Courtesy of CO Architects & Ayers Saint Gross

CO Architects, specialists in architecture for education and healthcare, along with the office of Ayers Saint Gross, associate and master plan architect, shared with us their award-winning design that exemplifies new, interdisciplinary teaching and research.

The physical manifestation of a new, interdisciplinary approach to health sciences education and research is rising from the flat pans of downtown Phoenix, AZ in the form of an architecturally expressive, world-class, sustainable educational facility. Currently under construction, the project recently won a 2010 NEXT LA Citation Award given to “on-the-boards” projects by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). More images and project description after the break. read more »

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As an interruption of Phoenix’s Jeffersonian grid and “downtown” of glass box and faux adobe, the new federal building is a gravitational point of interest and anchor for the sprawling city of Phoenix. The 500,000 square-foot building with six stories and underground parking is sited on two central city blocks between the governmental and business districts.

More on the United States Courthouse in Pheonix, Arizona by Richard Meier & Partners Architects after the break. read more »

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The design for the ASU Polytechnic Campus transformed a decommissioned airbase into an inviting pedestrian campus that celebrates the desert landscape and created a new identity for the program. Fourteen acres of asphalt and concrete were removed to transform the site into a desert landscaped mall. Storm water is slowed, captured in detention basins throughout the mall, and used to nourish the landscape. The strategy minimized the load on the existing detention basin and established an indigenous landscape as the heart of the new campus.

Architects: Lake|Flato Architects and RSP Architects
Location: Mesa, Arizona, USA
Project Team: Ted Flato, FAIA, Andrew Herdeg, AIA, Chris Krajcer, Matt Wallace (Lake|Flato Architects), Joe Tyndall, Beau Dromiack, John Williams, Chris Doran, John Grosskopf (RSP Architects)
General Contractor: DPR
Landscape Architect: Ten Eyck
MEP Engineer: Energy Systems Design
Structural Engineer: Paragon
LEED Consultant: Green Ideas
Civil Engineer: Wood Patel & Associates
Acoustics: McKay Conant Brook
AV: Jeremiah & Associates
Cost Estimating: Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey
Fire & Life Safety: Rolf Jensen & Associates
Geotechnical: Speedie & Associates
Lab Consultant: RFD
ADA Consultant: Robert Lynch
Client: Arizona State University
Photographs: Bill Timmerman

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Architects: Marlene Imirzian & Associates Llc, Architects
Location: Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix Arizona, USA
Construction Manager at Risk: Barton Malow
Lab Consultant: Design for Science
Structural: Paragon Structural Design
MEP: ESD – Energy Systems Design
Landscape: The Moore/Swick Partnership
Civil: Kland Huval Engineers
Audio Visual: Convergent Technologies
Cost: Rider Levett Bucknall
Client: Maricopa Community College District
Project area: 35,400 sq. ft.
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Bill Timmerman, Timmerman Photography Inc

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The ISTB3 (Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building III) is an example of melding together various and diverse departments as one collective unit. Program components include:  Applied Biological Sciences and AZ Bio Institute, Applied Cognitive Sciences Center, and the Healthy Lifestyles Center.

Jones Studio designed interior courtyards and exterior gardens to provide an escape from the harsh summer sun and visual relief from the intense research inside the building, all the while, the building is flooded with natural daylight. Shared break room and other common building functions provide opportunities for informal gatherings amongst the different researchers in the building. The offices are purposely placed across the building from the lab areas to further promote impromptu chats.  This project received the USGBC LEED Gold certification.

More photographs and drawings following the break.

