ZGF wraps Arizona medical facility in layer of creased metal panels
American firm ZGF Architects has completed a cancer centre in downtown Phoenix with a faceted, copper-coloured screen that evokes the scaly skin of a desert reptile. More
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Chen + Suchart extends historic Arizona home with metal-clad gabled addition
US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow). More
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Museum of the West by Studio Ma features walls made of textured concrete
US firm Studio Ma has drawn inspiration from horseshoes, woven baskets and rugged landscapes for its design of a Western heritage museum in the metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More
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Ennead completes law school in revitalised area of downtown Phoenix
US firm Ennead has completed a new law school in central Phoenix, with sandstone cladding and open-air sky bridges that connect two wings (+ slideshow). More
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Five of the best houses in Arizona on Dezeen
We're heading to Arizona for this week's roundup of American houses from different states, where a rammed-earth retreat near the Mexican border and a white concrete house in the desert are among our top five (+ slideshow). More
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DUST uses "lava-crete" to create monolithic desert house in Arizona
Arizona studio DUST has created a desert home south of Tucson using volcanic residue to form rammed-concrete walls (+ slideshow). More
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Höweler + Yoon creates canopy of folded metal plates for urban park in Phoenix
Boston studio Höweler + Yoon has stitched together steel modules to form a faceted canopy that shades an urban pocket park in the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More
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Desert hideaway built among the ruins of an old miner's shelter in Arizona
The remains of a former miner's residence in the Arizona desert provided the foundations for this tiny steel and concrete retreat by designer David Frazee (+ slideshow). More
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Desert Courtyard House by Wendell Burnette features rammed earth walls
Rammed earth walls built using soil from the desert site are wrapped in a protective weathered steel shell at this courtyard house near Phoenix by local firm Wendell Burnette Architects (+ slideshow). More
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Manta ray-shaped house set to straddle an Arizona mountain
News: Arizona architect Nick Tsontakis has unveiled plans for a house that will straddle a mountain and be shaped like a manta ray (+ slideshow). More
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Tucson Mountain Retreat by DUST
This holiday house with rammed earth walls by US architects DUST is nestled amongst the rocky outcrops and sprouting cacti of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona (+ slideshow). More
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Phoenix Observation Tower by BIG
Danish studio BIG has designed an observation tower shaped like a honey dipper for Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More
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Frank Lloyd Wright house in Arizona faces demolition
Dezeen Wire: a house in Phoenix, Arizona designed by the influential American architect Frank Lloyd Wright could be bulldozed unless a new buyer is found or the city agrees to grant landmark status to the property. More
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Desert City House by Marwan Al-Sayed Architects
Marwan Al-Sayed Architects have completed a house in Paradise Valley, Arizona. More
