timeless beauty of
ARA Student Housing Competition The
charities.
summer
his work will be with us for years to
a
come. Please see the complete
student
story written by his daughter, Julie
established
housing design competition for
Rogers, on pages 132-137.
second and third year students
Also, commencing this year, the
from ASU and U of A schools of
ARA and Gordi’s friends and
architecture. Another site will be
clients will be setting up the
selected this year for a custom
annual
home
Student Scholarship. We will have
design.
We
will
be
ARA/Gordon
awarding at least five prizes:
more information in ARA12
$5,000 for first place, $3,000 for
Network on…
Rogers
ARA
Arizona Residential Architects
Nick Tsontakis AIA, NCARB is principal of Tsontakis Architecture. He has been in private practice since 1981. He is also director and publisher of ARA.
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Landscape Architecture for your Home By Azul Verde
Designing a home is a dream
outside to enjoy it! The beautiful
for most, but part of making a
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be created by qualified land-
pleting the surrounding land-
scape
scape. The first thing anyone
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Every site is unique. Every land-
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scape is unique. No project is
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ture are unique to the site and
the owners and guests. There-
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fore, the role of the landscape
use someone who can pull this
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the
client,
and
architects
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will
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Utilizing a landscape
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A home is not complete unless the outdoor living quarters are fully equipped for welcoming owners and guests.
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The use of
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on natural themes, landscape environments
timeless appeal.
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What landscape architects do
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has never been done before.
concept,
Do not walk away and then
and
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while promoting conservation
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• Warming drawers provide a
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Consider these four trends to
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Many homeowners keep their kitchen looking fresh and vibrant by adding a pop of color to an accent wall
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The Legacy Architects: George W. Christensen: The Architecture of Upside Down and the Multi-Colored Pen By Frank Aazami and David M. Brown George W. Christensen, FAIA,
ships; well, George was the
lar client and can be as unique
(1929−2003) colored his world
architect that launched a thou-
as an owner may wish. I didn’t
with
a
rainbow
pen
and
sketched designs upside down for admiring clients, mentored
“Architecture is a demanding mistress.” - George W. Christensen
and taught young architects and lived architecture as a
sand
Andrew
really realize all that could be
devoted partner yearning to
Carson III, principal of Carson
done with the design until I
please.
Architecture and Design, Scott-
worked with George. It opened
sdale.
my eyes.”
“He loved architecture and people,” recalls Mark Candelaria, AIA, who met him as a student at Arizona State University in Tempe, where Christensen was a professor. “He never married and always said to
us,
‘Architecture
is
a
demanding mistress.’”
with his teacher’s firm, Christensen and Associates, later CCBG Architects, 1982 to 1999, starting
Candelaria
Design, now in Scottsdale. He worked on many Christensen homes in the Valley, including the Rex Petersen and Deakin homes in Paradise Valley, both still providing their owners joy. A pioneer of custom residential in the Valley, Christensen is fondly
remembered
by
students and by the Valley cityscape
with
homes
“He
says
encouraged
so
many of the architects in the Valley today to go out on their own, and everyone who knew
and
other buildings that, decades after their creation, continue to
ful for the time they got to
the Santa Barbara style, which
spend with him.”
he brilliantly melded with South-
A former visiting professor of University, president of the local
particularly
liked
west and modernist elements. He also became a specialist in hillside designs, carefully work-
chapter of the Arizona Institute of Architects and Phoenix Home & Garden Master of the Southwest, Christensen studied at the famed Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago in the ‘50s under the legendary Mies van der Rohe. He moved to the Valley just after to begin professional life, which focused on custom homes, sanctuaries and other commercial buildings. Scottsdale
architect,
James
Hann, AIA, was another Christensen student at ASU and worked for him for about a year after he graduated. “One of the greatest influences
pray in them and work in them.
was teaching me how custom
face that launched a thousand
Dogmatism Christensen
inspire those who live in them,
“They say Helen of Troy was the
To Santa Barbara and North of
him as an architect was thank-
architecture at Arizona State
Candelaria went on to work
before
firms,”
homes differ from production homes,”
he
says.
