This week our Architecture City Guide is headed to Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter retreat. Taliesin West first made the “Valley of the Sun” an architectural destination by itself, but now Phoenix overflows with world-class architecture. We have provided a list of twelve, but there are plenty more that could be added. We want to hear from you, so take a minute to add your favorite can’t miss buildings in Phoenix in the comment section below.
The Architecture City Guide: Phoenix list and corresponding map after the break!
- Palo Verde Library and Maryvale Community Center / Gould Evans and Wendell Burnette Architects
- Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication / Ehrlich Architects
- Life Science Building at Paradise Valley Community College / Mariene Imirzian & Associates
- Taliesin West / Frank Lloyd Wright
- University of Phoenix Stadium / Peter Eisenman
- Phoenix Convention Center / Populous
- Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium / Frank Lloyd Wright
- Phoenix Art Museum / Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects
- Optima Camelview Village / David Hovey and Optima
- Arabian Library / Richard + Bauer Architect
- ASU Biodesign Institute / Gould Evans
- ASU Nelson Fine Art Center / Antoine Predock
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there is the burton barr library
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CCMFLroz0A&feature=related
This list could be a lot longer. There is a good amount of great architecture here in Phoenix.
Personally, having been to Imirzian’s building, I don’t think it belongs in this list. It is a really awkward building, and looks a lot better in the pictures. There are much greater pieces of architecture, even within other ASU professors. The churches by deBartolo architects for example, or Buron Barr central library.
Also the work of Al Beatle is spectacular. I recommend the boardwalk and three fountains. It is by far some of the greatest modernist architecture in the western US.
The Cesar Chavez Branch Library by Line and Space Architects is another noteworthy building in the City of Phoenix Library’s collection. Not only a LEED project, but one of the AIA Committee on the Environment’s Top Ten Green Projects. http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=1060
Located at 35th Ave and Baseline in the Laveen area
I think there could be a whole series on the buildings of the Arizona universities and community colleges alone. They have so many intresting and unique buildings from some top notch firms.