AzF7 arizona forum
Spring 2017
aia arizona design awards A Publication of AIA Arizona
AzF7 team
Co-Editor-In-Chief Co-Editor-In-Chief Christina Noble AIA, LEED AP Liz Farkas AIA
Associate Editor Sam DeBartolo
Magazine Graphics Nicholas Tsontakis AIA
Mission The Arizona Forum (AzF) is the semi-annual peer-reviewed journal of the American Institute of Architects Arizona and AIA Phoenix Metro. AzF will advocate for contemporary design issues through critical discourse, address design excellence, quality of life, and urban design throughout the state of Arizona. AzF invites AIA members and authors to share their expertise, practice experience, visions and theories with the profession and the community in general. The Forum challenges authors and readers to solve prescient issues, provide insight into contemporary architectural practice, contemplate architectural theory, and thoughtfully consider architectural design, urbanism, sustainability and technology. The Forum is open to contributions from AIA Members and community leaders. Its roots are based in the AIA Arizona Communications Committee and it is a tool intended to increase dialogue, communication and involvement on multiple levels. The Forum will foster interaction and discussion that will cultivate relationships between members and the broader community while also encouraging critical analysis and proactive thinking. Submissions The Arizona Forum (AzF) welcomes the submission of essays, projects and responses to articles. Submitted materials are subject to peer and editorial review. Spring issues of AzF focus on the AIA Arizona Design Awards while the fall AzF issues are themed, so articles and projects are selected relative to the issue’s specific subject. Please contact the AzF Editor-in-Chief, Christina Noble AIA, at Christina.Noble@gmail.com if you are interested in contributing. Peer Reviewers We are looking for experts in all areas of architecture and design to serve as peer reviewers for future issues. Past authors are also invited to serve as peer reviewers. AIA Arizona 30 N 3rd Ave #200, Phoenix, Az 85003 P: 602.252.4200 www.aia-arizona.org
AIA Arizona ExCom Caroline Lobo AIA President Robin Shambach AIA President Elect Christina Noble AIA Secretary C. Dino Sakellar AIA Treasurer Phil Weddle FAIA Past President
table of contents aia arizona design awards 2016 publisher’s note Nick Tsontakis AIA, MRAIC page 4 AzF Networking Event photos page 5 sponsor pages pages 110-130 introduction Author: Diane Jacobs AIA page 6-15 aps energy award nau international pavilion Architect: RSP Architects page 76-79 srp sustainable award college avenue commons Architect: Gensler | Architekton page 80-83 firm of the year award Recipient: Studio Ma page 84-87
distinguished building awards
pages 16-47
escobar residence redemption arcadia vertex student apartments faye gray recreation center billings public library sciences and health building cornell cookson industrial monte vista school campus
chen + suchart studio debartoloarchitects Ayers Saint Gross Holly Street Studio Will Bruder Architects with o2 GLHN | richard + bauer Jones Studio Inc Orcutt | Winslow
interior architecture awards
pages 48-59
new york pizza department the department ermanos
Lightvox Studio Mark Ryan Studio Rob Paulus Architects
unbuilt award
pages 60-63
desert botanical garden horticulture center coLAB Studio + 180 degrees component awards
pages 64-75
rosen entry door shade structure at post office bryant bannister tree ring laboratory
chen + suchart studio Architekton richard + bauer architecture
az architects medal Recipient: Diane Reicher Jacobs AIA page 88-91 Recipient: Dino Sakellar AIA page 92-95
consultant award Recipient: Floor Associates page 102
aia 10 award Recipients: Mike Anglin AIA and Carlos Murrieta AIA pages 96-97
contractor award Recipient: 180 degrees pages 103
award of distinction Recipients: Alexander Malatesta, Zach Rawling page 98
educator award Recipient: Michael Kothke AIA page 104
allied member award Recipient: Gregory Kilroy pages 99
pedagogy award Recipients: UofA Arizona Net Zero Energy + Water District, ARC321 | Materials & Methods II, ARC401 | Design Studio V pages 105-107
community education award Recipients: Arizona Kids Build, Arizona Residential Architects pages 100-101
goodwin award Project: Grand Canyon University Master Plan Architect: suoLL architects pages 108-109
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publisher’s note Welcome to the Spring 2017 issue of Arizona Forum, AzF7. Featured are the 2016 AIA Arizona Awards winners including design and special awards. Articles focused on the theme “Home” will be featured in our upcoming Fall 2017 AzF8 issue. The Advisory Panel architectural firms have spent the last three years discussing how to put the publication together and how to make it sustainable. We have partnered with quality sponsors in the design and construction industry who support the Arizona Forum by taking out ads. The architects in turn participate in quarterly sponsor hosted networking events. 1
When architects get together in the pursuit of a common goal, the results benefit the entire design and construction community as well as the general public. Architects Publishing Network is proud to be involved in this important undertaking. Network on…
Nick Tsontakis AIA, MRAIC Architects Publishing Network NickT@TsontakisArchitecture.com
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AzF networking events imi design scottsdale - august 18, 2016 airpark signs & graphics tempe - february 9, 2017
event photography by Scott Sandler Photographic
design awards 2016 an introduction
by: Robert Miller AIA
THE PROGRAM Design awards have value to the degree they are relevant. Just as building types, practice methods, and the kinds of people who become architects change, so should we stop, occasionally, to consider what we award and why. This is precisely what happened in this year’s Awards Steering Committee—thanks to: Caroline Lobo AIA, Diane Jacobs AIA, Robin Shamback AIA, Phil Weddle FAIA, and Tina Litteral Hon. AIA. For 2016, the AIA Arizona Design Awards were gathered into five categories: Design, Leadership, Practice, Performance, and Education. A couple awards were abandoned; five were added; then, the final slate was completely re-written and issued in a single prospectus, with more generous digital requirements. Finally, the program was infused with new relevance, in three ways:
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DIVERSIFY: We now recognize more kinds of excellence that contribute to good design and strengthen Arizona’s design culture. New awards, such as the community design and community education awards, recognize that an architect’s primary obligation is, not to a client, but to the public. They acknowledge that making a more resilient and intelligent community through design, builds a community that appreciates design, and that this—every bit as much as an amazing building—is a practice that can achieve design excellence at a cultural level.
