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Phoenix Abode & Garden Magazine named Erik Peterson, AIA a "Master of the Southwest" in the March outcome hitting newsstands this week.

Phoenix Home & Garden interacts with talented architects, interior designers, landscape architects, builders, artists, and tradespeople, and each twelvemonth PH&G recognizes select individuals for each of these categories. Readers conceptualize the yearly result to see who is deemed a "Master" in a item expertise. For those in the profession, it marks a career of consistently providing high quality of work.

"When I graduated from ASU in 1996, I saw my showtime PH&G Masters' issue, and each yr I was and so inspired." Peterson says, "When I got the call from PH&1000, my first reaction was stupor, followed by a deep sense of satisfaction that 18 years of hard work was noticed! I can inappreciably believe that I am joining the ranks of architects whom I admire so much."

Peterson also shares the recognition with the team of architects and designers he works with at PHX Architecture.

Don't forget to pick up the latest issue of Phoenix Habitation & Garden Mag today!

Chase Slonem
Todi Birds

Beth Ames Swartz
The Fire and the Rose

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PHX Compages is hosting calendar week long Art Benefit and Sale beginning Tuesday March eighteen^th – Sabbatum March 22^nd. The event will kick off with a private VIP upshot with O'Connor House'south Justice Sandra 24-hour interval O'Connor!

In our residential and commercial projects we design spaces that can accommodate art, this time we get to transform our ain function into a temporary gallery, creating an opportunity for people to purchase art from this exclusive individual collection benefitting O'Connor House. Works of internationally acclaimed artists, Beth Ames Swartz, Chase Slonem, and Wolf Kahn, volition exist displayed throughout our office.

The art is from the individual collection of John Rothschild and Beth Ames Swartz. Swartz volition be debuting eight new pieces created specifically for the result. Rothschild nerveless works from Slonem and Kahn over 30 years, this will be the first fourth dimension the works from these recognized artists volition be available for purchase. A portion of fine art purchases at this exclusive event will benefit O'Connor Business firm.

Those interested in purchasing this sectional art to benefit O'Connor Business firm maycontact PHX Architecture at (480) 477-1111 to arrange a private tour with John Rothschild and Beth Ames Swartz.

Construction is well underway for this Sedona Contemporary Home designed by Scott Carson AIA. The design allows for 360 degree views of Sedona's moun­tains and includes two out­door kitchens, heated floors in the mas­ter bath­room, and window walls open up­ing out onto can­tilevered decks that face the views of the moun­tains to the due north. Construction is estimated to exist complete in March of 2015.

Bryan joined PHX Architecture in late 2013 bringing over 16 years of experience in Golf game Club, Spa, and Resort projects, Restaurants, Custom Residences, Medical Clinics, and Commercial Retail and Office projects.  He is certified with the National Coun­cil of Archi­tec­tural Reg­is­tra­tions Board (NCARB) and is a licensed Architect in the states of Washington and Arizona.  Bryan received a Available of Arts in Architectural Studies and a Available of Arts in Pattern and Planning Studies from the University of Washington prior to receiving his Masters of Architecture from Arizona State University.

Bryan has had the privilege to work on a number of nationally acclaimed projects including the Grand Lodge and Family Barn and community amenities at the prestigious Martis Camp in North Lake Tahoe.  This project has since received a multitude of national awards including the 2010 Golden Nugget Awards for "Best Public/Individual Recreational Employ Facility", "Best Community Site Plan – 20 Acres or More", and "Best Residential Community of the Twelvemonth".  Other notable contributions include work on the Superstition Mountain Golf Clubhouse, the Talking Rock Ranch Golf Compound, and the Royal Palms Alvadora Spa virtually Camelback Mount.

Bryan's enthusiasm and passion fuel his artistic work while his various project groundwork and experience provide him the tools to overcome complex blueprint challenges.  He brings an uncompromising attention to particular to all of his projects and is personally committed to designing in support of the needs and desires of his clients, from initial concept to occupancy.

