City by Design
a n a rc h i te c t u ral p e rs p e c t i v e of t he g rea t er p h o en i x v a l l ey A Fine Book By
Foreword by Grady Gammage Jr., Gammage & Burnham
Having the same name as a prominent landmark building probably distorts my view of the importance of architecture to quality of life. But buildings are where we live, and undeniably they shape our aggregate sense of self.
In Phoenix, we are blessed with an extraordinary natural setting in which to place a city: stunning, unique, and a little scary, full of prickly plants and venomous creatures. That natural setting challenges architects and builders in many ways. Shelter here needs to protect against heat and light, not cold and wet as with the older parts of the U.S. Without lush forests and big trees to envelop individual buildings, they tend to stand out and remain visible in the landscape.
The mythology of the West and the last frontier in the lower 48 also has a history of spawning eccentric visions of city form. Distinctly different visions, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City—the ultimate automobile-directed sprawl—and Paolo Soleri’s Arcologies—highdensity implosions of humanity—both rose from the nearly blank canvas of the Sonoran desert.
Terminal Four/Concourse D, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., page 130
In 1999 I wrote a book called Phoenix in Perspective. In it, I tried to explain to our populace of transplants the nature of this place: why it was here, why it came to look the way it did, what we could do to nudge the future of this city in different directions. Ten years later, the cityscape has indeed started to change. The urban area has become consistently more dense. A greater range of lifestyle choices is emerging. Our “sprawl” is punctuated by more and more interesting and distinctive places.
Neither Kierland, a successfully manufactured downtown, nor Verrado, a beautifully invented small town, existed a decade ago. Both were created by enlightened developers, who saw design as a way to gain market advantage. Indeed, a majority of the 40 or so projects profiled in this book, and selected by a distinguished panel to represent Phoenix, were built in the last 10 years. The publisher has added a list of these people following my words and has asked me to thank them again for their participation.
The projects include condominium towers, of which there were only a handful before the turn of the 21st century, and certified “green buildings,” which no one had ever heard of a few years ago. Impressively, this collection includes a range of public structures such as the Tempe Center for the Arts, the Mesa Arts Center and University of Phoenix Stadium, which represent direct investment by the citizens of the Valley of the Sun in caring about the design of our city spaces.
Few cities engage in self-examination with the rigorous and consistent zeal of Phoenix. We are always trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up. Too often we tend to shrug and conclude only, “Well, we don’t want to be another L.A.” Glimpses of what we are, and what we do want to be, appear in the projects profiled in this book. Our continuing challenge is to knit together such good projects to form the fabric of a 21stcentury desert city.
Mesa Arts Center, DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., page 110
METRO light rail, page 184 City by Design Phoenix—Advisory Board Committee
Roc Arnett
Vincent Francia
Donald Keuth
Steve Prokopek
Kris Baxter
Grady Gammage Jr.
Larry Lazarus
Duke Reiter
John Berry
Heather Gray
Partner, Berry and Damore, LLC
Economic Development, City of Mesa
Jack Lunsford
Joy Rich
Diane Brossart
John Hagen
Don Maxwell
Heidi Schaefer
Sam Campana
Richard Hubbard
Executive Director, Audubon Arizona
President and CEO, Valley Partnership
Marty McNeil
Debra Stark
Kendra Cea
Phil Jones
Executive Director Arts and Culture, City of Phoenix
Richard Mulligan
Brad Steinke
Area Manager, APS
Kroy Ekblaw
Brian Kearney
Gary Neiss
Mark Vinson
President, East Valley Partnership
Marketing Specialist, City of Tempe
President, Valley Forward
Special Projects, City of Scottsdale
Director of Marketing, Turf Paradise Partner, Gammage & Burnham
Director of Economic Development, Surprise
Former President and CEO, Downtown Phoenix Partnership
President, Phoenix Community Alliance
Zoning Attorney, Lazarus and Associates President and CEO, WestMarc Director of Economic Development, City of Phoenix Communications Manager, Valley Metro Economic Development Director, City of Chandler Planning Director, Town of Carefree
Economic Development Director, City of Peoria Dean—College of Design, Arizona State University Deputy County Administrator, Maricopa County Manager-Marketing and Events, SRP Director of Planning, City of Phoenix Development Services Director, City of Apache Junction Architect, City of Tempe City
Introduction Each day we pass by hundreds of buildings—a mélange of old and new works of architecture—that we likely take for granted, not for lack of interest but because life’s frenetic pace often prohibits asking why, how, when and through whose creativity did the built environment around us come to fruition. Yet it is these very structures, unassuming or prominently placed, that create the brilliantly complex urban and suburban landscapes where our lives unfold.
Imagine being afforded the rare opportunity to gaze inside the walls and around the perimeter of these buildings that are equal parts mysterious, familiar and alluring. Imagine meeting their creators and discovering the forward-thinking design savvy behind the selection of each material, the placement of each door and window, the sculptural use of both classical and contemporary architectural forms. Now turn the page—commence an invigorating journey that is sure to ignite your appreciation or renew your passion for Phoenix’s architectural fabric.
You will immediately discern City by Design Phoenix as unique among architectural collections. Indeed, it boasts vibrant photographs of stimulating designs, melded with insightful editorial, yet it does not endeavor to present merely the tallest, widest, newest, oldest or greenest buildings. More precisely, it is a rich, diverse collection of the city’s best—from landmark skyscrapers that define Phoenix’s majestic skyline to smaller, thoughtfully designed edifices of some of the suburbs’ best-kept secrets. It is a regional compilation of masterfully conceived structures considered preeminent by the locally based architects and developers who have turned intangible ideas into built realities that will be enjoyed for generations to come.