“Custom
homes are tailored to a particu-
(top) Sketch of George Christensen Sketch By: Bruce Kimball (left) George Christensen Photo: courtesy George Christensen archive (below) Spencer Residence Photo: CCBG
George W. Christensen (cont.) ing with desert contours to
Christensen’s semi-retirement in
maximize views.
1997.
“George’s
niche
in
Valley
intellectual.” “George was a master of every-
“He loved the grand homes of
thing,” adds Carson, who also
residential architecture would
early
Santa
studied with Christensen at ASU
undoubtedly be in the palatial
Barbara and Palm Beach as
before working for him. After
homes he produced for a
well as the Spanish Colonial
both had worked five years with
handful
wealthy
influences of the Southwest and
CCBG, he and former business
patrons,” says Kym Billington, a
sought to adapt those traditions
partner, Jon Poetzl, started their
co-principal at CCBG since
to mountainous sites and the
firm, Carson Poetzl in Scotts-
1987
harsh summer climate in the
dale, from 2002-2015, and, it,
Phoenix area.”
too, continued the Christensen
of
and
very
a
student
of
Christensen’s in the mid ‘70s at ASU, where he has been an adjunct faculty member for 30 years. In the middle ‘80s, he went to work for him until
20th-century
Christensen once discussed his Santa Barbara projects with Eddie
Jones,
AIA.
self-proclaimed
“As
modernist,
tive custom homes.
a
“He could work well in all styles,
I
and he really liked the Santa
“ Eddie, you do not understand romance.” Jackson Residence Photo: CCBG
tradition of designing superla-
Barbara style as it could work well with both classical furniture or contemporary. He had a
could not reconcile his commit-
timeless style to his designs,” he
ment to an historical style. I
says.
incorrectly believed he was betraying the ‘modern rules,’” Jones recalls.
Christensen design signatures include
arches,
unique
windows and doors, while shap-
“He simply said, ‘Eddie, you do not understand romance.’ It would be years later, when I designed a beach home on the Sea of Cortez that I began
ing outdoor spaces as continuations
of
the
indoors:
He
affirmed the Arizona lifestyle long before it was a marketing mantra.
to understand what George
“One of his loves was the idea
was saying to me.
of the entry experience, the
“It is noble to respect and attempt a genuine understanding of history, local traditions and why a regional architecture would evolve in the first place,” Jones says. “Through my search for authenticity, I discovered romance:
the the
quality
of
opposite
of
drama of entrance to a great home,”
says
Brian
Cassidy,
co-principal at CCBG, who worked with Christensen for 16 years, again until his retirement. “He believed in core grouping, connecting all of the parts from the entry on through to the backyard.”
George W. Christensen (cont.) He was flexible and open to
most of the current partnership
“George was the consummate
change.
evolved
at CCBG together: an unwilling-
promoter, as in Barnum and
through the years, Billington
His
style
ness to throw past or divergent
Bailey level skill,” Billington adds.
explains.
thinking away in the name of a
“What I thought most unusual,
single dogmatic approach to
however, was his generosity
architecture.”
with that skill. He promoted
His early homes, from about 1958 when the firm was beginning, are “very stark and white
Clients
and clearly influenced by the
Attention,
International
Mentoring
Movement,
revealing his education at IIT during the Mies years,” Billington says.
Hann
Get
says
Multi-Colored
Students
Colorful
young talents in the firm every bit as hard as he ever promoted himself or the firm and was probably instrumental in starting
the
other
two
elements of good architecture he learned from Christensen
a number of prominent careers throughout the Southwest.” He notes that Christensen lent
At the same time, these homes
was his ability with people, to
weren’t
the
treat clients superlatively, and,
garden. They rolled and undu-
a central tool, his finesse with
lated with the desert terrain more Wrightian than Interna-
“George was a master at drawing upside down, so the client can see what is unfolding
tional. You can see the very
the multi-color pen.
