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Mezzo in Phoenix, Arizona by Will Bruder Architects

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Article source: Will Bruder Architects

Approached from its north façade along Whitton Avenue, owners, neighbors and visitors are welcomed to Mezzo through a native desert garden. Site benches and weathered welded wire mesh fences enhance this natural environment and define the exterior spaces of the project. Sandblasted concrete pale green masonry site walls work within this composition to further delineate shared and private areas.

Exterior View (Image Courtesy Bill Timmerman)

Architects: Will Bruder Architects
Project: Mezzo
Location: 3438 North 12^th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85041
Design start: 03/07/2006
Construction start & end: 05/31/2007-07/15/2008
Client: O’Companies
Program: 10 townhouses

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Rio Salado Audubon Center in Phoenix, Arizona by Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

The Rio Salado Audubon Center sits at the heart of the $100M riparian habitat restoration along Rio Salado river corridor which transformed an urban scar to an ecologically rich riparian area. Audubon’s mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems focuses on birds and other wildlife along with their habitats. Constructed on a brownfield site, the Audubon Center restored the barren site using native landscape and earned the first LEED Platinum Certification within the City of Phoenix.

Rio Salado Audubon Center

Architects: Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio
Project: Rio Salado Audubon Center
Location: 3131 South Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona
TYPE OF PROJECT: Conservation and Nature Center
DATE OF COMPLETION: June 2009
SIZE OF BUILDING: 8,000 SF
SIZE OF SITE: 6.5 Acres
Software used: AutoCAD and Adobe Photoshop

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Arizona Medical Education Building in Phoenix by CO Architects

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Arizona Medical Education Building Breaks New Ground; Award-Winning Design Exemplifies New, Interdisciplinary Teaching, Research

PHOENIX: The physical manifestation of a new, interdisciplinary approach to health sciences education and research is rising from the flat pans of downtown Phoenix 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).

Phoenix HSEB North Facade

Project Team:
Owner: City of Phoenix
Client: Arizona Board of Regents
Users: University of Arizona/Northern Arizona University
Design and Executive Architect: CO Architects
Associate Architect and Master Planner: Ayers Saint Gross
Preconstruction/Construction Manager at Risk Contractor: DPR • Sundt, a Joint Venture of DPR Construction and Sundt Construction, Inc.
Landscape Architect: JJR
Lighting Designer: Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Lighting
Structural Engineer: John A. Martin & Associates
MEP Engineer: AEI Engineers
Civil Engineer: Dibble Engineering
Climate Engineer: Transsolar Energietechnik
Geotechnical Engineer: Professional Service Industries
Fire Protection/Code Consultant: Rolf Jensen & Associates
Loading/Vertical Transportation Consultant: Lerch Bates
Audiovisual Technology: The Sextant Group
Cost Estimator: Davis Langdon