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 1, Perkins+Will, page 150
Hayden Ferry Lakeside, SunCor, DAVIS, page 136
Contents Chapter One - Built to Play and Stay University of Phoenix Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Arizona Cardinals Chase Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Arizona Diamondbacks Maricopa County Stadium District Stagecoach Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 M&G General Contracting Inc ASU Gammage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Foundation Cochise/Geronimo Clubhouse at Desert Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 R.J. Bacon Design The Farm at South Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 A. Wayne Smith US Airways Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 The Phoenix Suns WeKoPa Golf Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Douglas Fredrikson Architects
Chapter Two - Urban Living Optima Biltmore Towers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 David Hovey & Associates Architect, Inc.
Optima Biltmore Towers, David Hovey & Associates Architect, Inc., page 60
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Kierland Commons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Woodbine Southwest Corporation 44 Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Grace Communities Aviano Community Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Douglas Fredrikson Architects Fireside at Norterra Community Center . . . . . . 82 Douglas Fredrikson Architects The Landmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Butte Companies Portland Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Portland Group LLC Crescent Resources DAVIS Verrado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 EDAW
Chapter Three - City Projects Phoenix Parks and Preserves & Maricopa County Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Maricopa County Parks and Recreation EDAW Chaparral Water Treatment Plant . . . . . . . . . 106 Swaback Partners Mesa Arts Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 DWL Architects + Planners, Inc.
Phoenix Convention Center . . . . . . . . . . . 114 City of Phoenix Phoenix Sky Harbor Center Fire Station No. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 LEA – Architects, LLC Public Art Programs — Phoenix & Tempe . . . . 122 City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture City of Tempe Cultural Services Division Tempe Center for the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Architekton Barton Myers Associates, Inc.
Chapter Five - Sustaining Growth Cahava Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Pyramid Developers Mercedes-Benz of Arrowhead . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Grant Designs, LLC Salt River Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Canal System/Waterworks Arizona Falls Arizona State University Polytechnic Academic Buildings . . . . . . . . . 176 Lake|Flato Architects
Terminal Four/Concourse D, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 DWL Architects + Planners, Inc.
The Boulders Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 R.J. Bacon Design
Chapter Four - Industry Leaders
METRO light rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 METRO light rail
Hayden Ferry Lakeside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 SunCor DAVIS
Scottsdale Fire Station No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 188 LEA – Architects, LLC
Glendale Regional Public Safety Training Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 LEA – Architects, LLC D.L. Withers Construction Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Perkins+Will
Goodyear City Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 City of Goodyear Scottsdale Fashion Square . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Westcor aquaterra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Roszak/ADC Easy Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Butte Companies Luhrs City Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Hansji Urban Private Jet/Office Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Formwerks Studios, site specific architecture®
Chapter Six - City Futures Optima Camelview Village . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 David Hovey & Associates Architect, Inc. CityScape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 RED Development, LLC Callison
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US Airways Center The Phoenix Suns
The US Airways Center: For Phoenix Suns fans, it’s “The Purple Palace”; for followers of the Arena Football League Arizona Rattlers, it’s “The Snake Pit.” For the Valley of the Sun, for more than 15 years, this has been the center for its sports and concerts—and the catalyst for the redevelopment of downtown Phoenix.
Jerry Colangelo, the Suns owner at the time, and Terry Goddard, Phoenix mayor, collaborated to make the building possible, explains Ralph Marchetta, general manager for sports and entertainment services at the US Airways Center. Both recognized that the landmark Arizona Veterans Memorial Collseum, “The Mad House on McDowell,” could no longer accommodate either the Suns or the community’s need for a larger, more flexible entertainment facility.
FACING PAGE: The Casino Arizona Pavilion's glazed exterior exhibits interior vitality to pedestrians passing by the US Airways Center. Photograph by Barry Gossage
Construction began in 1988 on what was then America West Arena, with the $90 million facility opening
integrated basketball practice facility. He notes that it was a model for other cities and spurred arena
June 1, 1992. Owned by the city and managed by the Suns under a long-term agreement, the US
development nationwide.
Airways Center seats 18,422 for basketball and 16,210 for hockey. Besides the Suns and the Rattlers, the center is home to the 2007 WNBA champions Phoenix Mercury and East Coast Hockey League’s
In 1999, Colangelo commissioned Hallmark and Ellerbe Becket to investigate improvements that would
Phoenix Roadrunners. In addition, more than 200 concerts, family shows and sporting events take place
increase business and enhance the fan experience. Completed between 2000 and 2005, these new
annually here.
amenities include improved concourses, clubs, an entry pavilion, lounges, players’ conveniences such as a dedicated lounge and a practice court near the locker rooms—even details such as high shower
The US Airways Center was one of the first of a new generation of urban arenas in America, explains
heads for basketball players. On a continuing basis, the staff communicates with customers to see what
Michael Hallmark, the lead designer at the time with architect Ellerbe Becket. Its design innovations—
further improvements would exceed their expectations, explains Alvan Adams, former Phoenix Suns star
now industry standards—include multistory suite levels, attached premium parking structures, and an
and vice president of facility management for the US Airways Center.