“machines
in
north of Camelback in ways
beginning of an eclecticism that
became
more
pronounced as years went by, and there are daring details that
in
some
instances
predated the available tech-
ate work at Columbia University
in New York City –– after just
“He’d make comments on the
working for him for a year.
drawings in different colors,
“That’s the kind of person he
depending on what aspect of
was.”
the project they related to,” he says.
Bunn Residence Photo: CCBG
The client was always in focus:
nology.” Billington explains that the later homes moved even further from Miesian modernist roots and became more eclectic. “It always appeared to me that he was willing to go ‘mining’ in just about any idiom or period in
“He had the ability to sketch in front of the client, as they see how their ideas and dreams come to life right before their eyes,”
Carson
says.
“It’s
a
wonderful experience for both the client and the architect.
time contrary to the dictates of
“George was a master at draw-
architectural orthodoxy.
ing upside down, so the client
“It was a brave thing for an architect, much less an architectural
him money to finish his gradu-
educator,
to
have
done at the time he did it, and it was the thing that brought
can see what is unfolding,” he says. “He also shared with everyone he met his passion for living life, traveling and a really good Scotch!”
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The Magical Art of Lighting Design By Robert Singer IALD, IES “There is one fundamental fact about lighting: Where there is no light, there is no beauty.” - Billy Baldwin, Ruby Ross Wood
requires mastery of varied and
Preeminent Interior Designer
Light and shadow are tools that lighting designers use to make faces,
objects,
and
spaces
Light is that magical ingredient
more visible and more attrac-
that defines a space. Like an
tive. Patterns of light and the
artists’ canvas, light is layered to
appearance of lighting equip-
create stunning visual environ-
ment itself convey vital informa-
ments for people to live, work,
tion to people such as scale
play, learn, shop, and commu-
and function while emphasizing
nicate in. It is an essential tool in
points
our lives. Lighting quality is
artwork.
defined by achieving a perfect balance among human needs, architectural
designs,
and
energy efficiency.
of
interest
such
as
A lighting designer integrates the arts, sciences, and business of illumination design and application. Light is intangible and invisible until it strikes an object or
surface.
medium
Controlling
gives
the
this
lighting
“artist” the ability to create scale, dynamics, and mood. “Layers of light, like a beautiful
Visible white light is comprised of colors. The spectral composition of a light source, whether it is “cool” or “neutral” or “warm”
sion to any space or architectural element.” - Robert Singer
in
can
Lighting design has become a
thing light falls upon: how you see
affect how we perceive the
creative extension of architec-
what you see, how you feel about
colors of faces, objects and
tural design, improving visibility
it, and how you hear what you
surfaces.
and
are hearing.” - Jean Rosenthal.
designers are trained to choose
concept and color. Experience
the best light spectrum for the
and talent create patterns of
space to achieve the best
illumination
quality of light.
reinforce overall project goals.
proper
lighting
application
improves
of
satisfaction
and performance, draws atten-
appearance,
painting, add depth and dimen-
“The lighting of it affects every-
The
color
continually evolving disciplines.
Qualified
lighting
tion, influences social interac-
“Lighting is everything. It creates
tion,
mood,
atmosphere, drama, and intrigue
facilitates
in a room.” - Martyn Lawrence
promotes
Bullard
fosters
beautifies
positive
space,
communication, safety
and
security,
and
increases visual comfort. Poor lighting
can
have
opposite
effects including headaches, depression, and
glare,
lower
Improper
lighting
distraction productivity. can
also
produce unsafe conditions by failing
to
illuminate
hazards
Lighting
Brilliant
complementing
that
and
form,
positively
creative
light
design adds value to any architectural project. “Light is how we see. Lighting is
designers
are
a
resource of innovative, practi-
how we see the world and each other.” - IALD
cal, and economically viable
Energy efficiency and lighting
lighting solutions. They know
quality should go hand-in-hand
how to make the best use of the
when shaping effective energy
subtle and powerful medium of
policy.
light, creating effects that can
about
be changed to match the
energy in buildings, therefore it
mood of the space.
