Paradise Gardens with homes designed (or not) by Al Beadle was the neighborhood for our 2010 Home Tour
Piecing Together Paradise Gardens on its 50th Birthday. Al Beadle didn't want to be cited as the architect behind Paradise Gardens in North Phoenix, so why is he still getting credit 50 years later? David Tyda ventures out to set the record straight, and finds it's still kinda crooked.
The Linder House, formerly on tour for Modern Phoenix in 2008, is ready for her close-up. This Shcreiber-designed tract home received a total rehab by Joe David at JoBuilt Construction.
The Van Ess House from 1964 receives a landmark dedication in Arizona
Architect DK Taylor settled down in Scottsdale and built a beautiful home in Paradise Valley. He even designed the Sandra Day O'Connor house, a work so distinctive it was disassembled brick by brick and rebuilt in Papago Park! Find out more about this obscure architect and his desert modern homes.
The Mocine Residence, another 1946 Fred Guirey postwar brick home surfaces in Central Phoenix.
A Howard Madole home in Sedona receives a total remodel and recognition from the National Trust for Historic Preservation as "This Place Matters" in first steps to designate Madole homes as design landmarks in Sedona. Includes video of Mr. Madole describing the good ol' days!
Two classic custom homes in Tonka Vista, preferred neighborhood for many of Phoenix's Modern-era architects, builders and engineers
Park Lee Alice, originally designed by Ralph Haver, envisioned a meandering brook in the middle of West Central Phoenix. Now in the hands of the City of Phoenix, they plan to rehab it into affordable housing.
La Mirada is a classic complex in Uptown Phoenix, recently rehabbed.
The Palmaire was rehabbed by Helix, and looks great!
A Survey of Multifamily Condos and Apartments in Central and Uptown Phoenix, featuring great design by familiar architects. Produced using resources compiled by the Historic Preservation Office of the City of Phoenix.
Pueblo Bonita -- Haver, Nunn & Collamer designed duplexes and multifamily living just a stone's throw from LGO
Central Park West by Michael Defiel, featuring "The Atrium Everyone is Talking About!"
Al Beadle's Executive Towers. in 1962 Alfred Newman Beadle designed the tallest highrise residental structure ever in uptown Phoenix. Join us for an insider's tour of this seminal work in Beadle's career.
Pueblo Bonita -- Haver, Nunn & Collamer designed duplexes and multifamily living
Marion Estates is home to many Ralph Haver custom and semi-custom homes.
Park Lee Alice, originally designed by Ralph Haver, envisioned a meandering brook in the middle of West Central Phoenix. Now in the hands of the City of Phoenix, they plan to rehab it into affordable housing.
Regents Park was Luxurious Living in the Shadow of Camelback Mountain and quite possibly featured some of the most affordable homes in the Arcadia area.
Mayfair Manor finally receives a proper windshield survey.
Town and Country Paradise is the last known example of Fred Woodward's Town and Country series, complete with more arid landscaping, port-cocheres instead of patio-ports and "Haver Block" a-plenty
Thunderbird Country Club Estates is my best guess at the South Mountain properties so important to the Haver family. Wife Millie used to own property here. Decide for yourself.
Southdale is the first subdivision that Ralph Haver designed in South Phoenix, 1948. Postwar starter homes.
The Phoenix Municipal Building put out a neat little brochure about their Haver and Varney-designed building to help educate the public.
Pima Plaza is a temple of redwood in the similar style of the demloished Entz-White Lumberyard on Architect's Row.
Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is an prime example of church, school and residential all sharing the same campus in all its Superlite glory, designed by Ralph Haver & Associates, of course!
Paradise Valley United Methodist Church is Perhaps Ralph Haver's greatest accomplishment in red brick construction, and hearkens to his other masterworks of the same era.
Creighton Church is part of where it all started for Haver, in this modest and slightly Googie style church in 1947
The Triangle Building -- still a mystery who designed it, and still a head-turner. Either Haver or a very good imitator.
Al Beadle's Executive Towers. in 1962 Alfred Newman Beadle designed the tallest highrise residental structure ever in uptown Phoenix. Join us for an insider's tour of this seminal work in Beadle's career.
Watch as the façcade to Beadle's 341 building on Camelback gets scraped for something better.
Farewell, Mountain Bell. On September 27, 2009, Phoenix witnessed the demolition of Al Beadle's Mountain Bell Building. Our 360º coverage of the event includes historic photos, interviews with preservation specialists and the design community, a talk with Nancy Beadle and high-quality video of that fateful day.
Beef Eaters Restaurant has been vacant for years. What could the future hold for this unique postmodern property?
The Stewart Motor Company aka Circles Records by W.Z. Smith is the latest postwar modern masterpiece on the market in Downtown Phoenix.
