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Noted Arizona architect Gonzales dies at 84
[Source: Kate Nolan, Arizona Republic] — Bennie M. Gonzales, an award-winning Arizona architect who designed most of Scottsdale’s downtown municipal buildings and invented a new style of widely copied...
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Mesa teen creates metro Phoenix landmarks for Google Earth
The picture above of the Luhrs Block in downtown Phoenix is not a photograph, but a computer-generated model designed by Patrick Griffin, a 15-year-old living in Mesa, AZ. Patrick has created a whole...
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From light rail, metro Phoenix takes on a different look
[Source: Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic] — The best way to take the architectural pulse of the city is to slice it crosswise, open it up and peek inside. And the best way to do that is to ride the...
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Vanishing Phoenix: lost, but not forgotten
Earlier this year, one of Phoenix's downtown hotel owners finished writing a book about the architecture the city has lost over the years.
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Need Help Rehabing your Historic Home?
The city of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office is now accepting applications for its Exterior Rehabilitation Assistance Program.
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Should We Save Downtown Phoenix’s Historic Knipe House?
The City of Phoenix Historic Preservation Commission will meet to discuss the fate of the city-owned and fire-damaged Leighton G. Knipe House along Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix.
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Midcentury Marvels Brown Bag Lunch in downtown Phoenix on Jan 21
After several years of intensive effort (and with several grants), the City Historic Preservation Office is finally releasing its publication "Midcentury Marvels: Commercial Architecture of Phoenix:...
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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.
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Mid-Century Marvels at Phoenix Public Library on Feb 24
Burton Barr Central Library will host a talk about the city’s new book “Midcentury Marvels: Commercial Architecture of Phoenix: 1945-1975” at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 24.
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