Lighting 20%
of
consumes the
electric
Qualified
is imperative to address the
lighting designers understand
value light brings us while also
codes, standards, safety and
addressing energy issues. The
“Design is defined by light and
security issues to ensure the
installation, maintenance, and
shade, and appropriate lighting is
proper application of light. Light
operation need to be environ-
enormously important.” -Albert
is a technically difficult yet
mentally friendly.
Hadley, The Story of America’s
spectacular
such as curbs, stair edges, even labels on cleaning products.
medium
that
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Procurement and Interior Design By Elizabeth Rosensteel Should interior designers charge
stand the architectural style
can physically see and sit on
a mark up for furniture if you
and the appropriate scale of
that perfect sofa.
have
materials and furnishings best
We
suited for the project.
invoice the client for deposits,
an
hourly
design
contract? Or Should I be charged hourly consultation if the designer is procuring the furniture?
To best serve a client, the designer
does
more
than
procurement, duties include: specifying and selecting the
Two often asked questions and
interior
finishes,
totally misunderstood parts of a
custom
millwork,
designer’s contract.
interior elevations and providing
This is an area that most lay people and the architectural
designing drawing
detailed information to be used for bidding purposes.
write
purchase
orders,
wait for the deposit to arrive in the mail, all the while calling the showroom to extend the hold on the fabric until the money comes in. Then, just when everything
seems
complete
the
phone calls start… “Oh we are so sorry, the fabric has been discontinued”, or “it won’t ship for another 12 weeks, there was
community do not thoroughly
Procurement itself is a laborious
a problem in the manufactur-
understand.
process. Countless hours are
ing.”
It
appears
as
though we are being given money for nothing…. free cash for the pleasure of “buying”
“Oh, we are so sorry, the fabric has been discontinued.”
things. It conjures up images of the show “Designing Women”, a late 80’s comedy sitcom with Delta Burke and Dixie Carter: we run around looking at great stuff, lunch at fabulous restaurants, dress well and get paid big bucks to buy “stuff”. If only it were that glamorous.
spent selecting furnishings and
My favorite is getting the CFA
fabrics that meet the require-
(“cutting for approval”) and the
ments of the end user and the
dye lot is completely off and the
aesthetic taste of the designer.
mill can’t guarantee that the
Hours and layers of personnel
next run will match the sample
spent requesting price checks
you received from the show-
and availability from each show
room. Of course you based your
room. Hundreds of calls follow-
entire
ing up with each vendor to get
particular color.
the information just to present
Purchasing or procurement as it
the
is called in most contracts is
pieces to the client before any
commonly misunderstood. Why
purchasing
should I pay you hourly if you
Once the designer has an
have a procurement contract?
approval there are additional
Or why should you make a mark
steps to this process to ensure
up on furniture when I am
that no mistakes are made.
paying you hourly?
Some designers will create full
When
you
hire
an
interior
designer you are hiring someone who has current knowledge of trends, and, more
budget
and actually
selected begins.
scale templates of furniture pieces to assure that what is on the plans and what has been built is actually the same.
design
that
around
A myriad of things can go wrong, from flooded factories to mislabeled fabric samples, and designers have to assume the responsibility. Just like your general
contractor
has
to
provide warranties, there are warranties
with
goods
purchased. So if that perfect chair isn’t holding up, guess who makes those annoying phone calls to make it right? You guessed it …your designer.
importantly, what suits a client’s
Additional
taste and budget. They under-
meeting with a client so they
hours are spent
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Brent Kendle, AIA, LEED AP Principal 6115 North Cattletrack Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85250 brent@kendledesign.com www.kendledesign.com 480.951.8558 Like driftwood the rectilinear forms of this Paradise Valley Residence tumble across the site as if they’d floated down its jagged wash during a monsoon storm. Bridges, hovering roof forms, and stone walkways connect the buildings on both sides of the desert wash. Rammed earth walls and naturally weathered steel privacy panels create a secluded residence that hovers over the site. Horizontal planes edged in soft gray metal float above walls of earth and glass. Light spills between the walls and drifting roof planes animating ethereal shadows across the stone floors.