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NURTURE: Our Awards now foster design activities that should be emerging, not just recognize ones that are already happening. New awards, such as the research-design and the theory+design awards, will do just that. It’s no secret that advanced architectural practices around the world are increasingly engaged in research: real, scientific, hard core, research. This quest to improve the efficacy of design and building performance signals a paradigm shift in the state-of-the-art of practice—yet, we’ve had nothing in Arizona to inculcate such activity. We do now.
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Just as building types, practice methods, and the kinds of people who become architects change, so should we stop, occasionally, to consider what we award and why. And, while theory has been an essential force in developing design culture for over 100 years, we had no way to promote and celebrate this critical aspect of enlightened practice in our Awards. Our amazing Arizona School, so widely recognized for its essential values, common purpose, and design prowess, deserves an articulate record of design thinking—and the AIA can now foster that. EXPAND: We have expanded the benefits of entering the Award program, and, extended those benefits to a wider range of applicants. 4
The new component design award, for example, recognizes exceptional work that, either in scope of commission or extent of execution, falls short of being a distinguished (whole) building. It recognizes excellence in two realms: 1. an extraordinary physical work that is not a building (a piece of furniture, say, or a light fixture, shade structure, facade, building addition, or structural element); or, 2. an exceptionally designed domain (such as a space, processional route, detail system, architectural vocabulary, or stylistic language). This new award actually enhances the traditional distinguished architecture award by reserving the latter for whole-cloth building excellence. Exceptional, but lesser, accomplishments can now be recognized as Components.
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But more importantly, the component award provides a vehicle for recognizing young architects (as well as old masters) who do amazing work with a limited opportunity, or, with a project that goes South in some unfortunate, but limited, way. After all, in spite of an architect’s valiant labors great projects sometimes get mangled through no fault of that architect, and maybe—just maybe—the parts of such work that retain excellence deserve recognition even more than the projects that go just right? We can now celebrate the exceptional aspects of those projects. The parallel new award under Education is for design pedagogy. Previously, we could only recognize an exceptional career; now, we can acknowledge pedagogical design, courses, and other activities, not just by individuals but through collaborations, for their educational excellence.
Taken together, the component and design pedagogy awards build Arizona’s design culture by giving us a means to celebrate work across a career, not just at its pinnacle.
1 Rosen Entry Door by chen + suchart won the Component Honor Award, a new award that celebrates the smaller, yet exceptionally designed pieces of a project
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Humidity notwithstanding, the moldy Southeast resembles the desert Southwest in its practice culture: a close-knit community of architects, forced to deal explicitly with climate and place, who share a regional design sensibility. THE JURY Humidity notwithstanding, the moldy Southeast resembles the desert Southwest in its practice culture: a close-knit community of architects, forced to deal explicitly with climate and place, who share a regional design sensibility. For reasons of professional resonance, then, we took the 2016 award submittals to South Carolina for evaluation. The scope of our program meant having, not one jury, but two. The Chair of both was Ray Huff, FAIA. Founding Principal of Huff + Gooden Architects LLC. An African-American who grew up in segregated Charleston, Ray’s firm has won many national and international design competitions and is now based in New York. Ray also founded the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston in 1988, of which he is the Director. Ray brought forty years of design and teaching experience—plus wisdom, insight, and compassion—to the thoughtful review of our work. PROJECTS JURY Evaluating project submittals on Day-1 were architects and educators with a relevant range of expertise:
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Eddie Bello, AIA, Founding Principal of Bello Garris Architects, was formerly the City of Charleston’s Preservation Officer and administrator of its Board of Architectural Review. He brought a keen understanding of context and history as well as design expertise. Michael Maher, NCARB, is the CEO of the WestEdge Foundation, Inc. and former Director of the Charleston Civic Design Center. Michael’s expertise in urban and his careful judgement of architectural design, place-making, and detailing can be seen in the winning projects.
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Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Sustainable Cities Initiative in Eugene, Oregon, Nico Larco brought cutting edge knowledge of sustainable practices and urban design. He is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon and author of a soon-to-be-released book on an urban sustainability protocol. The summary reaction of the Projects Jury was extremely complementary. They recognized in Arizona architecture a body of work that transcends the normal competition between firms and the usual difference in values and approach. They saw in Arizona a true community that, by virtue of our common values and ideals, can truly be thought of as a school.
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The jury recognized in Arizona architecture a body of work that transcends the normal competition between firms and the usual difference in values and approach.
Distinguished Building Award Winners A compilation of the winners of the distinguished building awards from 2016
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Unbuilt, Interior Architecture, and Component Awards A compilation of the design award winners from 2016
They saw in Arizona a true community that, by virtue of our common values and ideals, can truly be thought of as a school
PRACTICES JURY On Day-2, the submittals related to Leadership, Practice, and Education were reviewed by a different, but again appropriately qualified, jury: Formerly with Richard Meier & Partners Architects and Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, Thomas M. Savory, AIA, LEED AP BD+C. is a Founding Principal with Watson Tate Savory Architects, Inc. of Columbia, SC. Tom had exhaustively reviewed every submittal before the day started; he set the tone for a careful, tough, and thoughtful review. A Senior Architect with SMHa Architects where she has worked since 2000, Marjorie Longshore, AIA contributed a seasoned project architect’s perspective as well as that of a woman who has done substantial professional service in her state. Marjorie is on the AIA SC Board of Directors and is a former President of AIA Charleston. Lastly, Project Architect for McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, Michelle Smyth, AIA brought us the perspective of a committed younger generation. Michelle was a student of mine and has practiced in Charleston since 2003. The summary reaction of the Practices Jury was similarly complementary. First, they appreciated the breadth and depth of our Awards in support of practice activities, not just projects. Several jurors were inspired to increase their own service contributions. Second, the Jury appreciated the diversity that the Practice awards recognize, with acknowledgement for the many contributors from clients, contractors, and related disciplines. As with the Projects Jury, they recognized the strength of Arizona practices, working as a community.
