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Studio 1334 / debartolo architects

Valeria Silva — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000

After renting space for over twenty years, the owner-architect couple purchased an 80-year-old warehouse on one of the grittiest streets east of downtown Phoenix with the intent to transform the raw building into their architectural studio. With a varied history as a mechanic shop, body shop, and storage facility, the largely brick structure was most admired for its simple form – a 50’ x 100’ rectangle. With a clear height of 12’, the open interior plan was the perfect container for a creative workshop and design laboratory.

Desert Courtyard House / Wendell Burnette Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The site is a peninsula of granite outcroppings and towering Saguaro cacti surrounded on all sides by deep perennial desert washes except for a single spit of land affording access from an Ocotillo studded ridge above. The building site, further down a long private drive, levels out toward the west into an edge condition dominated by an expansive vista - layers and layers of distant mountain ranges - that in the evening seem to epitomize the drama of the Arizona Sunset. Due to the elevation of the site beneath the community’s gaze and the entry gate at the road it became important to us - to recede the house as a deep shadow - into the depth and complexity of the desert floor below.

Fervor Creative / debartolo architects

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Transforming their workplace, Fervor Creative has initiated a new model of workplace performance - one that favors flexibility, daylight and openness. The Scottsdale, Arizona creative advertising firm engaged debartolo architects to rethink and reimagine their work space and design a new environment on the footprint of their existing building. Collaborating with The Construction Zone, a Phoenix based team of builders with an architectural education, debartolo led the effort in conceptualizing a two-level, light-filled box that brings together all of the creative office needs within a language of simplicity and restraint.

Dialogue House / Wendell Burnette Architects

Karissa Rosenfield — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Two volumes of light - one warm and one cool - one projected to the expansive horizon and one toward the canopy of the desert sky. Inspired by John Van Dyke's ruminations on the phenomena of desert light, specifically "colored air" and "reflected light" in his 1901 book titled The Desert - Further Studies in Natural Appearances, the 2200 square foot Dialogue House is a gestalt instrument for touching the full range and specificity of this light, this "place"- day and night, season to season and year to year.

The Gateway to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve / Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio

Christopher Henry — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The design of the Gateway has been developed in an effort to minimize impact on the native Sonoran Desert environment while celebrating a sense of entry and passage into the 36,400 acre McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Preservation of native desert habitat is one of the most important environmental issues with continued growth and expansion of the Phoenix Metro area. Preserving nearby open space, and providing easy access and connectivity were guiding principles in the design and development of the Gateway to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. From the Gateway, hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrians can access a network of over 45 miles of trails within the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The Gateway is the location individuals regardless of their physical condition or hiking capability can go to explore and experience the magic of the Sonoran Desert.

The Duke / Circle West Architects

Christopher Henry — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This is an urban desert, multi-family residential environment designed by Circle West Architects. The Duke represents a forward thinking approach to urban life. Located near Downtown Scottsdale, Arizona, the site is set between a series of randomly built structures. Industrial properties lie to the east and south while residential is located to the west and north. The modern, pure building cuts a clean sharp edge through the randomly built environment of the surrounding area.

Logan Residence / Jones Studio

Nico Saieh — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

“We want a place for our art collection . . . then we want to live there.”
– Kent Logan

The Commons / debartolo architects

Nico Saieh — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The leadership of a large local church in Arizona challenged DeBartolo Architects to design a building that would be strategically located in the new core of the campus and serve as the social center for all activities. As the first building of a new masterplan, the commons has transformed the campus, by becoming an inside-out building that literally opens on all sides.