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GORDON P. ROGERS, AIA 8/18/1936 - 10/25/2015
- Recipient of the AIA Arizona Architects
Medal
for
his
designs. - Recipient of ten Arizona Home of the Year awards by AIA Arizona and Phoenix Home and Garden.
Gordon Patrick Rogers com-
graduation
one
ing out to show their true shape
pleted his adventurous life on
problem: they had no architec-
when Autumn comes around.
Sunday, October 25, 2015. He
ture school. So he reluctantly
Soon his designs couldn’t be
was a man who said “yes” to
transferred to the University of
contained by city limits and he
every
was
Michigan, but not before meet-
designed cottages and homes
offered, but said “no” each
ing his lifelong friend, Bill Waun,
that dot the shores of Lake
adventure
he
except
for
time Death came calling for him in the 14 years since he was diagnosed
with
prostate
His love of life and architecture was voracious
cancer. He finally gave in to the adventure he’d been refus-
and his lifelong love, Lee Porter.
Michigan. Oh, Lake Michigan!
ing and died in his beautiful
In 1962 he, his wife, and their
What a source of inspiration
home surrounded by his family.
two
you were.
children,
Michael
and
Julie, moved to Arizona. Gordi Born in Detroit on August 18th,
loved it. Lee did not. And his
But the desert continued to call
1936
children,
don’t
to him and, because he lived
Rogers,
remember. So soon thereafter
like a phoenix, it’s no surprise
Gordon was raised alongside
they returned to the town
that in 1983 they returned to
his brother, Tommy, and his
where it all began, Kalamazoo.
Phoenix. Lucky Phoenix! Now
sister, Elaine, on a chicken farm
Lucky Kalamazoo! Pieces of
there are pieces of Gordi all
in nearby Utica. His youth was a
Gordi are everywhere there.
over there too, as well as
smattering of eggs, basketball
The Haymarket, Skyrise and
places the world over.
and
branch banks are easy to spot,
to
Denver
Jeanette
many
Neal
(Byron)
birdwatching, other
and
among
they
He
but many of his creations are
His love of life and architecture
Michigan
harder to see. Most of Gordi’s
was voracious. They rarely took
University on a basketball schol-
houses,
he
a trip that didn’t include a
arship. He loved WMU and
designed for his family, are
building as the impetus for the
would have stayed through
nestled into the woods, peek-
journey. New York to see the
attended
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things.
well
Western
like
the
one
Gordon Rogers
Lee and Gordi at the Grand Canyon circa 1986
Select watercolors and sketches
Guggenheim Museum the year
never let himself grow up. He
two
it
opened.
Barcelona
for
celebrations.
One
in
stayed wide-eyed and curious.
Arizona on Saturday, Novem-
Gaudi’s many buildings. Paris
He
sincere,
ber 21st at the University Club of
for the Eiffel Tower. And when
honest, and totally transparent.
Phoenix. The other in Kalama-
he wasn’t being inspired by
He wanted to see, and feel,
zoo, MI Saturday, January 16th
man-made structures he was
and taste, and do everything.
at the Haymarket. Many anec-
being inspired by those made
And he did.
dotes
by the forces of nature. The
His life was so big it required
friends and family.