2013 was a big twelvemonth for PHX. Our squad grew a lot- in fact, we started off 2013 with 15 squad members and closed out the year with 25! We designed  over half of a million square anxiety of space calculation up to over $120 meg. We had several opportunities to give back to the community through Habitat for Humanity, Key to the Cure, and hundreds of hours were spent doing Pro-Bono projects for the i% Program and the Phoenix Dream Center "Dream Room" projection.

Highlights of 2013:

January 2013

• PHX Architecture was listed in the Top xx in the Phoenix Business concern Journal's "Book of Lists" as i of the top architecture firms in the Valley.
• We welcomed Stuart Jon Traynor, an internationally registered architect from London, England.
• Maurita Walker and Ivonek Badilla participated as "Club Judges" in the Arizona Region Future Cities Competition on behalf of the American Found of Architects
• PHX began the pattern procedure on the first Silverleaf home of 2013

Feb2013

• Every year, Houzz.com acknowledges designers for fantabulous performance. PHX Architecture was honored to be named "Best of Houzz" for 2014!
• Nang Ma was invited to exist a part of the Scottsdale Visioning procedure, a discussion of problems led past the Arizona Boondocks Hall System
• Nikal Conti attended ASU women & philanthropy Grant Finalist Presentations
• Nikal, Principal at PHX Architecture, was humbled to be named a "Dynamic Women in Business organization" by the Phoenix Business Journal
• We started the National Bank of Arizona remodel on their Headquarters in Phoenix.

March2013

• Maurita Walker was a volunteer for  the Reincarnation tour, an result jubilant the revitalization of Phoenix neighborhoods
• Began the remodel design for Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center

April2013

• PHX pledged the 2030 Challenge- a motility asking the global architecture and structure community to adopt a series of greenhouse gas reduction targets for new and renovated buildings, and to eliminate the fossil fuel emissions completely to become  Carbon Neutral by the year 2030.
• John Pflaum joined PHX every bit an Accounting Assistant
• Began the blueprint process for the JW Marriott Hotel & SumoMaya Mexican Asian Kitchen
• The PHX team donated their time for Habitat for Humanity

May2013

•  Out of 563 entries, PHX won 3 Gilded Nugget Awards of Merit!
• Nikal had the privilege of meeting General Colin Powell at an O'connor Business firm event
• Erik was named 1 of AZRE Mag's 2013 "People to Know"
• Cesar Martinez joined the PHX team as an Associate Architect
• PHX started the design process for a x,500 sf Hospice
• PHX started the design process for a ten,000 sf custom habitation in Texas

June2013

• The start I-frame abode- using modular steel panels rather than wood beams equally the frame went vertical, designed past PHX
• Erik Peterson made in on the cover of And then Scottsdale Magazine
• PHX Architecture participated in Phoenix Business organization Journal'south "Social Madness" competition and made it to the 2nd round, amidst the ranks of the Phoenix Suns, Taser International, and Common cold Stone Creamery.
• PHX began a Pro Bono blueprint service in Mingus Mountain Camp

July2013

• PHX won an Arizona Masonry Gild Honour for our Northward Scottsdale Estate Project
• PHX attended the AIA convention in Denver, Colorado
• Started designing a iv,000 sf cabin in Prescott, AZ

Baronial2013

• Laura Hughes submitted a pattern for the Urban center of Dreams Competition in Governors Island, New York. The competition requires entrants to submit a blueprint for a Pavilion that holds l people, provide shade and embrace, and must be complimentary continuing.
• Scott and Tom attended the Custom Residential Builder Network (CRAN) Symposium held in Santa Atomic number 26, New Mexico. One of the highlights of the bout was walking through one of the original Frank Lloyd Wright homes
• The team headed over to the AIA Country Conference and learned about what it means to create healthy and sustainable communities
• A seven,000 sf contemporary home in DC Ranch was completed. The team included Salcito Custom Homes & Lawrence Lake Interiors
• Jordan Kravitz joined PHX every bit an Associate Architect
• Chelsea Carson joined PHX every bit an Administrative Assistant
• PHX started designing the DC Ranch Country Club remodel