Placing it in a then-struggling downtown was visionary. Because of the center’s capability to attract various groups, it has inspired the opening of nearby Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodge Theater a few blocks away as well as numerous developments, restaurants, bars and other retail establishments. The new light rail system has a station just outside.
“It’s clear to me that many of the development decisions downtown were made easier by the US Airways Center,” Alvan says.
“The US Airways Center was one of the pioneers of the resurgence of downtown,” adds Ralph. “It’s been so exciting to watch all of the development that has occurred because it was built.”
TOP RIGHT: The US Airways center is home to the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, who play 44 nights per year. Photograph courtesy of Phoenix Suns Archives BOTTOM RIGHT: Located in the heart of downtown Phoenix, US Airways Center plays host to more than 200 events a year. Photograph by Barry Gossage FACING PAGE: The Casino Arizona Pavilion encompasses more than 14,000 square feet and houses a 12-by-20-foot video screen. Photograph courtesy of Phoenix Suns Archives
Portland Place Portland Group LLC Crescent Resources DAVIS In the middle of a historic neighborhood, modernist Portland Place belongs.
The luxury condominium community, planned for 245 units in three phases, responds to the Roosevelt Historic District in downtown Phoenix not with faux historical details but by engaging the area with classic modernist gestures. Cantilevers and extended planes of glass, context-sensitive materials and colors such as reddish-brown masonry block and light-tan accents set Portland Place appropriately within context. Just as importantly, the award-winning community offers residents connectivity to its parkway streetscape, neighborhood parks, downtown sporting and entertainment venues as well as the Roosevelt Station of the light rail system. ABOVE: Portland Place residents enjoy unobstructed 360-degree views of the city and mountains framing the Valley of the Sun. Photograph by Marlon DeCastro, Arizona Exposed FACING PAGE: House seats atop the roof are the ideal setting to enjoy Phoenix’s spectacular sunsets and city lights. Photograph by Al Payne, A.F. Payne Photographic
Overlooking the tranquil Ro Ho En Japanese Friendship Garden and Margaret T. Hance Park in midtown
Scheduled for completion by 2012, the community features underground secured parking, rooftop pools,
Phoenix, the 3.5-acre community will comprise three towers as well as brownstone mid-rises transitioning
a resort pool and a fitness center. The units include expansive patios and open-view balconies, kitchens
the larger buildings from the boulevard-style streets. Known here as Portland Parkway, this is one of the
with granite and CesarStone countertops, designer bathrooms, walk-in closets, optional gas fireplaces
last such streets from the original Phoenix neighborhoods. “Unlike most other urban-living communities,
and state-of-the-art IT environments.
the views from Portland Place will always be unencumbered because of its park-like environment,” says developer Tim Sprague.
Portland Group and architect DAVIS worked closely with the historic neighborhood’s community group, the Roosevelt Action Association as well as the city’s Historic Preservation Office and Parks Department
The three towers will rise six, 10 and 12 stories above the garden and the park. Consistent with the modernist
to develop the design. It was considered essential for the new community to be contextually integrated
inspiration and the artistic spirit of the neighborhood, the models are named for art movements, such as
within the neighborhood, which entered the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 because of its
the 1,354-square-foot two-bedroom Dada and the 2,829-square-foot two-story Expressionist.
variously styled 1893–1930 homes.
In fact, as part of its development agreement, Portland Group moved the circa-1927 Sun Dee Apartments complex to its current Third Avenue and Portland location. This 3,500-square-foot two-story Sun Dee fourplex is now a totally renovated single-family home. Additionally, the company moved the original design of the second tower toward Portland Parkway because Ro Ho En’s Japanese architect wanted an open transition between it and the park.
“Portland Place is a rich visual play of form and shadow—creating a sophisticated residential character within the historic neighborhood,” explains lead designer Richard Drinkwater, whose frequent partnership with project architect Buck Yee has resulted in several landmark projects Valleywide. “A 21st-century lifestyle is reflected by expansive open-plan interior layouts enhanced with wraparound balconies and dramatic corner-glass walls,” he says. “The street-front townhouses create a rich urban residential edge with their articulated façades, balconies and patios.”
TOP RIGHT: The contemporary living room aesthetic of the Bauhaus model is replete with stunning eastern views featuring Camelback Mountain in the distance. Photograph by Marlon DeCastro, Arizona Exposed BOTTOM RIGHT: The sleek kitchen takes advantage of floor-to-ceiling windows and open-view balconies, ensuring that entertaining at Portland Place is truly a downtown experience. Photograph by Marlon DeCastro, Arizona Exposed FACING PAGE: Sophisticated modernism in a historic setting, Portland Place’s sixstory phase one tower and brownstones open to one of the few remaining “green boulevards” in Phoenix. Photograph by Al Payne, A.F. Payne Photographic
Tempe Center for the Arts Architekton Barton Myers Associates, Inc.
The Tempe Center for the Arts rises from a 25.5-acre former brownfield site—once the town landfill for the vibrant university city southeast of Phoenix.
The 90,000-square-foot performing arts center was designed by Architekton and Barton Myers Associates of Los Angeles, which jointly won the competition from a distinguished group of 18 national firms. Phoenix-based Kitchell CEM handled project management, and Okland Construction of Tempe, the general contracting.
