Aaron Kimberlin’s ‘Willo Wonder’ Gets National Attention
Phoenix architect Aaron Kimberlin’s 416 sf. Willo guest house near downtown Phoenix was accepted into Apartment Therapy’s 7th Annual Smallest Coolest Home Contest.
Van Buren’s Mahoney Building Receives Restoration Grant
The 100-year-old building’s located at the Arizona State Hospital, originally known as the Insane Asylum of Arizona, and is the last of the Hospital’s structures that predates statehood.
Another Chance to Learn About Downtown Phoenix’s Midcentury Marvels
If you missed January’s launch of the book “Midcentury Marvels: Commercial Architecture of Phoenix, 1945-1975,” here’s another opportunity.
Downtown Phoenix ASU Building Wins Design Award and Achieves LEED Gold
ASU’s College of Nursing & Health Innovation Phase II building (NHI2) recently won the Design-Build Institute of America’s (DBIA) National Design-Build Award for an Education facility over $25 million.
Viewpoint: Keep Phoenix’s Historic Preservation Program autonomous and strong
[Source: Arizona Preservation Foundation] — The Arizona Preservation Foundation Board of Directors urges the continuation of an autonomous, community-focused Historic Preservation Program for the City of Phoenix. Without such a strong program and city commitment to preservation, the landmarks pictured in the slide show above would have been demolished or severely compromised. In addition, Phoenix’s … Read more
Viewpoint: Why preserve a mid-century downtown Phoenix motel?
[Source: Rachel Dawn Luptak] — The historically relevant Sahara Motor Inn has an entire city block’s worth of eight possible retail spaces, café/bar, enough commercial kitchen space to accommodate additional dining and lounge facilities, gift shop, two large terrace suites for hosting meetings and parties, 175 guest rooms, and two apartment penthouses. One of these … Read more
Downtown Phoenix one sunny January day
In this YouTube video, “suadpasicpaja” walks the streets of downtown Phoenix on a sunny day in January (2009).
