Local development and design studio Optima has announced the six-tower residential McDowell Mountain development in Arizona, designed to harvest up to 210,000 gallons of rainwater in an underground vault. More about Optima designs apartments with America's "largest private rainwater harvesting" system
American firms Dig Studio and Lake Flato have restored and expanded Scottsdale Civic Plaza in Arizona, adding a series of pavilions and responding directly to existing buildings flanking the outdoor space. More about Dig Studio and Lake Flato revamp Scottsdale Civic Plaza for "increasingly warming world"
The Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art features projects that repurpose waste products. Here are eight highlights including vases sculpted from PVC pipes. More about Eight designs that make use of waste products
Tapered, rammed-earth walls support the roof of this small shelter that architecture student Conor Denison has built on the desert campus of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin in Scottsdale. More about Student builds rammed-earth shelter at Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture school
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has released a movie online that tours a digital recreation of the architect's Taliesin West in Arizona, allowing architecture enthusiasts to explore the desert complex remotely. More about Movie offers virtual tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a retrospective of work by the late, local architect Paolo Soleri, from craft objects to plans for vast eco-cities. Curator Claire Carter has picked out her highlights for Dezeen. More about Paolo Soleri exhibition at SMoCA celebrates the architect's visionary ideas and legacy
An iconic mid-century hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been brought up-to-date while retaining its original modernist features by architect Edward L Varney. More about Hotel Valley Ho receives interior refresh to complement its modernist architecture
Architecture student Jaime Inostroza has built a tiny pavilion on the campus of the School of Architecture at Taliesin, offering occupants framed views of the Arizona desert. More about Student builds pavilion on campus of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture school
Today is the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's birth, and we've been marking the occasion all week by looking back at his most important projects. Next up is the American architect's desert home and studio in Arizona, which serves as a campus for the architecture school he founded. More about Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West was designed as a desert retreat for himself and his students
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 about Desert hideaway built among the ruins of an old miner's shelter in Arizona