FACING PAGE: An outdoor plaza is situated between the north-oriented lobby and the reflecting pool, which visually connects to Tempe Town Lake. Photograph by John Linden
Thrusting, asymmetrical and multifaceted, the $65.7 million facility includes an intimate 600-seat proscenium theater, finished in mahogany, copper, stainless steel, concrete and leather; a multiconfigurable 200-seat studio theater in plum wood, stainless steel and midnight blue hammerite paint; a 3,500-square-foot maple-floor gallery and adjacent 5,000-square-foot sculpture garden; a 3,400square-foot multipurpose community room, in copper, aluminum, mahogany, wool serge and stainless steel; and a 17-acre lakeside art park.
The community room’s north window wall reveals a negative-edge pool that appears to spill into the southwest end of Tempe Town Lake, formerly the desiccated Salt River bed. On the west wall, artist Ned Kahn’s illuminated wall of mirrors dramatically reflects the water, so precious in the desert.
Called “our little Sidney Opera House on Tempe Town Lake,” by the former mayor, Neil Giuliano, the facility is cladded in protective walls of copper, painted steel, galvanized steel, aluminum, glass, concrete and CMU. The structure is soundresistant concrete and steel.
Acoustic shelter challenged the design team: Two miles to the west is the middle runway at Sky Harbor International Airport—the nation’s eighth-busiest airport for arrivals and departures. A quarter-mile away, heavy rail train service crosses the lake. On the north side of the lake, freeway traffic to and from booming Phoenix roars past the building. And, when the Arizona State University football team scores at Sun Devil Stadium, fireworks explode atop adjacent A Mountain, just a half-mile from the site.
Designed as a civic gathering place and “heart and home of the arts” for the community and its locally based performing groups, the center is itself art and entertainment, performing differently to perspective, weather and, eventually, age from the patinaing copper. One observer sees in its ascending walls shifting sun patterns and shadows of the world-famous red rock formations at Sedona, 90 minutes north. Another connects the building’s aggressive planes with a conquistador’s helmet, recalling the Spanish conquerors who
ABOVE LEFT: Approaching from the adjacent 17-acre arts park, the multifaceted roof echoes nearby landforms. Photograph by John Linden ABOVE RIGHT: The dynamic lobby is composed of individual venues under a dramatic roof. Photograph by John Linden
rumbled through what is now Arizona nearly four centuries ago searching for golden cities.
FACING PAGE TOP: The intimate 600-seat theater is constructed of concrete and mahogany. Photograph by Michael T. Masengarb
Instead, the collaborating architects were inspired by the dramatic earth forms of Monument Valley in Arizona and nearby Pueblo
FACING PAGE BOTTOM: The center is a visual icon at the west end of Tempe Town Lake. Photograph by John Linden
Bonito at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico—one of the great Anasazi archeological sites. Based on the Great House plan, the rooms are, therefore, kivas, with the expansive lobby, overlooking the lake, as a central gathering place. The spaces between these are the village streets and plazas—corridors and lobbies—with neon and quiet street lights reaffirming the contemporary urban setting.
Hayden Ferry Lakeside SunCor DAVIS
Hayden Ferry Lakeside is where Tempe began—and where the thriving city flourishes today.
On the south bank of Tempe Town Lake, where Charles Trumbull Hayden established his ferry service in 1871, the 43-acre master-planned community will add more than 5 million square feet of mixed-use office, retail, hotel and residential buildings to the city southeast of Phoenix.
At build-out, Hayden Ferry Lakeside is projected to include more than 2.5 million square feet of class-A office space in eight office buildings ranging from two to 22 stories; five retail/restaurant and stand-alone restaurant buildings; eight luxury residential components, including six towers between 12 and 16 stories; two 12-story luxury high rise hotels with spa; extensive underground, structure and street-level parking; and waterfront and courtyard landscaping.
FACING PAGE: Hayden Ferry Lakeside’s pristine setting is remarkably picturesque. Photograph by Al Payne, A.F. Payne Photographic
From “bridge to bridge”—Mill Avenue to Rural Road—the project serves as both iconic waterfront architecture and a northern gateway to Tempe, home of one of the country’s largest academic institutions, Arizona State University. Hayden Ferry Lakeside fuses nautical design with an unmatched contemporary urban lifestyle, explains Randy Levin, vice president of commercial/urban development and design for SunCor Development Company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation. “It is our architecture that sets us apart from other condominium developments around town,” he says. SunCor develops and manages office, retail, golf and residential properties in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Utah.
“Hayden Ferry Lakeside capitalizes on its unique Tempe lakefront location by engaging a signature design character of nautical origins,” adds Richard Drinkwater, lead designer for DAVIS, the Tempe architecture firm and Hayden Ferry Lakeside tenant responsible for master planning the project and designing the office and retail components. Richard’s partnership with Buck Yee, project architect, has produced award-winning results at Hayden Ferry Lakeside. The site and its buildings carry designs and imagery evocative of boats at anchor, yachts, sails and harbor motifs. Avoiding angularity, shapes are sensuous, curvilinear and wavelike. Throughout, ribbon glass in sapphire-blue and brushed aluminum accents delivers focal-point presence—a contextual response to the lake, the Rio Salado and the importance of water in the desert.
