Project Specs Arabian Public Library Scottsdale, Arizona Richärd+Bauer << Return to article the People Architect richärd+bauer 1545 W. Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85015 602.264.1955 Jim Richard, AIA (Design/Principal) Kelly Bauer, FIIDA (Interior Design/Principal) Steve Kennedy, AIA (Architect/Principal) Ben Perrone (Project Architect) Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA (Interior Design/Graphics) Architect of record richärd+bauer Interior designer: Kelly Bauer, FIIDA and Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA richärd+bauer Engineer(s): Structural: Caruso Turley Scott, Inc. Mechanical/Plumbing: Kunka Engineering Incorporated Electrical: OMB Electrical Engineers, Inc. Civil: KPFF Consulting Engineers Consultant(s): Landscape: E-Group Lighting: Roger Smith Lighting Design General contractor: Redden Construction Photographer(s): Bill Timmerman 382 N 1st Avenue
Crimped and folded like the tectonic plates of the nearby Papago and Camelback Mountains, the roof that tops the Tempe Center for the Arts in Arizona provides the facility with its signature element.
After-school activity at Betty H. Fairfax High School, located in Laveen Village on the southwest edge of Phoenix, includes the usual practice sessions and tutoring. But there’s also a good deal of hanging out.
Richärd + Bauer, a young Phoenix-based firm, has demonstrated numerous times in its 11-year history that it can still advance architectural quality in inexpensive institutional buildings.
When officials at Banner Health asked designers from NBBJ’s Seattle office to create their new, 452,238-square-foot hospital in west Phoenix, they said they wanted the place to be “warm.”