An audacious plan is under way to build as many as 24 new schools in key markets across the U.S. solely through corporate funding, donated materials and volunteer labor. Image courtesy Stantec The 6,291-sq-ft Safari building at Roadrunner Elementary School in Phoenix will be built by donated labor and materials. Image courtesy Stantec Stantec architect Annette Zacherson designed the project to maximize natural light through clerestory windows, light shelves and shaded light wells to boost student learning. Dubbed the Green Schoolhouse Series, the idea sprung from father-and-son team Marshall and Jeff Zotara, co-founders of Cause and Effect Evolutions, a Carlsbad,
Mayo Clinic broke ground for a cutting edge cancer therapy facility at its Phoenix campus, with Hunt Construction Group, Scottsdale, as general contractor and AECOM, Minneapolis, as architect. The $182-million facility will house Mayo Clinic's Proton Beam Therapy program. Image courtesy Mayo Clinic Rendering of Mayo Clinic's new Phoenix facility, to house new proton beam therapy treatment equipment. As part of the integrated program, Mayo Clinic will build facilities on Mayo's campuses in Minnesota and Arizona. The Arizona proton beam therapy program will be located east of the Mayo Clinic Specialty Building on the Phoenix campus at 56th Street and
The critics have called it "the bridge to nowhere." It has gone through over a decade of delays and setbacks. But the 1,722-ft-long, 295-ft-tall Galena Creek Bridge, one of the costliest, most controversial projects in Nevada's history, is finally nearing completion. Julie Duewel With the bridge approaching completion, the fill that enabled crews to erect falsework is now gone from the canyon. Julie Duewel Galena Creek Bridge is the centerpiece of an 8.5-mile Interstate 580 extension being constructed between Reno and the state capitol, Carson City. Related Links: Read this April 2007 story on Galena Creek Bridge from ENR Southwest's
SnapShot November 14, 2011 Submitted By: Marsha Crockett, Brand Communications Manager, DLR Group, Phoenix Uplights wash a wing-like canopy in blue light to harmonize with the dusk desert sky at West-MEC Aviation Technology Center, a specialty high school in Glendale, Ariz. The facility’s design was inspired by Luke Air Force Base and the Glendale Airport, both located nearby. A metal facade reflects the fluidity of aircraft design. Photographer: Neil Koppes
Active in the Tucson, Ariz., market for more than 80 years, Sundt built this new, 47,000-sq-ft, LEED-Gold office building to showcase its talents as well as provide employee comfort.
Arizona's first LEED-Platinum public library is located at the entrance of a mountain park and is surrounded entirely by desert. "We found building in a very rural area that is nearly off the grid to be a real challenge," says Adam Sprenger, associate architect with DWL Architects + Planners in Phoenix.
Listed among the top 20 sports venues nationwide, this landmark's reinvention was a formidable assignment. The project team retained the magic of the historic facility while adding features that allow it to compete with other arenas.
Hampered by a river diversion that impeded flows, the Glendale Water Treatment Plant's water supply was modernized to ensure adequate and consistent water service to customers in Reno/Sparks, Nev.
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