TOP RIGHT: The 12-story Bridgeview luxury condominium was designed largely to resemble a cruise ship and includes lake views from each of its 100-plus units. Photograph by Ben Arnold BOTTOM RIGHT: Hayden Ferry Lakeside Tower II’s curvilinear forms are on full display at dusk. Photograph by Al Payne, A. F. Payne Photographic FACING PAGE: Celebrating the Fourth of July at Hayden Ferry Lakeside is truly a mélange of jaw-dropping vistas, cool waterfront breezes, lush landscaping and iconic structures. Photograph by Joanne West, J West Photography.com
Two of the residential towers, Edgewater and Bridgeview, resemble cruise ships in port with their prow-like motifs. They were designed by IBI/HB Architects of Vancouver, B.C., and Seattle-based Callison—both of which have maritime design experience. The eight-story Edgewater comprises 40 condo units and two penthouses ranging from 1,200 to 3,100 square feet. Bridgeview is 12 stories, with 104 one-, two- and three-bedroom condos and six penthouses, from 1,200 square feet to 4,900 square feet. Each home includes at least one private balcony or courtyard, and every unit has a lake view. Amenities includes fitness and conference rooms, a demonstration kitchen and business center, a billiards room, sauna and steam rooms, a pool and hot tub, a putting green and water fountain patios.
In addition to their aesthetic appeal, the buildings have a boat-shaped design that causes freeway and airplane noise to ricochet rather than bounce between buildings. The towers’ radius design maximizes views of the lake and metropolitan Phoenix to the west. In addition, its post-tension concrete construction, with 7 ½-inch floors, also insulate against noise. Located in the geographic center of Maricopa County, Tempe Town Lake is just two miles from Sky Harbor International Airport, the country’s sixth-busiest; the Loop 202, on the north side of the lake, counts 220,000 cars daily; and a light rail line crosses the lake a half-mile away.
TOP LEFT: Bridgeview’s club room, like much of Hayden Ferry Lakeside, carries an aquatic motif, evidenced in the blue, wave-like décor along the wall. Photograph by Al Payne, A. F. Payne Photographic BOTTOM LEFT: The library is one of many engaging amenities at Bridgeview. Photograph by Al Payne, A. F. Payne Photographic FACING PAGE: The Tempe sunrise is a captivating daily phenomenon at Hayden Ferry Lakeside. Photograph by Al Payne, A. F. Payne Photographic
The lobbies of the office towers reinforce maritime themes with adventurous underwater designs incorporating backlit, blue four-foot by eight-foot art glass walls, a ceiling resembling the underside of a ship and granite finishes. The result is calming and welcoming, making guests and tenants feel as though they are walking through an aquarium along the 150 feet from the entries to the elevator cores. Some employees, in fact, meet clients in evocative sitting areas here to get work done—so restorative is the environment.
Residents, employees and visitors enjoy proximity to the lake and the adjacent Tempe Beach Park and Town Lake Marina, the many shopping and dining amenities of the Mill Avenue District and the educational and entertainment resources of Arizona State University. Designed for pedestrian use, Hayden Ferry Lakeside accesses the city’s lake promenade and bike path. Hardscaping also reaffirms the nautical themes: A blue-paver swatch winds through the community—re-enacting the river.
Public art throughout reinforces historical themes. David Brandt’s The Crossing sits between the lake promenade and two of the original towers. An abstract interpretation of the spirit of the original Hayden’s Ferry, the fountain is a multiphase river metaphor, with vignettes including a stream gliding over river rocks into a basin; a bow slicing turbulent waters; a ship coming ashore through crests; and a celebration of a successful voyage. In another historical allusion, wisps of steam presage a thriving industrial era as rails are laid for the Southern Pacific—almost a century and a quarter before Hayden Ferry Lakeside arrived.
RIGHT: Curvilinear glass in sapphire blue reflects the lake’s proximity and emphasizes the vitality of water in the desert. Photograph by Al Payne, A. F. Payne Photographic FACING PAGE: Tower II’s lobby is awash with cool blues and sleek materials, which are contrasted by the very textural stone wall. Photograph by Al Payne, A. F. Payne Photographic
Salt River Project Canal System/Waterworks Arizona Falls
In the Salt River Valley, water has unlocked the potential of the desert.
A millennium ago, the indigenous Hohokam Indians dug a network of canals, distributing water to crops that otherwise would starve from lack of rain. Later settlers in the mid-1800s reinvigorated these canals but needed means to reliably store and distribute the water. Recognizing the potential for the Valley’s fertile soils, forward-thinking landowners united to form the Salt River Project, which would soon add power production to water storage and delivery.
ABOVE: Arizona Falls on the Arizona Canal provides hydroelectric and solar power in addition to serving as a local landmark. Photograph by Kevin Coons FACING PAGE: Located 80 miles east of metropolitan Phoenix, the Theodore Roosevelt Dam is a marvel of engineering, performing vital water storage and flood control functions on the Salt River. Photograph by Kevin Coons
The Federal Reclamation Act of 1902 enabled these farmers and landowners to pledge their combined landholdings against a loan from the federal government that financed the construction of a dam about 80 miles east of Phoenix on the untamed Salt River.
Named for the visionary president credited with passage of the act, the Theodore Roosevelt Dam began impounding millions of gallons of water in 1911. Within a few years, water delivery in the Valley became reliable, ensuring early agricultural success and, later, exponential growth.
Today’s canal system in many ways reaffirms the principles pioneered by the Hohokam. Some of the modern canals even lie in or very near ancient canal beds left by these people. The 133-mile canal system has been developed for more than 130 years, with each canal having a unique history and service area. SRP crews have lined the original dirt canals with concrete, ensuring greater reliability and environmentally responsible natural resource preservation.