was
genuine,
were
shared
by
his
written by Julie Rogers
Grand Canyon was his mecca. He loved pasta, and margaritas, and champagne, though not together. He loved bridges, which is fitting for a man as strong and supportive as he was. He loved the elegant shape of the triangle. He loved to dance. He loved to spend evenings playing the board game ColorKu alongside his granddaughter, Lauren. He practiced Lee’s favorite song, “Hotel California”, for months to be able to play it on his guitar alongside his son, Mike, and his grandson, Brett, as a gift to her one Christmas. He was famous for his guacamole and his cappuccinos. He
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GORDON ROGERS AIA 8/18/1936 - 10/25/2015
“We will never forget Gordon Rogers, AIA. Gordi was a true inspiration to his family, clients, and friends; Gordi’s life and career as an architect was magical and legendary; he will be truly missed.” - Lawrence Enyart FAIA, LEED Fellow
“…There will never be another Gordi Rogers - he is irreplaceable. His architectural talent is unbeatable and his kindness embraced us all.” - Nick Tsontakis AIA, NCARB Arizona Memorial Service 11-21-15
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GORDON ROGERS AIA 8/18/1936 - 10/25/2015
“I think what pleases me the most about architecture, other than the sheer joy of creativity, is seeing people happy in their homes, be they new or remodeled. I have clients who have entertained thoughts of moving out of state but they love their home so much that they will not consider it. We just spent seven days on a private cruise with our young clients from Trinidad - Tobago. After spending the week in close quarters, we are still friends.
Gordon Rogers
Creating architecture is creating sculpture in which we live. I strive to create a sense of place, a sense of space, a sense of belonging to the site and to nature. I have long been inspired by the beauty, elegance, and economy of structure of sailboats, with nothing extraneous for the function, and so it is with my residences.â€? - Gordon Rogers AIA ARA ProďŹ le
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Christine Wareing AIA Principal Architect
PO Box 25486 Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 christy@christyandco.com www.christyandco.com 480.483.0713 Christy & Company Architecture specializes in high-end custom residential projects, and have had the pleasure of working with great clients and sites for many years. We are team players, and enjoy working through the process with the design team, usually consisting of the interior designer, builder, engineers, landscape architect, lighting designer, automation (a/v) specialist, custom craftsmen and trades, and of course, the client. Christy & Company is dedicated to providing our clients with not just talented design, but with enjoying the best experience possible throughout the process of any project. We have embraced the mantra ‘Where Sanctuary is Sculpture’ which explains the company’s direction and focus, all of which is the culmination of Christy’s southwest upbringing and education, coupled with her innate sensibilities of design, that compliment clients’ diverse cultures and lifestyles with their high-end southwest properties. We believe our surroundings give us an experience that has a powerful effect on our quality of life. This concept is a notion that Christy became aware of at an early age and it has carried through in her work ever since. She founded the boutique firm over 10 years ago, even though her residential experience working on prestigious properties began several years earlier. Christy holds a Bachelor of Science in Design from Arizona State University and a Masters of Architecture from the University of New Mexico. She has been a registered Architect in Arizona since 1999.
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Palm Springs Modernism Week and the ARA By Michael Higgins
I have wanted to attend Mod-
restoration was fantastic and
designed the original building
ernism Week in Palm Springs for
the building was inspirational.
back in 1960 as the Santa Fe
years now. This year I set a date
Composed
sandblasted
Savings and Loan Building. It is
on my calendar for November
masonry block and utilizing
as beautiful today as the day it
1 when the tickets first go on
broad overhangs and tubular
opened. A new museum for
sale. The events sell out quickly
shades surrounding the port
architecture and design.
and I needed to get tickets
hole windows on the west and
reserved
east facades, the building still
Dinner was taken as a group at
happens in mid-February and
appears
Trio
celebrates the contemporary
responds to the water and
Getting to know all the wives
design of the mid-20th century.
views wonderfully. We were
during our festivities confirmed
Palm Springs has always been
treated to some great music
that behind every good man is
a desert escape for Los Ange-
and a box lunch. The corru-
a better woman.
leans and the Hollywood Jet
gated fiberglass panel on the
Set. I was joined by fellow ARA
exterior shades the skin of the
Day two involved a walking
members Lee Hutchinson, Brent
building and disguises roof top
tour
Kendle, Mark Sever, Clint Miller, Russ Greey. We were lucky
Palm Springs was a mecca for contemporary design and architecture during the 1950’s and 1960’s
enough to be accompanied
air conditioning units. The resto-
Mid-century production homes
by our beautiful wives on this
ration make the place look as
in various stages of restoration
trip
good as new.
and remodel. The last house on
early.