Practice Awards A compilation of some of the practice awards from 2016
Reinforcing the larger push to increase the value of membership and bring younger generations to the AIA, our Awards program has expanded its scope and meaning. THE RESULTS Award submittals were up 21% over last year. While it is tempting to ascribe this to the improving economy, fully 15% of this increase were applications to the new awards (and 4 out of 5 of those were not for built work). So, the program revisions were successful in attracting new interest. While applications were up 21%, the number of awards given rose only 11%--so this may have been a tougher (or more discriminating?) jury. Last year’s jury gave 8 Citations; this year’s gave 4. 7 Honor Awards were bestowed in 2015; this year there were 2. So, if you won an award in 2016, you had more competition and it was probably a bigger feat. The big take-aways for those of you thinking about next year: 1. The vast majority of submittals (67% in 2016; 76% in 2015) are for just three awards: Distinguished Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Un-Built. You can improve your odds by also applying for the others. 2. Component Design opens a huge new opportunity for recognition. While still given for excellence, you can bracket the parts or aspects of the project under consideration. 3. You are automatically under consideration for the APS and SRP Awards if you submit the data. Just do it. (You should be collecting these metrics, any way.) 4. Lastly, if you want to make a difference in your world, then enter someone else for an Award. The Awards most often sponsored by someone other than the candidate are the 25-Year, Award of Distinction, AIA10, Associates, Allied, Client, Patron, Community Design, Contractor, Consultant, Community Education, and Educator of the Year awards. Altogether, those made up only 12% of the submittals in 2016 and 6% in 2015. CONCLUSION The 2016 Design Awards put in place structural changes that will develop, and bring benefits to AIA members, for years. Reinforcing the larger push to increase the value of membership and bring younger generations to the AIA, our Awards program has expanded its scope and meaning. It is no less focused on design excellence, but is now more inclusive of the breadth of activities that make excellence possible.
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escobar residence distinguished building honor award
architect: chen + suchart studio
Adaptive reuse can be a profound approach toward design. In many ways this design took on that challenge, seeking to keep to the language of context while also establishing a sense of modernity to the space. Creating a more fluid environment for modern living standards, the existing home was opened up both internally and to the exterior. Although the overall footprint of the public spaces within the house remains the same, the removal of internal walls improves the flow of the space. Opening in section as well as plan, the new scheme takes over the attic space to raise the ceiling, creating a much more expansive and unified area. This move also created the opportunity to replace outdated technologies with efficient insulation and glazing. A master bedroom addition on one side and covered patio on the other are enclosed by a form that follows that of the existing home with a distinctly modern feel, with full height glazing and flush detailing of metal panels that wrap from wall to roof. With glazing opening up especially to its northern exposure and smaller, focused apertures in private spaces, the home intimately plays with the scale of space to offer a sensitive place for the individual to live.
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1 Opening in section as well as plan, the new scheme takes over the attic space to raise the ceiling, creating a much more expansive and unified area. 2,3 A master bedroom addition on one side and covered patio on the other are enclosed by a form that follows that of the existing home with a distinctly modern feel, with full height glazing and flush detailing of metal panels that wrap from wall to roof. Photographs Courtesy chen + suchart studio
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redemption arcadia distinguished building honor award
architect: debartoloarchitects
Challenged to create a new vitality for 60-year-old church campus, the architects’ scheme is rooted in strategies of select removal and deployment. The project relied on a process of research and decisive action about which elements were essential so that the fundamental nature of the space would not be destroyed. Surgical demolition and abrasive sandblasting revealed three existing buildings in rich integral color masonry, among which the programmatic spaces (worship, classroom, and administration spaces) were efficiently divided, and extraneous structures were removed. As a foil to the solid, textural masonry, the deployment of a corrugated, perforated metal shade scrim seeks to create new areas of community and connection while providing a strong street identity and much-needed solar protection. Perching lightly in both horizontal and vertical planes, this exterior scrim provides a unifying shaded gathering space and circulation spine along the exterior of the campus to shield both walls and people. An interior wooden scrim in the sanctuary creates a similar screening and unifying effect inside. Common materials and the logical flow of spaces bring clarity and order to the experience of moving through the campus, while new desert landscaping provides shade and beauty. These thoughtful deletions and additions allow the project to celebrate its historic essence while embracing a new vision.
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1,2 Custom interior details including countertops, convertible surfaces, recesses in walls, door latches, and light switches help add tot he refined and highly enjoyable living experience.
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1 A corrugated, perforated metal shade scrim seeks to create new areas of community and connection while providing a strong street identity and much-needed solar protection. 2 This exterior scrim provides a unifying shaded gathering space 3 An interior wooden scrim in the sanctuary creates a similar screening and unifying effect inside. Photographs courtesy debartolo architects
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vertex student apartments distinguished building merit award
architect: Ayers Saint Gross
Vertex is a mixed-use infill project within an area referred to as 'Tempe's Sin City'. The neighborhood on the east border to ASU's main campus is transforming from dilapidated motels and mobile home parks to higher density infill projects supported by the new light rail spine. The perimeter of the site is surrounded at maximum heights for efficiency then sliced to form view corridors within and between buildings and to prominent natural features such as Camelback Mountain and Tempe's 'A' mountain to the northwest. Slices within buildings were stitched back together with open bridges to reinforce a village community. In the shadow of the harsh Arizona sun, white residential volumes are lifted one story along the light rail corridor to allow the public to filter in. The dark shadow created along this long northeast face becomes civic, retail and restaurant to serve and entertain residents and their neighbors. A statement band of native desert plants fronts the dark shaded understory creating an inviting and cool zone. Massing and sun-shading drive this design, creating elements to be occupied visually. Large graphic brise-soleil, distinguish different building sections along the Terrace frontage while unifying the design as one graphic composition. The predominant stucco material is seemingly subtle and neutral, but slowly reveals itself to the occupant as they experience elements of vibrant color and cut views by moving through the site throughout the day. The urban form of the project strengthens the surrounding community through increased density, creates physical and visual connections both locally and regionally and provides an experience for the individual based on environmental and material interactions.
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1 In the shadow of the harsh Arizona sun, white residential volumes are lifted one story along the light rail corridor to allow the public to filter in. 2 The dark shadow created along this long northeast face becomes civic, retail and restaurant to serve and entertain residents and their neighbors. 3 Massing and sun-shading drive this design, creating elements to be occupied visually. Photographs courtesy Ayers Saint Gross
Large graphic brise-soleil, distinguish different building sections along the Terrace frontage while unifying the design as one graphic composition.