ABOVE LEFT: The Scottsdale Waterfront serves as an example of a multiuse canal, integrating the canal system into a vibrant cultural center. Photograph by James Eastwood ABOVE RIGHT: A modern SRP canal delivers water to agricultural lands, city watertreatment plants and urban irrigators. Photograph by Chet Snellback FACING PAGE TOP: A delivery ditch, or lateral, serves agricultural acreage in this period photograph from 1909. Photograph by Walter Lubken FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Theodore Roosevelt attends the dedication of Theodore Roosevelt Dam in 1911. Photograph by Walter Lubken
While always prioritizing the need for uninterrupted water delivery, SRP works with cities and developers to integrate portions of the canals into recreation and commercial development projects. A recent example is the Scottsdale Waterfront, which revitalized a mile-long segment of the Arizona Canal into an urban hub.
The canals also supply renewable energy. Arizona Falls, east of 56th Street along Indian School Road on the Arizona Canal, integrates a hydroelectric power-generation project with canal-bank beautification and public art. A collaboration between the city of Phoenix and SRP, the multiuse facility serves educational as well as recreational purposes.
Arizona Falls symbolizes both the evolution of the canal system beyond the original vision and the evolution of SRP into more than a water provider. Today’s SRP delivers power to nearly a million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area through a diverse portfolio including renewable energy sources such as Arizona Falls, solar, geothermal, large hydroelectric, biomass and other developing technologies.
The future of renewable energies is especially promising. In 1997, for instance, SRP contracted to purchase landfill gas that emanates from the decomposition of organic solids. In 2001, the Tri-Cities Landfill Generating Facility began commercial operation, producing four megawatts of clean energy.
In 2004, SRP incorporated biomass energy—derived primarily from plants and plant waste—into its portfolio.
The future of SRP will be marked by the increasing use of renewable forms of power generation to provide
SRP agreed to purchase up to 20 MW for 20 years from a wood-fired biomass plant in northeastern
electricity to a growing metropolitan area while fully embracing its historical and contemporary role as a
Arizona. In support of Arizona’s Healthy Forests Initiative, the operators of the biomass plant must use forest
public utility built on the principles of environmental stewardship.
thinnings for at least 80 percent of the fuel for energy to be purchased by SRP. This provides for healthier forests and a renewable, greener energy source.
And, of course, in Arizona, solar power finds a natural home. SRP has many solar programs and partnerships, but none is more representative of the multipurpose adaptability of the technology than SRP’s partnership with the city of Mesa. SRP installed a two-kilowatt photovoltaic system on covered parking at Mesa’s Red Mountain Branch Public Library. The project provides 34 covered parking spaces for the library, while the city and SRP are gaining experience with photovoltaic systems in a covered-parking application.
ABOVE LEFT: At the Hassayampa Switchyard, electricity is routed from remote generating stations to where it is needed in SRP’s service territory. Photograph by Kevin Coons ABOVE RIGHT: Pumps transfer water from deep inside an underground aquifer into a surface canal. Photograph by Kevin Coons FACING PAGE TOP & BOTTOM: As originally completed in 1911, the hand-cut masonry construction of Theodore Roosevelt Dam gave way to modernization in 1996, when the dam was heightened 77 feet. This process both strengthened the dam and enabled it to store more water for Valley cities. Top photograph courtesy of Salt River Project Bottom photograph by Kevin Coons
Optima Camelview Village David Hovey & Associates Architect, Inc.
Even before it was commended by the city of Scottsdale, Optima Camelview Village had high approval.
When the city’s design review committee accepted public comment on architect David Hovey’s multiuse community, another distinguished Arizona architect, Will Bruder, predicted that the 14.4-acre eco-friendly project would provide downtown Scottsdale with vibrant modernist-inspired architecture: a benchmark aesthetic for multifamily development.
On the northwest corner of Scottsdale Road and Highland Avenue, the luxury project comprises 11 bridge-linked seven-story and six-story buildings; 700 one-, two- and three-bedroom homes from 780 to 3,400 square feet; a series of oasis courtyards, private terraces and rooftop gardens; approximately
FACING PAGE: Optima Camelview Village was voted by the AIA as one of Arizona’s greatest architectural achievements. Photograph by Bill Timmerman
33,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space; a 24,000-square-foot private fitness center with racquetball and basketball courts; an indoor lap pool and spas; and private underground parking.
David’s Phoenix-based Optima construction/development company began the project in 2005. Through three decades of developing communities and building luxury homes in Chicago and Arizona, David has managed the development, design and construction process, ensuring complete quality control. Despite encompassing more than 1.6 million gross square feet, the community is quintessential Optima: human-scaled, light-suffused, transparent, free flowing and ecologically responsible, emphasizing views, outdoor living and interconnection with the urban environment. The spirit is horizontal, with asymmetries such as the connecting bridges. Terracing creates horizontal roof and floor lines that connect the buildings with the mountains beyond.
Buildings shelter the residents and shade each other against the summer desert sun. The language of Camelview is a rich vocabulary of shades and shadows, David notes. Setbacks, trellises, terraces and balconies provide sun shelter, and numerous openings between the buildings increase ventilation and views as well as reduce overall massing.
Each home contains a vine-draped terrace that extends each unit’s livable area—embracing the desert beyond and the city just outside. These spaces are as much as 75 percent xeriscaped with trees, flowers and herbs. A typical family terrace may display Mediterranean fan palm Sago palm, bougainvillea, yellow trumpetbush, lantana, rosemary, jasmine, desert museum palo verde and mesquite. Wedelia—yellow dots—trails over the walls, softening and adding color to the structure.