The
tour
Jon Bernard and ARA sponsor
which
happened
to
of
cutting
edge
and
coincide with Valentine’s Day.
Restaurant
of
that
Sunmor
night.
Estates:
the tour offered a wonderful
Doubling up a work trip with the
After landing back at "Camp",
glimpse at what is possible
holiday offered a lot of bang
a downtown center of depar-
when everything is done right.
for the buck!
ture for most of the tours, we
Robert Higgins and The Alexan-
ventured over to the new Palm
der Company originally devel-
Palm Springs was a Mecca for
Springs Art Museum later that
oped the tract homes.
Contemporary
and
afternoon. Originally designed
owner
Architecture during the 50's
as a bank, the repurposed
bedroom guest house which
and 60's. We went seeking
building now houses art and
mirrored the original home. The
inspiration and insight for our
architecture exhibits promoting
structure, which is linked by a
current creations and were not
design
and
shaded colonnade, incorpo-
disappointed. We left our retro
celebrating architecture and
rates a shaded cabana for the
hotel 13 Palms on Friday morn-
design. Moveable sun screens
pool area. Shade is a big deal
ing and headed to the Salton
on the exterior allow the build-
in the desert and most of the
Sea Yacht Club designed by
ing to shield the glass exterior
homes we viewed had incor-
Architect Albert Frey for our first
walls from the harsh sun expo-
porated
tour. The building has been
sure on the west (street) side.
areas.
recently restored and is serving
White terrazzo floors looked as
as a health club and recreation
good as the day they were
That night we saw the premier
center for local residents. The
designed. E. Stewart Williams
of Desert Maverick - The Archi-
Design
of
the
region
had
added
generous
a
One two
outdoor
1 1. Palm Springs Art Museum 2. Salton Sea Yacht Club 3,4. ARA architects and spouses 5. (next page) Sunmor Estates - Guest House Addition
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6,7,8. (next page) Albert Frey, a superstar in Palm Springs *All photos by author, Michael Higgins
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4
Palm Springs Modernism Week and the ARA By Michael Higgins
tecture of Bill Cody. The term
desert
"hush and flush" was something
could be employed to allow
Currently surrounded by cheap
that resonated with Architect
our homes to age gracefully.
tract homes, the area was
Clint Miller. A reference to the
Many of the roofs had ducting
once all alone in the quiet
minimalist approach of the
and piping strewn across them
desert and must have felt like a
architect when detailing his
leaving some ugly blemishes
surreal experience to stay at
buildings.
designed
behind. They say “we must
such a cutting edge abode.
several golf club houses and
learn from history or we are
The place has been recently
housing developments in the
doomed to repeat it” and this
lovingly restored and we all
area in various styles. Most
was illustrated during our tour.
purchased DVD’s on the life's
notably his firm invented the
The highlight of this leg of our
work of John Lautner, one of
concept of golf course design
tour was the Palm Desert Art
Los Angeles’ top mid-century
anchoring housing develop-
Museum
architects.
ment and the Country Club
departed from. Many famous
lifestyle. Sound familiar? Palm
past presidents have lived in
Sunday night was a pool and
Springs is still an oasis for people
this community (including my
cocktail party at 13 Palms -
wanting to unwind and party, I
Palm Springs is still an oasis for people wanting to unwind and party, I think that Phoenix has borrowed that concept well
think
Cody
that
Phoenix
has
borrowed that concept well.
and
what
where
strategies
the
tour
West
in
the
architecture.