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faye gray recreation center distinguished building merit award
architect: Holly Street Studio
The Faye Gray Recreation Center was designed to be a sustainable, flexible, and inviting environment for 100 children and teens daily. While offering the local community a great commodity, the recreation center provides quality indoor | outdoor space as a glowing epicenter to a historic park. Small but mighty, the design was under the restraints of limited budget and constrained square footage. In response, the building claims outdoor program space as it stretches beyond its own bounds and into the park. The building is organized as two massive walls stretching north-south to protect the building from the intense western and eastern low sun while offering shade, seating and windows to the neighborhood. As the wall flies south, it carries a deep overhang that creates a protected exterior plaza that appropriates an outdoor covered stage. To the north, a glass faรงade glides open to a skate park encouraging teens to flow between the park and the interior teen room. Seeing the park as an extension of the recreation center allows the Faye Gray Recreation Center to redefine the possibilities for urban park structures limited by space but unlimited in possibilities for bringing the community together.
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1 As the wall flies south, it carries a deep overhang that creates a protected exterior plaza that appropriates an outdoor covered stage. 2 To the north, a glass faรงade glides open to a skate park encouraging teens to flow between the park and the interior teen room. 3 Faye Gray Recreation Center highlights the unlimited possibility for urban park structures to bring the community together. Photography by Bill Timmerman
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billings public library distinguished building merit award
architect: Will Bruder + Partners with o2 architects
The Billings Public Library stands at the urban heart of its community, the only public library serving Montana’s largest metropolitan area. The design is familiar yet innovative, massive, yet light, mysteriously ethereal yet transparently revealing. Its architectural concept draws inspiration from its local context to create a dynamic pavilion filled with light, transparency and color. The Billings Public Library references the geological uniqueness of the surrounding Rim Rock landscape, the first silver streamliners, pole barns and grain elevators, all which add to the building’s sense of place. Perforated stainless steel shading panels, calibrated to maximize views and provide optimal light, float above golden-gray Rimrock sandstone. The library enhances the northwestern edge of Billings’s historic downtown core, offering easy access to the commercial center to its south and the hospital and university to the north. Native trees, a pocket park and a courtyard offer spaces for outdoor events filled with the season’s colors while native plants and water harvesting transform parking into a parking garden. The interior is dominated by a colorful circular cut culminating in a skylight that brings much desired natural light deep into the library space. This is contrasted with a cone-shaped insertion that creates a mystic sensibility as children wonder as they stargaze into a colorful installation that changes over time.
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1 The interior is dominated by a colorful circular cut culminating in a skylight that brings much desired natural light deep into the library space. Photos: Not Sure 2 The library enhances the northwestern edge of Billings’s historic downtown core, offering easy access to the commercial center to its south and the hospital and university to the north. 3 Perforated stainless steel shading panels, calibrated to maximize views and provide optimal light, float above golden-gray Rimrock sandstone. Photography by Bill Timmerman
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sciences & health building distinguished building citation award
architect: GLHN joint venture with richard+bauer architecture
The Science + Health Building serves the scientific center for Northern Arizona University. Its open, flexible research platform with a multi-level atrium space provides open interaction for the entire chemistry department focused on interdisciplinary teaching and research. The building site is at a key juncture between the campus’s primary north-south pedestrian axis, and the original historic quad. The building responds to its unique site while knitting the new building into the campus context. By organizing a large complex program on a small unique site and connecting the campus with its regional context, the project strives to relate to users as it creates a dynamic unity between education and research. The eastern wing of the building lifts two stories, allowing pedestrian connections between the building’s pedestrian spine and the campus’s historic quad. The two-story glass façade below the raised west wing breaks down the scale of building along the pedestrian spine, further relating the building to adjacent structures and the pedestrian scale. Inspired by the red rocks of the surrounding landscape as well as The Cave of Swords, a subterranean cavern with 30-foot-long crystalline formations, the design team transformed the scientific phenomenon of crystalline formations into physical building forms. Splintering apart, like the natural phenomena that inspired the project, the Health + Science Building splits at the entry plaza, defined by a folded curtain wall that opens to northern views of the San Francisco Peaks and provides an interior/exterior connection at every level. The unitized curtain wall folds and overlaps itself, furthering the crystalline metaphor, as it brings natural light into a bright five-story atrium with crisscrossing stair formations wrapped in frosted acrylic hung from each level. Capturing the distant mountains, the exterior building skin reflects the rugged rock bluffs of northern Arizona utilizing thirteen different shaped aluminum composite material panels hung on a custom rain screen system. 1 Splintering apart, like the natural phenomena that inspired the project, the Health + Science Building splits at the entry plaza 2 The building’s open, flexible research platform with a multi-level atrium space provides open interaction for the entire chemistry department focused on interdisciplinary teaching and research. 3 The building responds to its unique site while knitting the new building into the campus context. Photographs courtesy GLHN | richard + bauer
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cornell cookson industrial door manufacturing and offices distinguished building citation award architect: Jones Studio, Inc
1 An internalized courtyard allows daylight to enter the manufacturing plant and provides respite for workers. 2,3 The exterior material palatte speaks an industrial language while its massing offers a pleasing, Modernist aesthetic when viewed from the street.
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Despite a zoning ordinance preventing their use, the design team embraced the challenge of convincing the City of Goodyear that an “engineered metal building” could be Architecture. The Industrial Door Manufacturing and Offices Building is shaped to collect rainwater and oriented to allow the owner to install a future photovoltaic power array. A series of giant water storage tanks anchor the building ends. 140,000 gallons of capacity for harvested water irrigate enclosed gardens surrounded by windows that provide daylight and offer views from the office areas and manufacturing plant. A grove of trees overlay the parking area and provides for a shady respite from the Arizona sun. Inside the plant, daylight provided by a 370’ long by 9’ tall north-facing clerestory fills the space. When the plant is operating on the evening shift, a sensor operated LED system provides low cost energy efficient lighting. This collection of design decisions, along with an authentic use of materials in their natural state provided the clarity that the city needed to understand how an “engineered metal building” could enhance the community. The 163,420 sf design infills 14.5 acres of formerly vacant land along Litchfield Road and retains room for future expansion. 21,400 sf houses the regional headquarters; the remaining space is comprised of the factory and its supporting spaces. Safe circulation for employee vehicles is separate from truck traffic. The design accommodates parking for 281 to allow for shift changes as the company continues to grow and expand operations.