Throughout, David ensures that Camelview Village integrates into the urban character and lifestyle, equally creating a public environment and a high-tier private living community. Other than into the underground parking, no vehicles enter the community; pedestrian activity is encouraged.
Besides reducing vehicular activity, David’s design also combats suburban sprawl by its proximity to major amenities such as the restaurants, stores and entertainment venues of Old Town and the 2.2-million-square-foot Scottsdale Fashion Square, the largest mall in the Southwest.
The luminous condominiums feature spacious kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms and great rooms flowing one to another. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer extensive natural lighting and maximize views of the mountains; high-performance tinted and insulated glass and exterior sunshades protect against the desert sun. The façade is glass with desert-tone sandstone panels that seem to float on the structure.
Ecologically conscious, Camelview is a candidate for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. For instance, in the construction phase, local materials were used, reducing transportation costs, and environmentally conscious materials— such as recycled steel for the structure—were used throughout. Moreover, the buildings maximize water efficiency through computer-controlled systems for landscaping, irrigation and fertilization as well as resource-efficient appliances.
RIGHT: Optima Camelview Village’s compelling façade has private, shaded garden terraces. Photograph by Christiaan Blok FACING PAGE: Optima Camelview Village has a park-like inner courtyard. Photograph by Bill Timmerman
ABOVE: The elegant centerpiece of Optima Camelview Village is the grand courtyard. Photograph by Christiaan Blok
ABOVE: Condominium homes feature elegant interior spaces with seamless flow to exterior garden terraces. Photograph by Bill Timmerman
The community also ensures indoor environmental quality through low-emitting materials, systems
a pool, spa, fitness and business centers and a party room. Ancillary public courtyards sit between
controllability, daylighting and views. In addition, rooftop photovoltaic panels provide some of the
buildings, offering lush colorful havens steps away from the city’s main arterial.
electricity for common areas. Finally, as Camelview architecture is art, artwork intensifies the architectural experience. Personally Most significantly, the 23 acres of landscaping on all levels almost doubles the entire project’s footprint.
endorsing Optima’s commitment to Scottsdale for a several-hundred-thousand-dollar public art
This lowers the community’s average ambient temperature approximately eight degrees, reducing
component, David has created three sculptures; these are permanently displayed on site.
the urban heat island effect, David says. The landscaping naturally transitions from arid materials on the sun-exposed rooftops—trailing indigo bush dalea and cat-claw vine—to the lush, riparian-like oasis of the recessed pool courtyard, with its rich plantings such as lantana, ruelia, jasmine, banks rose and Texas ebony.
ABOVE: Optima Camelview Village’s front entry court is engaging. Photograph by Bill Timmerman FACING PAGE LEFT: The contoured private green rook terraces are a delight to residents at Optima Camelview Village. Photograph by Bill Timmerman
This street-level courtyard, with a series of water features and reflecting ponds, is central to the community, offering escape for residents and the public as well as entry to its retail stores. Here, too, residents access
FACING PAGE RIGHT: This extraordinary sculpture, Windsong, was created by David C. Hovey. Photograph by Christiaan Blok
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Architekton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 John F. Kane, FAIA Joseph M. Salvatore, AIA Douglas R. Brown, AIA Gregory B. Lambright, RA 464 South Farmer Avenue, Suite 101 Tempe, AZ 85281 480.894.4637 www.architekton.com
Arizona Cardinals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 William V. Bidwill Michael J. Bidwill 8701 South Hardy Drive Tempe, AZ 85284 602.379.0101 www.azcardinals.com
Arizona Diamondbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Ken Kendrick Jeff Moorad Derrick Hall 401 East Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85004 602.462.6500 www.dbacks.com
ASU Gammage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Michael Porto PO Box 870105 Tempe, AZ 85287 480.965.5062 www.asugammage.com
Barton Myers Associates, Inc. . . . . . 126 Barton Myers, FAIA Peter Rutti, AIA 1025 Westwood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024 310.208.2227 www.bartonmyers.com
Butte Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 224 1.800.436.8982 www.LandmarkLifestyle.com 1.877.GO EASY STREET (463.9787) www.EasyStreetCarefree.com
Callison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 John C. Gish, AIA Peter Krech, LEED AP Cynthia Faw, AIA, LEED AP Glen Peterson, AIA 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400 Seattle, WA 98101 206.623.4646 www.callison.com
Canal System/ Waterworks Arizona Falls . . . . . . . . .170 John M. Williams Jr. David Rousseau Richard H. Silverman PO Box 52025 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2025 602.236.5900 www.srpnet.com
City of Goodyear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Jim Cavanaugh, Georgia Lord Brett D. Burningham, AICP 190 North Litchfield Road Goodyear, AZ 85338 623.882.7820 www.goodyearaz.com
City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture . . . . . . . . 122 Phil Jones Ed Lebow 200 West Washington Street, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 602.495.0186 www.phoenix.gov/arts
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Sara Hensley, CPRP James P. Burke 200 West Washington Street, 16th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 602.262.6711 www.phoenix.gov/parks