September2013

• Started the conceptual design process for "The Cove Family Fun Heart"

October2013

• SumoMaya Mexican Asian Kitchen bankrupt ground
• We started the blueprint for a remodel at the National Bank of Arizona Camelback branch

November2013

• Maurita and Ivonek attended the BD+C Under xl Summit in San Francisco where they toured the AutoCAD museum and learned near the evolution of San Francisco architecture
• Michael Nielson joined PHX as a Senior Project Builder
• Gina Mathey an International Architect from United mexican states, joined PHX
• PHX started designing our first residence in Lost Golden Estates likewise as starting 3 function Tenant Improvements in Market Street at DC Ranch

December2013

• PHX was the Valet Sponsor for the 4th annual Festival of Copse to support Phoenix Children's Hospital
• Chelsea served as a guest commentary in the Town of Paradise Valley'south Independent Newspaper
• PHX teamed upward with Salcito Custom Homes and John Brooks Inc to design a "Dream Room" for the Phoenix Dream Center, a transitional living infinite for women and their children
• Bryan Woodruff joined the PHX team
• PHX started a Tenant Improvement for a local family unit endemic doughnut store
• PHX ended the year with 25 team members

The Cove Family Fun Eye is one footstep closer to fruition! Designed by PHX Compages and founded by Nicholas Andrews and David Prom, The Cove will take upwardly 67,000 square anxiety on half-dozen acres at the northeast corner of Via de Ventura and Loop 101. The center will include all of the latest and greatest rides, games, and attractions. Check out the Phoenix Business organisation Journal's article here to find out more.

This month's project wink dorsum is of this mountainside spec located in the prestigious Silverleaf Community. The home boasts 10,500 sf, two bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a pic theater wine room, bar, fitness room, and infinity pool overlooking the vast Silverleaf community below.

This is a snapshot of Chelsea Carson' Article, Special to the Independent Newspaper that ran on November twenty,2013

By Chelsea Carson

Special to the Contained

What is now a flourishing town at the heart and center of the Phoenix metropolitan area was once a small-scale, outskirt boondocks of merely 2,000 people.

The Town of Paradise Valley has seen peachy growth and change in the 52 years since its establishment. Many of these transformations have been in the structural pattern of the boondocks.

So what makes Paradise Valley different today? What has changed over the years? Why has the town transformed from its original means of living?

In the early years of the town there were specific rules residents had to abide past when designing/building their homes.

One rule was that homes could be no more than than one story loftier, so if you wanted a place to hibernate that messy play room forget about it.

In addition to these rules, many of the first homes too exhibited like styles. The structures which were originally built in Paradise Valley were nearly all Pueblo homes constructed from Adobe brick — as exemplified past the renowned O'Connor house — were very common; in fact that was pretty much the way of every Paradise Valley domicile.

At the time, in that location were several advantages to building with adobe which appealed to the settlers.

Start beingness that the materials to make the bricks were inexpensive and readily available, this was an of import factor at a time when many people lived a more minor lifestyle inside their means.

Another primal reward is that the adobe has a greater-thermal mass, in other words, information technology makes a great insulator and has the ability to maintain fairly consistent temperatures — definitely a plus in the Arizona desert with fluctuating temperatures. Additionally, the cloth is sturdy and durable, 1 of the main reasons original Paradise Valley homes are still standing today.

If you drive effectually today, you lot volition observe that there has been a steady increase in the diversity of Paradise Valley structures. A few original adobe brick homes are still standing amidst the newly constructed homes and resorts.

Still, there are now homes that vary in size and style. Obviously the one-story-merely dominion no longer applies. Structures vary in style from traditional adobe pueblo, to ranch style, to cutting border contemporary.