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monte vista school campus distinguished building citation award
architect: Orcutt | Winslow
The design of this school campus sought to represent the school’s and the District’s historical identity. Focusing on the site and its history, the architects took inspiration from three ideas: trees, landscape, and the merging of old and new. Formally and materially, the design abstracts elements of the tree to provide a trunklike structure, a solid foundation from which other, lighter elements emerge. Conduits of circulation emanate like branches to connect the multiple buildings on site, and foliage-like shade elements filter light to protect and transform the spaces. In a further nod to the importance of trees to the site and to recollect the orchards that used to surround the school, the design utilizes a series of landscaped courtyards and walkways to link the structures. This reliance on exterior circulation and open-air classrooms further promotes the outdoor connection. The surrounding mid-century modern neighborhood has experienced an influx of contemporary architecture. The school strives to graciously blend into its urban fabric by incorporating elements of both the older and newer architecture. An exterior palate of grays and whites is punctuated by bright yellows and textured masonry, while interior spaces pop with more color and plenty of daylight. With texture, material, and sensitive massing, the new campus provides an updated identity that honors the history of the school.
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new york pizza department interior architecture merit award architect: Lightvox Studio
In occupying their newest and smallest restaurant, this local pizzeria company focused on creating a sensitive urban dining experience oriented toward transit. Located on Mill Ave. in a bustling pedestrian area, the design embraced the narrow confines of its environment, intentionally pursuing a maximization of seating and streamlining operations in order to create a dynamic cultural space that is aware of its surrounding dense context. Circulation of both patrons and kitchen staff is efficiently organized in the layout, and necessary but space-hungry mechanical and electrical systems are located in an elevated platform, with storage functions integrated into millwork throughout the space. A focus on materiality and craft lend a unique aesthetic and visual interest to the space, most notably with a scrim of wooden pizza peels hung from the ceiling. Like everything else doing double duty, the scrim is a playful way to screen mechanical ducts and a lighting grid. A custom wine rack, a variety of seating options, and re-imagined signage also contribute to the artisanal ambiance. Large pivot doors at the street encourage a direct connection to the adjacent pedestrian path, inviting passersby to step inside and providing an open air dining experience.
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the department interior architecture merit award
architect: Mark Ryan Studio
Korrick’s Department Store, one of the early department stores in Phoenix’s budding downtown days, has been re-imagined as an open workspace designed to attract local business innovators by capitalizing on its central downtown location and proximity to transit. Choosing to name the project “The Department” honors the history of the building and its contribution to downtown Phoenix. It also conjures a reference to the concept that all individuals work differently, and the transformation from departmental retail to collaborative work environment includes creating a wide variety of work areas throughout the space. Using the existing structural concrete grid as a framework, new construction follows standard 8’ modules within to create a smaller scale ordering system for intimacy. Custom yet modular workstations create both more private spaces for concentration and communal spaces for interaction, with the flexibility to choose the best space for the moment. Access to natural light is prioritized at the perimeter, and in the center of the space a large multi-level platform serves multiple functions while providing a focal point. Simple, neutral materials of concrete, wood, steel, and salvaged tectum panels create a sophisticated backdrop for colorful carpet tiles and select bright furnishings. A street-grid textured wall at the elevator core brings a fun local element to the scheme, rooting the project further into its downtown context.
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Korrick’s Department Store has been re-imagined as an open workspace designed to attract local business innovators by capitalizing on its central downtown location and proximity to transit.
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1 (previous page) Choosing to name the project “The Department� honors the history of the building and its contribution to downtown Phoenix. 2,3 Simple, neutral materials of concrete, wood, steel, and salvaged tectum panels create a sophisticated backdrop for colorful carpet tiles and select bright furnishings. 4 A street-grid textured wall at the elevator core brings a fun local element to the scheme, rooting the project further into its downtown context. Photography by Bill Timmerman
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architect: Rob Paulus Architects
Adaptive reuse guided the design of this craft food and drink establishment in an animated pedestrian district in Tucson. Seeking to preserve the essence of the historic 1926 building while creating a new environment for people to gather, the design team highlighted the existing material palette by both exposing the structure and re-purposing materials. A suspended steel glass rack above the bar, dubbed the “Jewel Box,� functions as a linear chandelier, drawing the eye over to the original skylight. Salvaged wood lath slats surround the kitchen and frame the skylight out from below to draw the eye up. Original wood framing was also reused for custom tables and shelving. A combination of natural and modern lighting plays off the rich textures of wood and exposed brick, providing increased visual depth within the space. Multiple seating options including a semi-private tasting room and an outdoor patio in the rear ensure a space for everyone. Collaborative efforts between the design team, owners, and crafts people produced custom seating and signage that integrates into the space. The rigorous effort of stripping back and making sensitive additions honor the history of the building while contributing to the new energy within Tucson's urban revitalization and burgeoning food scene.
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1 (previous page) Collaborative efforts between the design team, owners, and crafts people produced custom seating and signage that integrates into the space. 2 Salvaged wood lath slats surround the kitchen and frame the skylight out from below to draw the eye up. Original wood framing was also reused for custom tables and shelving. 3 A suspended steel glass rack above the bar, dubbed the “Jewel Box,� functions as a linear chandelier. Photographs courtesy Rob Paulus Architects
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desert botanical garden horticulture center unbuilt merit award architect: coLAB studio + 180 degrees
The Desert Botanical Garden Horticulture Center establishes an unadulterated connection to nature. The design lightly touches the ground, rising above to offer partial light to transcend. A large structural shade canopy creates a fluid experience between harsh sun and strict shadow as it offers a transitional space between natural landscape and the built realm. In contrast to the light canopy, a massive wall of re-purposed concrete divides public and operational sides of the site. The wall’s forms and shapes allow for openings that contain desert plants and moments of water salvaging demonstration. The large canopy straddles much of the site, creating a variety of different shading methods. Its design mimics the dynamic light of the Palo Verde by utilizing small, operable elements that change how much light is absorbed depending on conditions. In this way, the plants are kept in optimal conditions. Serving a dual purpose, the canopy not only offers shade, but also holds enough space for solar PV panels for the project to operate annually with net-positive energy produced.