City of Tempe Cultural Services Division . . . . . . . . 122 Adrienne Richwine Elizabeth Lagman 3340 South Rural Road Tempe, AZ 85282 480.350.5287 www.tempe.gov/arts
Crescent Resources LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Tom Jacobson Portland Place Condominiums 212 West Portland Street, Suite 170 Phoenix, AZ 85003 602.253.3100
David Hovey & Associates Architect, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 194 David C. Hovey, FAIA 7177 East Rancho Vista Drive Scottsdale, AZ 85251 480.425.7177 www.optimaweb.com
DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 136 Michael R. Davis, AIA Lisa Davis 60 East Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 200 Tempe, AZ 85281 480.638.1100 www.thedavisexperience.com
Douglas Fredrikson Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 78, 82 Douglas W. Fredrikson, AIA 727 East Bethany Home Road, Suite D-123 Phoenix, AZ 85014 602.277.1625 www.dfarchitects.com
DWL Architects + Planners, Inc. . . . . 110 Steve Rao, AIA Jeremy Jones, AIA 2333 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 602.264.9731 www.dwlarchitects.com
D.L. Withers Construction . . . . . . . . 144 Dan Withers Dan Fontana Kevin Wolfram Larry Asmus Ken Bradley 3220 East Harbour Drive Phoenix, AZ 85034 602.438.9500 www.dlwithers.com
EDAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 100 Jay Hicks, ASLA Steven Kellenberg 455 North 3rd Street, Suite 272 Phoenix, AZ 85004 602.393.3791 www.EDAW.com
Formwerks Studios, site specific architecture® . . . . . . . . 232 Lou Werner III, AIA, NCARB Jason Walsh 5070 North 40th Street, Suite 240 Phoenix, AZ 85018 602.468.0103 www.formwerksstudios.com
Grace Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Donald J. Zeleznak Ryan Zeleznak Jonathon Vento 9500 East Ironwood Square Drive, Suite 201 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 480.767.3162 www.gracecommunities.net
Grant Designs, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Robin L. Grant 3370 North Hayden Road, Suite 123 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 602.620.8088
Hansji Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 8105 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 500 Irvine, CA 92618 949.748.3620 www.hansjiurban.com
Lake|Flato Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Ted Flato, FAIA Andrew Herdeg, AIA 311 Third Street San Antonio, TX 78205 210.227.3335 www.lakeflato.com
LEA – Architects, LLC . . . . 118, 144, 188 Lawrence Enyart, FAIA, LEED AP Randy Jones, R.A. Lance Enyart, AIA 1730 East Northern Avenue, Suite 110 Phoenix, AZ 85020 602.943.7511 www.lea-architects.com
M&G General Contracting Inc. . . . . . . 32 David Moore Bryan Grotjohn Dave Kendall 20819 North Cave Creek Road, Suite 103 Phoenix, AZ 85024 480.699.3172 www.mandggeneralcontracting.com
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department . . . . . . . 100 R.J. Cardin 234 North Central Avenue, Suite 6400 Phoenix, AZ 85004 602.506.2930 www.maricopa.gov/parks
METRO light rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 101 North First Avenue, Suite 1300 Phoenix, AZ 85003 602.254.7245 www.MetroLightRail.org
Perkins+Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Ralph Johnson, FAIA, LEED AP Bryan Schabel, AIA, LEED AP Cengiz Yetken, AIA John Becker, LEED AP Michael Smith, AIA, LEED AP Lewis Wood 330 North Wabash, Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 312.755.0770 www.perkinswill.com
Phoenix Convention Center . . . . . . . 114 Jay Green, CFE Kevin Hill Bob Allen Kevin Mattingly Kathy Schultheiss, CHSE, CMP Kathy Wenger, CPM 100 North Third Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 602.252.6225 www.phoenixconventioncenter.com
The Phoenix Suns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Robert Sarver Steve Kerr Rick Welts Ralph Marchetta Alvan Adams 201 East Jefferson Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 602.379.2049 www.nba.com/suns
Portland Group LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Tim Sprague John Hill Feliciano Vera 5141 North 40th Street, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85018 602.604.9363 www.portlandplacecondos.com
Pyramid Developers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Mark Stapp Harold Christ 2375 Camelback Road, Fifth Floor Phoenix, AZ 85016 602.368.8555 www.pyramidcommunitydevelopers.com
R.J. Bacon Design . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 180 Bob Bacon 5025 North Central Avenue, Suite 638 Phoenix, AZ 85012 602.997.8070 www.thebaconcollections.com
RED Development, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 202 Mike Ebert Jeff Moloznik Keith Earnest 6263 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 330 Scottsdale, AZ 85250 480.947.7772 www.reddevelopment.com
Roszak/ADC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Thomas Roszak, AIA 1415 Sherman Avenue, Suite 101 Evanston, IL 60201 847.425.7555 www.roszakadc.com
Salt River Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 John M. Williams Jr. David Rousseau Richard H. Silverman PO Box 52025 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2025 602.236.5900 www.srpnet.com
SunCor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Steve Betts Randy Levin 80 East Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 410 Tempe, AZ 85281 480.317.6800 www.suncorAZ.com
Swaback Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 John E. Sather, AIA, AICP 7550 East McDonald Drive, Suite A Scottsdale, AZ 85250 480.367.2100 www.swabackpartners.com
Westcor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 11411 North Tatum Boulevard Phoenix, AZ 85028 602.953.6200 www.westcor.com
Woodbine Southwest Corporation . . 68 Daniel “Buzz” Gosnell 15205 North Kierland Boulevard, Suite 200 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 480.951.1100 www.woodbinedevelopment.com
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