ninth cousin Dwight D.) and left
clothing optional. Jeri Kendle
That night it was dinner and
behind a legacy of culture in
found this place close to the
drinks at Restaurant Eight4Nine
their wake. Obama and Air
downtown area and the 1950's
located at 849 South Palm
Force One were at the Palm
vibe set the tone for the week-
Canyon Drive. Easily the best
Springs Airport during our visit
end. Wood fired pizza from
dinner we had in Palm Springs.
on a golfing/business trip meet-
Matchbox Pizzeria and some
We dined in a private room
ing with Chinese dignitaries on
wonderful salads completed
and
shared
economic issues. Rumor has it
the night. I think there were also
stories about what we had
that he and Michelle may retire
some cocktails poured but this
seen that day, homes that
in Palm Springs after his term
part of the trip is a little fuzzy.
inspired us and elements that
runs out in 2017.
laughed
and
we use in designing our homes in Arizona. Sunday
involved
Albert Frey house. A 1,200
Lautner
the
square foot industrial strength
was
next
on
double
agenda. Built in Desert Hot
home with pool, overlooking
decker bus tour of Palm Desert
Springs the four unit studios are
Palm Springs. This was Albert
which
rented for nightly stays. Jon and
Frey's personal abode and the
minutes south of Palm Springs.
Teri
lucky
first to bring a large boulder into
We viewed works by some of
enough to stay the night there.
the home through the glass
Palm Springs best architects
The small units look outward to
wall.
and what was left of the homes
small cactus gardens and you
passive solar design and is
they created. It was a good
can clearly see the influence of
connected to the mountain
lesson in what holds up in the
Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin
like no other home I have ever
is
a
Monday's highlight was the A small boutique hotel by John
located
twenty
Bernhard
were
The
house
employs
5
6
7
8
seen. The way the rock sepa-
ARA Members and their wives.
there are plenty of outstanding
rates the living and dining
Seeing buildings through each
examples of mid-century archi-
areas and becomes one with
other's eyes and learning from
tecture.
the mountain is poetic. The
what other architects have
future generations will have the
home is a great reminder that
done was certainly a highlight
kind of reverence and support
good things come in small
for me. Phoenix has a similar
for the homes we are creating
packages.
past and I hope that our city
today.
Maybe
someday
can develop the kind of appreBrent Kendle and Mark Sever
ciation and preservation that
reflected
weekend
the Palm Springs community
stating that the highlight was
demonstrates. Look around as
getting to know their fellow
you
on
the
drive
through
Phoenix,
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CRAIG WICKERSHAM ARCHITECT Craig Wickersham, AIA 15863 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop #118 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
info@craigwickersham.com 480.609.6766 I designed my first home when I was 13 years old. This was not on a napkin. It was a full set of drawings for a construction company. Watching that home emerge from the ground the following year was nothing short of miraculous to me. This was the beginning of my love affair with architecture. Working with you to create your home so you can have that miraculous feeling is my life’s calling and greatest joy. I listen to your desires, respect your budget, and help you keep control from start to finish. I’ve had the privilege of training at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin. For more than 30 years, I’ve helped people bring their dreams to life through remodels, new-builds, and consulting. Your needs are distinct. One client, Michelle, had lived in Minnesota for years with her husband, three sons, and many close friends. When her husband asked her to move to Scottsdale to get out of the snow, she said yes, and engaged me to create a home. After several meetings, I knew something was holding her back. She finally shared how difficult it would be to leave her friends. I asked, “Would you consider allowing me to design a home for you and your friends? A mini resort, if you will?” With tears in her eyes, she said, “That’s what I want! A place where my friends and family can come and visit, just like a resort!” So that’s what we did. When her home was finished, she invited 20 of her friends to stay for a week so we could meet. She told me, “Craig, you really listened to me. You cared about my goals.” My team and I care about your vision, your dream, and your goals. We listen as much for what’s not being said, as what is. We would be proud to help you experience that miraculous feeling of living in the home of your dreams.
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Elizabeth Rosensteel, Mike Higgins, Michelle Sever, Mark Sever, Russ Greey
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