1 In contrast to the light canopy, A massive wall of re-purposed concrete divides public and operational sides of the site. 2 A large structural shade canopy creates a fluid experience between harsh sun and strict shadow as it offers a transitional space between natural landscape and the built realm. 3 (next page) Serving a dual purpose, the canopy not only offers shade, but also holds enough space for solar PV panels for the project to operate annually with net-positive energy produced. Renderings courtesy coLAB studio + 180 degrees
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rosen entry door component honor award
architect: chen + suchart studio
Across cultures and history, entry doors have served as an important marker in the experience of a space. By definition the first physical encounter with a space, an entry signals the crossing from one space to another and typically involves some degree of interaction and engagement by turning or pulling, climbing or bending. The new entry sequence for this residence takes an out-of-place existing addition and brings it back into context with a clear processional approach to the home. A white plaster wall leads past steel planters to a series of cantilevered concrete steps up to the new custom steel-and-insulated glass entry door. The pivoting door and surrounding glazing open up to the view of Camelback Mountain while the plaster wall provides privacy from below. Carefully considered flush detailing of the door and glazing provide a simple, clean aesthetic. Structured with standard sized steel shapes, the composition accommodates a standard lock in a sophisticated frame. A round stainless steel pull is a striking contrast to the dark steel finishes. The intentional thought in the design of this transitional space between street and door is evidence of a true understanding of the experience of entry as more than simply walking through a door. 1 The pivoting door and surrounding glazing open up to the view of Camelback Mountain. 2,3 (next page) Carefully considered flush detailing of the door and glazing provide a simple, clean aesthetic. Photography courtesy chen + suchart studio
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Structured with standard sized steel shapes, the composition accommodates a standard lock in a sophisticated frame. A round stainless steel pull is a striking contrast to the dark steel finishes.
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shade structure at the post office component citation award architect: Architekton
The existing post office building facade is defined by its rectangular shape and a regular rhythm of punched openings. The public building serves as a symbol of the order and efficiency that should define good government and is similar to other buildings of its type from that time. The addition of the shade structure, while embracing order, expresses a more inclusive view of government. A rigid grid of steel posts carry the new structure, mimicking the existing structure of the post office. Rather than have that strict order define this addition, a dynamic form emerges from the grid. Bent steel beams support an angled ceiling that opens up on its ends to create a welcoming canopy for pedestrians and workers. The ceiling is made of a series of closely spaced metal tubes adding another degree of symbolism and dynamism to the structure. This collection of individual pieces, brought together by a solid structural base, creates a beautiful place where people feel safe. The juxtapostion of the new shade structure with the existing post office creates a discussion of the symbolic nature of government buildings.
1 The juxtapostion of the new shade structure with the existing post office creates a discussion of the symbolic nature of government buildings. 2 The addition of the shade structure, while embracing order, expresses a more inclusive view of government. 3 The juxtapostion of the new shade structure with the existing post office creates a discussion of the symbolic nature of government buildings. Photographs courtesy Architekton
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bryant bannister tree ring laboratory component citation award architect: richard + bauer architecture
Located on the University of Arizona campus, this new structure housing research labs and offices is built above an existing structure. As a manifestation of its contents it seeks to utilize the language of a forest. Clusters of tall steel columns extend the full height of the building around a two-level elliptical core, while a scrim of suspended, fragmented metal tubes shade the facility with a kinetic screen that mimics a dynamic tree canopy. A vestibule and multipurpose room on the lower level display samples from the research collection, with a mezzanine for archives and rotating exhibitions above. This rounded core is sheathed in polycarbonate panels lined on the interior with wooden slats that evoke tree ring patterns. Two upper levels spread out to hover over the adjacent building and fill a rectilinear floor plate with research labs, faculty offices, and student work areas, connected by a double-height lounge to promote interaction among occupants. The signature exterior shade scrim rings three sides of the building to allow a clear view of the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north. Its round aluminum tubes, hung with simple rods, sway gently in the wind to recall the movement of a tree canopy. With a sensitive envelope for this important research, the building provides a powerful setting for critical learning.
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1 (previous page) Clusters of tall steel columns extend the full height of the building around a two-level elliptical core. 2,3 Its round aluminum tubes, hung with simple rods, sway gently in the wind to recall the movement of a tree canopy. Photographs courtesy richard + bauer
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nau international pavilion aps energy award
architect: RSP Architects
Northern Arizona University’s new Net-Zero International Pavilion fosters engagement across cultures. Located on a hill along the elevated pedway, a major circulation spine on campus, the building offers a multi-purpose collaboration destination for differing cultures to relax, play, study and engage. Untranslatable words circle the interior walls creating a fun graphic while also inciting dialogue around our similarities and differences. It is a building that is ‘International’ without flags. The exterior skin is the result of a ‘transformation’ diagram from a national flag mosaic overlaid with a mosaic of people from around the world. The colors and the panels at different surface heights symbolize individuals’ differences and similarities. Committed to the mission of the Green Fund who provided funding towards the project - the student-run initiative only grants dollars to projects that meet rigid sustainability standards and benefits the student population as a whole - the Net-Zero building has become a home for groups including the ‘Energy Mentors’ and ‘Students for a Better World’ because of its dedication to a cleaner global footprint. The building utilizes both passive and active systems to achieve forward-thinking sustainability, without the use of traditional mechanical units. The building’s orientation on the site maximizes wind flow, daylight and views. Designed with a series of wall louvers located along the wall that are interlocked with large louvers in the ceiling, when the outside temperature is 75 degrees or higher, the louvers open to create a venturi effect. Ceiling fans are used when additional cooling is desired. The fans reverse at night to purge hot air accumulated during the day until the room is the same temperature as the nighttime outside temperature. Heating is supplied by an in-floor radiant system. Achieving Net Zero means that the building must maximize every opportunity to conserve energy. The internal functions are organized to take advantage of views to the west, north and east, offering a moment to glance outdoors to improve concentration. Natural daylight further reduces the energy footprint – perimeter windows are sized in proportion to the functional floor area so daylight can penetrate effectively into the study space. When spaces are too deep for the light of a window to reach, solar tubular skylights are installed to create balanced daylight distribution. The second floor meeting rooms also harvest daylight. When there is natural daylight the electric lights stay in off-mode. When needed, the lights brighten only enough to provide appropriate light levels. A 35kW rooftop solar array rounds out the energy performance helping the building to become the first academic building on campus with a solar power system and targeting Net Zero performance.
