Phoenix, Arizona Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Architecture=== [[File:Taliesin West Complex DSCN2137.jpg|thumb|[[Taliesin West]] was a home and studio of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]]] Phoenix is the home of a unique architectural tradition and community. [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] moved to Phoenix in 1937 and built his winter home, [[Taliesin West]], and the main campus for The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herberholz |first1=B |title=Taliesin West and Frank Lloyd Wright |journal=Arts and Activities |year=1997 |volume=122 |issue=3 |pages=30β32}}</ref> Over the years, Phoenix has attracted notable architects who have made it their home and grown successful practices. These architectural studios embrace the desert climate, and are unconventional in their approach to the practice of design. They include the [[Paolo Soleri]] (who created [[Arcosanti]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://architect.architecture.sk/paolo-soleri-architect/paolo-soleri-architect.php |publisher=Architecture.sk |title=Paolo Soleri : architect biography |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914014915/http://architect.architecture.sk/paolo-soleri-architect/paolo-soleri-architect.php |archive-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref> [[Al Beadle]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicphoenix.com/architecture/al-beadle/ |publisher=Historic Phoenix |title=Modern Architecture: Al Beadle |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211082211/http://www.historicphoenix.com/architecture/al-beadle/ |archive-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> [[Will Bruder]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.residentialarchitect.com/award-winners/will-bruders-extensive-career-attests-to-the-tran.aspx |publisher=Residential Architect |title=Hall of Fame: Will Bruder, AIA |last=Snider |first=Bruce D. |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923070044/http://www.residentialarchitect.com/award-winners/will-bruders-extensive-career-attests-to-the-tran.aspx |archive-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref> Wendell Burnette,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/directory/pics/burnette_wendell/Burnette_CV2011.pdf |publisher=ASU-Herberger Institute |title=Wendell Burnette Architects |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160519054337/http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/directory/pics/burnette_wendell/Burnette_CV2011.pdf |archive-date=May 19, 2016}}</ref> and [[Blank Studio Architecture|Blank Studio]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.residentialarchitect.com/live-work/project-of-the-year.aspx |publisher=Residential Architect |title=xeros residence, phoenix: project of the year |date=May 8, 2008 |first=Meghan |last=Drueding |access-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> architectural design studios. Another major force in architectural landscape of the city was [[Ralph Haver]] whose firm, Haver & Nunn, designed commercial, industrial and residential structures throughout the valley. Of particular note was his trademark, "Haver Home", which were affordable contemporary-style tract houses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modernphoenix.net/haver/haverbiography.htm |publisher=The Modern Phoenix |title=Ralph Haver: Everyman's Modernist |first=Alison |last=King |year=2011 |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401134026/http://modernphoenix.net/haver/haverbiography.htm |archive-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page