Taliesin West

Lost Dutchman Marathon (February)

Piestewa Peak (February)

Piestewa Peak Recreation Area formerly known as Squaw Peak. The new name was given memory of Lori Piestewa, a Tuba City soldier who gave her life in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. The name is pronounced: py-ess-tuh-wah.

Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix (February)

Paolo Soleri bridge in Scottsdale (February)

Built southwest of Scottsdale and Camelback roads, the Soleri Bridge was designed as a pedestrian passage and gathering place. At $3.2 million, it is the largest installation ever undertaken by Scottsdale Public Art.

The bridge widens from 18 to 27 feet and opens onto a 22,000-square-foot plaza. The plaza features 10 8-foot concrete panels etched with Soleri designs.

Jorgine Boomer house, Phoenix (Feb. 18)

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"This house for a single person, which Wright designated a 'mountain cottage,' is compacted into two stories around a central chimney flue. It is of desert rubblestone wall with some horizontal wood sheathing, notably in the bedroom balcony. It looks north, away from the desert sun."

—William Allin Storrer. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog. project 361.

1,413 square foot home designed for a single person, with separate servant's and chauffeur's quarters. The compact two story house has a equilateral parallelogram footprint and is built around a central chimney flue. Frank Lloyd Wright described his design, which is virtually identical to the home he did for George Clark on the Carmel seaside in 1951, as a ”mountain cottage“. It is constructed with desert rubblestone walls and horizontal wood sheathing especially evident in the bedroom balcony.”

Valencianas (Jan. 2)