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college avenue commons srp sustainable award
architect: Gensler | Architekton
ASU strives toward a carbon neutral campus conscious of its climate and aware of its purpose. The ASU College Avenue Commons’ mission is to be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable as it demonstrates these principles to students and the community as a “living-learning lab.” As the campus’s new “front door,” the building cantilevers 20 feet over the east property line and 10 feet over the south property line, shading the pedestrian experience along the sidewalks. These deep cantilevers elongate the structure to reveal shaded walkways below, and the lateral nature of the program develops a socially vibrant matrix. The exterior envelope of this LEED Gold facility allows north and south light while minimizing the harsher lights to the east and west. Evaporative cooling and the displacement of heat also contribute towards a climate conscious program. The structure offers a distinct location for social interactions with simultaneous focus dedicated to creating a sustainable platform.
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1,2 The structure offers a distinct location for social interactions with simultaneous focus dedicated to creating a sustainable platform. 3 (next page) As the campus’s new “front door,” the building cantilevers 20 feet over the east property line and 10 feet over the south property line, shading the pedestrian experience along the sidewalks. Photography by Bill Timmerman
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studio ma firm of the year
principals: Christiana Moss AIA, NCARB | Dan Hoffman AIA, NCARB | Christopher Alt R.A., NCARB | Tim Keil R.A. | Jason Boyer AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Studio Ma has been recognized as a rising voice in American architecture. Based in downtown Phoenix, the practice has garnered national attention for its cultural, higher education, residential architecture and urban design, winning national and regional design awards from the American Institute of Architects and the Society of College and University Planning. Founded in 2003, Studio Ma is led by principals Christiana Moss, Christopher Alt, Jason Boyer, Dan Hoffman and Tim Keil. The firm has been building elegant, substantive projects at many scales for the last decade—all defined by an acute sensitivity to context, the environment, and construction. A member of the 2030 Challenge, it has consistently delivered highly efficient buildings including LEED Platinum and Net-Zero-Ready projects. It’s work also includes urban design and planning studies such as the winning entry to the NEA Design Excellence Papago Salado Trail competition and the sustainability portion of the Downtown Phoenix Urban form Project. Studio Ma has been published widely including a feature on Manzanita Hall in the November 2014 issue of Architectural Record. Studio Ma was also recognized in Record’s 2014 Design Vanguard issue. A winner of numerous AIA awards, Studio Ma received two Honor Awards and a Merit Award in 2015.
1 ASU Manzanita Hall 2013 2 ASU Sun Devil Fitness Complex 2013 3 Princeton University Lakeside Graduate Housing 2015 4 NAU Native American Cultural Center 2010 5 Phoenix Art Museum Addition 2010 6 Salt River Project Xero Center - Unbuilt 2009 Photographs courtesy Studio Ma
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diane reicher jacobs, aia az architects medal
Firm: Holly Street Studio
Diane Reicher Jacobs has been practicing architecture for 28 years, 20 of those in Arizona. Born in NYC, raised in Puerto Rico, educated in Tucson and trained in Boston, Diane has learned the value of individual stories, and multiple points of view. It is with this diverse perspective and dedication to “Tikkun Olam” that she has built the body of work as an architect. The practice of architecture requires a healthy understanding of one’s origins and inclinations. This understanding goes beyond mere facts and figures, to a strong sense of self and family of birth as well as family of circumstance. This sense of self translates to an appreciation for the unique qualities, stories and circumstances of others we encounter as well.
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From a very early age, each of us experiences people, places and ideas that leave their mark on who we are, what we are drawn to, and who we are meant to become. Once an attitude, formal arrangement and way of being takes hold in us - regardless of age, we are off on a path of discovery for life. A path of learning, exploration, a desire to build upon what we love. As we build upon these foundations, persistent in that pursuit, a career emerges complete with failures, successes, connections, stories, and artifacts. These artifacts, created through our own passions, combined with opportunities begin to tell a story without words of not only who we are, but who, how and what we care about through our work, as well as who we continue to become. It is through this lens, a full awareness of self, that we see the world, acknowledge and embrace others origins, gifts and aspirations, that we can add them to our own. What results, within the practice of architecture - if the process is rigorous and genuine - is a timeless, nearly permanent, sometimes perfect physical space. Perfect, only if it reflects and therefore embodies the hardships, struggles, hopes and therefore the best in those we serve.
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It is through this lens, a full awareness of self, that we see the world, acknowledge and embrace others origins, gifts and aspirations, that we can add them to our own.
