Best Landscape/Urban Development: Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza
Built 51 years ago, the Scottsdale Civic Center serves as both the city’s civic and arts headquarters. It is home to the city hall, a library, the Center for the Performing Arts as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art. While major updates to the complex were made in the 1990s and in 2015, an extensive public process resulted in the development of a master plan for the area, with the goal of creating a 10-acre park and improving the facility’s infrastructure.
City leaders were focused on achieving one major milestone for the project—to complete the West Paseo by Jan. 30, 2023, when the fanfare preceding the National Football League’s Super Bowl LVII would begin.