Architects: Jones Studio
Location/Address: ASU Polytechnic, Mesa, Arizona, USA
JSI Team: Eddie Jones, Lead Designer, Neal Jones, Principal-In-Charge, Jacob Benyi, Project Manager, Aaron Forbes, Job Captain, Rob Viergutz, Job Captain
Contractor/CMAR: Hardison/ Downey Construction
Lab Consultant: RFD
Structural: rudow + berry, Inc.
M&P: Kunka Engineering, Inc.
Electrical: Woodward Engineering
Landscape: Chris Winters & Associates
Specifications: Litter Associates
Green Design: Green Ideas
Cost: CCMC
Client: Arizona State University
Project Area: 34,894 sqf
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Robert Reck

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Jones Studio was selected in 2004 to design a new space for the special Desiderata Alternative Program. This 125 student school is dedicated to helping teens with emotional disorders attain a high school education as well as learn basic life skills. Moving the school from a 1920’s historic building, “Desi” would be relocated into an industrial building. The 30,000 sqf program entailed a complete build-out after gutting the entire interior. A wide variety of program elements from administrative offices, classrooms, food preparation, therapy areas, and fitness rooms are arranged for optimal function within the existing shell.

The architects chose to add exterior planted courtyards within the existing building’s walls in order to create outdoor classrooms and bring in natural light. Eight-foot square skylights take advantage of the industrial building’s high, wood roof structure to distribute natural light to multiple classroom clerestories. Colored glazing and a variety of paint colors de-institutionalize the building and create a rich, varied learning environment for the children.

Architects: Jones Studio Inc.
Location/Address: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Principal-In-Charge: Neal Jones
Lead Designer: Eddie Jones
Project Manager: Rob Viergutz
Job Captain: Aaron Forbes
Contractor/CMAR: Sun Eagle Corporation
Landscape Architect: Chris Winters
Cost Consultant: Adriana Crnjac
Civil Engineering: George Evans
M&P Engineering: Peter Kunka
Specifications: Norm Littler
Structural Engineering: Mark Rudow
Electrical Engineering: Doug Woodward
Client: Phoenix Union High School District
Project Area: 30,000 sqf
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Bill Timmerman

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The Architecture Building Expansion is a reflection of the school’s curriculum and a working laboratory for sustainable practices. The south side of the site is occupied by a water conservation demonstration garden showcasing five different Arizona ecosystems, where students and the public can learn about water efficient irrigation and native plants. Water captured from the roof deck and condensate from the HVAC system filters into a 12,000 gallon holding tank used for the garden’s irrigation system, resulting in an 87% reduction in the use of potable water for the garden.

The architectural vocabulary of the building is based on exposed building systems. The use of exposed mechanical, structural and architectural systems becomes a teaching tool for the students who occupy this building. The use of glass, steel and concrete, as well as exposed utility systems, minimizes the quantity of materials, and the need for multiple layers of finishes resulting in a building assembly of naturally low VOC emitting materials.

Architects: Jones Studio
Location: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
JSI Team: Eddie Jones, Neal Jones, Brian Farling, Maria Salenger
Contractor/CMAR: Bill Lloyd
Landscape Architecture: Ten Eyck Landscape Architecture
Civil Engineering: Evans Kuhn & Associates
Electrical Engineering: Woodward Engineering
Structural Engineering: rudow + berry
Mechanical Engineering: Kunka Engineering
Specifications: Litter & Associates
Acoustics: Mckay Conant Hoover
Cost: C.C.M.C.
Client: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of University of Arizona College of Architecture + Landscape Architecture
Project Area: 33,645 sqf (new), 37,190 sqf (remodel)
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Robert Reck, Bill Timmerman

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The Thurston Wine House Addition carefully displays a respect for its context through its materiality and its tectonic language while expressing its unconventional program through its formal elements. Embedded into the topography of the site, the project takes advantage of its section by using the slope to decrease the visual impact of structure, allowing access to the northeast valley and McDowell Mountain views beyond. The Wine House also benefits from the thermal storage capacity of the earth itself, greatly reducing the demand of the mechanical systems throughout the year.

Photographs of Jones Studio’s Thurston Wine House Addition following the break.