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dino sakellar, aia az architects medal
As an architect and community figure, Dino Sakellar AIA has one eye on the past and another on the future. As the son of Nicholas Sakellar FAIA, one of the pioneers of modern architecture in Tucson and Southern Arizona, Dino has great design in his blood. Their shared passion and skill are never more evident than in the Murphy-Wilmot Library in Tucson, a building designed by Nick Sakellar and remodeled and re-designed by Dino. Since becoming president of Sakellar Associates in 1990, Dino has managed to not only continue the legacy his father established for the firm, but to make his own stamp on the firm, his profession and his local community. Dino’s architectural designs and building projects number more than 500 and run the gamut, from commercial to residential, historic preservationist to new build, mountain-top pavilion to Tucson high schools. Each of them continues the Sakellar tradition, established by Dino’s father Nick, by using designs and materials sensitive to the desert surroundings. In recognition of his work, Dino was voted Architect of the Year by the Southern Arizona Subcontractors Association in 1997, and again in 2013 by the Cornerstone Building Foundation. 1
But if Dino inherited his father’s penchant for striking and functional design in the desert, he also inherited something else: his modesty. Nick Sakellar was known as much for his humility as his architecture, and Dino is no different. His extensive community work across the state of Arizona, from the Boy Scouts of America to the YMCA, has been done quietly and steadily and with zero personal fanfare. His involvement at board level for the YMCA of Southern Arizona, for example, has extended across two branches and more than three decades. He has proved himself to be a skillful negotiator and diplomat, bringing his business skills to community boards and professional organizations and helping take them from loss to profit. For example, during a dispute between AIA’s two Arizona components and their management company, Dino intervened to successfully mediate between them and avoid a legal battle. In early 2010, the Greer Business Council was in a five-figure deficit with all of the previous officers resigning. Dino stepped in as president and within three years there was a five-figure surplus. Over his four-year presidency the council’s website was rebuilt, an annual event was established, the website was updated to be interactive, the organization assisted with Wallow wildfire relief, and designed a map of the area. Dino has served on the Southern Arizona and Western Mountain region components of the AIA, in roles ranging from Treasurer to President. In January 2014, after a 14-year hiatus from the AIA leadership, he took over as President of AIA Southern Arizona. It was a position he had held in 1991 and both his role and the architecture profession had changed profoundly. In the preceding five years, a third of architects had left the profession, unemployment rates for architects had increased 800%, and the average age of chapter members was 60 years. In a strongly worded President’s message made when he took office, Dino urged AIA Southern Arizona members to “acknowledge the elephant in the room… Our profession has been devastated by the current economic climate.” He went on: “We have no control over the economy. But we do have influence over the built environment and the course of the profession of architecture.” Dino committed to increasing and diversifying membership and the local board, and to establishing a new local presence for the chapter, raising its status in the community. During his year as President, Dino was instrumental in attracting more and younger members, and in implementing a high-profile public relations campaign that saw the affiliate win sustained local media coverage and a national AIA component award of excellence in recognition of its communication efforts. This year, Dino celebrates 38 years with Sakellar pllc. He continues to look back; the renovated Murphy-Wilmot Library enjoyed its 50th anniversary and was featured prominently in Tucson Modernism Week this past October, with Dino as a speaker. And he also looks forward, with projects in the pipeline including Pima Community College, the University of Arizona and Banner Health Care.
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mike anglin aia aia 10 award
“Mike extends his commitment to good design by mentoring the interns we have in our office, as well as being a member of the AIA Southern Arizona Board.� - Henry Tom AIA
1 Fallen Soldiers Memorial at Centennial High School, Anglin volunteered his services and complete the design pro-bono 2 Portraint, Mike Anglin AIA 3 Pima Animal Care Center, lead design architect 4 Cascading Residences, co-design architect, design of exterior space design, project manager, drawing production, physical and digital modeling Photographs courtesy Line and Space
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carlos murrieta aia aia 10 award
“His late work, as owner of his firm, demonstrates not only his commitment to the professional design practice, but also his human involvement, in the communities that he works with, to support the pursuit of a better tomorrow.� - Terry C. Worcester AIA 1 Portraint, Carlos Murrieta 2 Fountain Hills Performing Arts Center, design architect as a partner with SPS+ architects 3 NTU Library, designer and architect of record 4 TAP Bus Terminal, designer and architect of record 5 Shonto Government Complex, design architect and partner in charge with SPS+ architects 1
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alexander malatesta zach rawling award of distinction
“Malatesta and Rawling took a stand in a different way and they are both true heroes – angels – to those of us who value great design and cultural treasure. Their bold and selfless actions have saved a rare example of great architecture.”- Eddie Jones AIA
1 David Wright House, Alexander and Zach were instrumental in halting the demolition of the home 2 Alexander Malatesta 3 Zach Rawling
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gregory kilroy allied member award
“Greg is a distinguished Arizona real estate professional and staunch advocate for architecture active with the Arizona AIA since 2013.� - Jason D. Boyer AIA, LEED AP
1 Broker of record for Mezza in Phoenix 2 Broker of record for artHAUS in Phoenix 3 Broker of record for Stella in Phoenix
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arizona kids build community education award
Over the past 4 years, over 40 local architects, and aspiring architects, have provided learning and mentorship to approximately 450 3rd-6th graders in Phoenix through a 5-lesson program known as Arizona Kids Build (AZKB).
arizona residential architects (ARA) community education award
Since 2010, the ARA has donated over $100,000 to local charities and awarded over $50,000 to ASU and UofA students through their architecture competition, all while promoting exceptional work and educating the public about the value of design and architecture. A RIZONA R ESIDENTIAL A RCHITECTS
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Gordon P. Rogers, AIA 1936-2015 AIA Arizona Architects Medal
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The firm is highly regarded as an industry leader and sought out for its pioneering work in sustainable arid region landscape methodologies.
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180 degrees contractor award
“180 Degrees executed critical details with extremely tight tolerances with the highest levels of craftsmanship and assembly.� - Lance Enyart AIA
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michael kothke aia educator award
“In 2014, Kothke was named one of thirty Most Admired Educators in the nation by DesignIntelligence. In 2016, by vote of all architecture students in the School, Kothke was awarded the most coveted teaching award in the School: the Commendation for Teaching.� - Robert Miller AIA
ua net zero energy + water district courtney crosson aia pedagogy award
The studio charges students with the creation of a road map for UA campus to reach net zero carbon and water by 2050.
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materials & methods II michael kothke aia pedagogy award
This pedagogy demonstrates, in content, a compelling balance between principles and technical applications just as, in its methodology, it oscillates between leading versus supporting a design agenda.� - Robert Miller AIA
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brad lang aia and michael kothke aia pedagogy award
The content and theme of this fourth-year architecture studio is the design and programming of a project/building/site that will develop with systematic clarity. ARC401 appears as the culmination of a rigorous stepped process that the jury agreed that this approach works.
grand canyon university master plan goodwin award architect: suoLL Architects
With GCU’s five part community development plan arose the need to create a sustainable masterplan that looked beyond the boundaries of the campus and extended into the neighborhood. 1 Fallen Soldiers Memorial at Centennial High School, Anglin volunteered his services and complete the design pro-bono 2 Portraint, Mike Anglin AIA 3 Pima Animal Care Center, lead design architect 4 Cascading Residences, co-design architect, design of exterior space design, project manager, drawing production, physical and digital modeling Photographs courtesy Line and Space
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