A beloved '60s dormitory—once the tallest building in Arizona—was adapted to the needs of today's plugged-in students Manzanita Hall makes a striking statement on the northern edge of the Arizona State University, Tempe, campus, across from the Sun Devil Stadium and blocks from the downtown.

Cade Hayes admits he was nervous when he started work on the Tucson Mountain Retreat, a 3,650-square-foot house on the edge of Saguaro National Park.

An Indianapolis-based couple commissioned Ibarra Rosano Design Architects for a modern desert vacation house outside Tucson, Arizona that could eventually be converted to a year-round residence.

In the political realm, Phoenix generally toes the conservative line.

Like many metropolitan areas in the West, Tucson has its share of generic strip malls and sprawling subdivisions.