Architects: Jones Studio Inc
Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA
Designer: Eddie Jones
Contractor/CMAR: GM Hunt Builders
Masonry: Randy Gregory Masonry, Inc.
Structural Engineering: Jack Trummer, PE
Mechanical Engineering: Roy Otterbine
Client: Ray and Amy Thurston
Project Area: 883 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Ed Taube

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Designed by Gould Evans in association with Wendell Burnette Architects, the Palo Verde Library and Maryvale Community Center is a multi-use facility that includes a large public library collection area, a 150-seat auditorium for recital, drama and public lectures, and a community center that includes a park, pool, basketball courts, running track, and gym.  The design intention was to discover a way to maintain the existing recreational park all the while providing a building that energized the surrounding community.    The Palo Verde Library and Maryvale Community Center has received numerous awards including a 2009 Honor Award, AIA/ALA National, 2007 National Honor Award, and a 2006 Merit Award, AIA Western Mountain Region.

More photographs and drawings following the break.

Architects: Gould Evans
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Associate Architect: Wendell Burnette Architects
General Contractor: Smith Construction Management
Structural Engineer: Rudow + Berry
Mechanical Engineer: Kunka Engineering
Civil Engineer: WRG Design
Electrical Engineer: Associated Engineering
Landscape Architect: Ten Eyck Landscape Architects
Signage Design: Thinking Caps
Lighting Design: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Acoustics: Wardin Cockriel Associates
Historian: Nancy Dallett, Projects in the Public Interest
Client: City of Phoenix
Project Area: 43,000 sqf
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Bill Timmerman

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Architects: Sasaki
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Cost: $22.7 million
Project area: 54,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Timmerman Photography Inc.

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Architects: StudioROEDER
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Project Architects: Scott Roeder and Betsy Lynch
Structural Engineer: Stuktur Studio – David P. Luneng
Project area: 1,200 sq. ft.
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: Matt Winquist, StudioROEDER

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Courtesy of Simon De Aguero

Brittlebush was developed as a design-build experience for Simón De Agüero, graduate student, designer, and project manager. The design is an experimental desert dwelling for winter residents at Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Simón envisioned the design to be an open-air living space with protective roof and walls for the sleeping area.

Approximately 90% of the steel in the project was salvaged from the school scrap yard; 100% of the rammed earth for the walls was from the school property; 100% of the wood used for the formwork was salvaged from onsite renovation waste.

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Architect: Simon De Aguero
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Assistant Project Manager: Erik Krautbauer
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Simon de Aguero & Saskia Jorda

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Architects: Chen + Suchart Studio LLC
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Project Architects: Szu-Ping Patricia Chen Suchart and Thamarit Suchart
Structural Engineering: AED Structural Engineers, Inc. – Christopher J. Sosnowski, P.E.
Construction Company: Creative Concrete and Masonry, LLC
Project Area: 361.40 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Bill Timmerman

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Architects: Ibarra Rosano Design Architects
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Principals-in-charge: Luis Ibarra, Teresa Rosano
Structural Engineer: Caruso Turley Scott
Developer: Dreamspace, LLC.
Contractor: Repp Design + Construction, Inc.
Cost of Construction: approx. $130/sf
Phase 1-2: 2,297 sf (each of four houses)
Phase 3: 2360 sf + 438 sf studio (each of two houses)
Project completion: 2009
Photographs: Bill Timmerman

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Architects: Chen + Suchart Studio, LLC / Szu-Ping Patricia Chen Suchart and Thamarit Suchart
Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA
Construction Company: AED Structural Engineers, Inc., Christopher J. Sosnowski, P.E.
Construction Area: 3,427 sf or 318.40 sqm
Project Year: 2004-2006
Photography: Bill Timmerman, Chen + Suchart Studio, LLC

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Architect: DLR Group
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Owner: Phoenix Union High School District #210
Engineer: DLR Group
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Project Year: 2007
Area: 345,000 SF; 51 Acres
Photographs: Mark Boisclair

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Jesus Robles, Dale Rush and Cade Hayes from DUST design build have designed a mountain retreat for a small family of three in Arizona.  The home attempts to preserve as much of the land as possible as a way to hold on to the “history and mysteries of the Sonoran Desert.”  Users must walk through a dense forest of saguaros, ocotillo and Paloverde trees before seeing the house unfold in the landscape and ultimately arriving at the sculptural entry stairs.

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