Today there is as well a multifariousness in the function of Paradise Valley structures, from permanent residences to high-end vacationing resorts. Originally, the people who settled in the town came from nearby areas.

Today, Paradise Valley has residents and visitors from all over the world. Instead of sharing similar southwestern styles, newer residents have brought with them the unique traditions from their homelands.

The mixture of different cultures has allowed for the amplified variety of architectural styles that have come well-nigh in Paradise Valley.

While in that location has been immense change and growth over the years, Paradise Valley — unlike most cities that are constantly striving for increased evolution — has committed to maintain a desert-rural lifestyle and to preserve the cute desert.

After all, that is how the town got its unique name. Along with the dedication to steer articulate of condign an urbanized metropolis, Paradise Valley continues to cherish its founding vision and values.

By welcoming people from every corner of the world, the town has grown into a distinctive, architecturally various customs, in turn well fulfilling the mission to enhance the community'due south unique character.

Editor's note: Ms. Carson is an authoritative assistant at Scottsdale-based PHX Architecture

Cesar holds a Mas­ters in Archi­tec­ture from The Emer­gent Tech­nolo­gies and Design pro­gram at The Archi­tec­tural Asso­ci­a­tion School of Archi­tec­ture, Lon­don. Cesar's focus of study enables him to process log­ics in bio­mimetic sys­tems, algo­rith­mic design, and com­po­nent based fab­ri­ca­tion meth­ods every bit inputs to Archi­tec­tural Design.

Every bit part of Cesar's stud­ies and as a team project, in March 2012, The Arch Daily pub­lished the AA-​ETH Zurich Pavil­ion. This was a calorie-free weight tim­ber con­struc­tion of over­sized ply­forest sheets mea­sur­ing 11m in length, 2.5m in width and 18mm in thick­ness. The design focused on the mate­r­ial prop­er­ties and bend­ing behav­ior of wood under self-​weight. In turn, the bend­ing behav­ior of the mate­r­ial is con­trolled past the num­ber of lay­ers of ply and fiber direc­tion within the brand-​up of each sheet. Fibers run in lon­gi­tu­di­nal direc­tion and cuts within each sail influ­ence their bend­ing behav­ior. At the arches' edges, the pavil­ion is cross braced past a sequence of cables reduc­ing any addi­tional defor­ma­tions to a min­i­mum. Cesar's con­tri­bu­tion was research dri­ven based on the bend­ing mate­r­ial prop­er­ties of ply­wood while build­ing and test­ing pro­to­types too equally existence part of the con­struc­tion team.

In addi­tion to Cesar'southward stud­ies abroad, he holds a pro­fes­sional Bach­e­lor degree of Archi­tec­ture from Cal­i­for­nia State Poly­tech­nic Uni­ver­sity of Pomona and in between achiev­ing his under­grad­u­ate degree and obtain­ing his Master'due south edu­ca­tion; he worked as a team cap­tain at KTGY; a Cal­i­for­nia based Archi­tec­ture firm spe­cial­iz­ing in res­i­den­tial blueprint. Prior to join­ing PHX Cesar has work­ing expe­ri­ence as a Inferior Projection Man­ager & Cost Esti­ma­tor in the con­struc­tion of sin­gle fam­ily res­i­dences in Silverleaf-​Scottsdale and Mar­tis Camp-​northern CA.

In addi­tion to Cesar's pas­sion for Archi­tec­ture, he is a triath­lete and enjoys par­tic­i­pat­ing in Dart Triathlons and being an exten­sive trav­eler. From his trav­els, he has had the oppor­tu­nity to learn per­spec­tives from other cul­tures and to larn near their art, and Archi­tec­ture equally it relates to topog­ra­phy, cli­mate, nat­ural resources and his­tory. Some of his favorite trav­els accept been Bharat, Water ice­state, Italian republic and United mexican states.

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