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ARTICLES ARCHIVE Modern Phoenix specializes in the primary source documentation of midcentury modern design in Phoenix. We also cover contemporary architecture and rehabilitations of old structures of the Modern era. We often acquire reprints of articles written and published elsewhere, often long ago, with the author's consent. If you can't find what you're looking for here, try our Architects page for deeper links and external resources. Notable Modern Buildings and Neighborhoods NEW! Holy Houses! Midcentury Modern Churches from the Iconic Age of Phoenix NEW! Dress it up! Flooring options for midcentury modern concrete floors Saguaro High School campus photos before demolition in 2007 Charles and Arthur Schreiber: Modern for the Market Walt Lockley's latest research into the work of the Schreiber brothers, architects of familiar tract homes of Village Grove, HIdden Village and Vilage Meadows. Includes printable souvenir PDF. Ralph Haver's Hopkins House updated in 2008 View Modern Phoenix website founders Matthew and Alison King's 1946 Haver Home about 2.5 years into rehabbing. 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. Uptown garden apartments in the shadow of Executive Towers and the Clarendon Hotel. Who knew that Uptown Phoenix had its own version of the Scottsdale garden apartments? Jazz Standard: The Lorna House. See Shawn Kaffer's transformation of a Haver Home in Starlite Vista. The latest in our series of articles published in partnership with Desert Living. Includes 28 minutes of audio! Arizona Falls. The perfect first-date picnic spot for lovers of architecture. Bring a sandwich and a friend! Save-a-Haver! What happens when a savvy MoPho acquires Ralph Haver's own family home without the sellers knowing it? Pure ModPhx Magic. History of the Hopkins House, an original 1946 Ralph Haver brick home In the Shadow of the Valley Ho The Cedar Street Residence by coLAB Washburn Piano building's date with demolition A Madole home in Sedona Marlen Grove radio spot on NPR Architect's Row at 3rd and Camelback Copenhagen Imports, formerly Lou Regester Furniture designed by Ralph Haver Tempe City Hall by Michael and Kemper Goodwin, 1971 ASU Campus Banking on Progress: The Valley National Banks of Phoenix, Arizona Hoskin Ryan Consultants and Jack Black Rehabilitate a Midcentury Modern Valley National Bank The Rancho Ventura Fifty is Fab Home Tour event, including audio of guest speaker panel. Materials + Methods Good Modern Fences Make Good Modern Neighbors Superlite Headquarters on Seventh Street (demonstration yard was demoed in 2007) Artists, Designers + Architects Modern Quilts by Artist Regina Alexandra Steel Sculptor Al Glann Jason Hill's Retro-Future Looks Bright, an art exhibition and interview Landscaping Contemporary Landscaping with Xerophytic Plants by Thomas Park of Xerophytic Design The Danleys' Dramatic New Landscape in Haver's Windemere Mr. Natural's Desert Aquarium in Haver's Marlen Grove Choosing a Landscape Pro Who is Apropos, by Allen Kalchik of DesertDesigners 20 Questions with Environmental Designer Troy Bankord by Alison King and Daniel Germani Desert Landscaping Tips for the DIYer How to remove your midcentury grass lawn by Scott McMahon. David Kenyan's Delicious Ranchburger Makeover in Tempe Road Trips The Modern Mecca of Sarasota, Florida The Ticky-Tacky Boxes of Westlake, CA Roadside Relics — Neon sign photography in Tucson in Kingman by Jim Hale   Enter your search terms Submit search form Web Modern Phoenix Website YOU CAN HELP SAVE A HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AL BEADLE HOME! Read the background history then get involved! LOST IN STUCCOVILLE? Looking for the treasure map of Matthew and Alison King's Top Ten Midcentury Modern Neighborhoods? Download it here [304 k PDF file] Ralph Haver History Do you have a Haver Home? Use our Ralph Haver Taxonomy to find out. Growing Up Haver by Bucky Haver (Ralph Haver Jr.) Home Tours NEW! 4th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo 2008 NEW! The Central Arizona AIA Home Tour 2008 The Rancho Ventura Fifty is Fab Home Tour event 2007, including audio of guest speaker panel. 3rd Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo 2007 The 2007 AIA Home Tour 2nd Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo 2006 1st Annual Modern Phoenis Home Tour and Expo 2005 The 2005 Tucson AIA Modern Home Tour The 2006 AIA Home Tour Guidelines for taking photos for ModernPhoenix Design Events NEW! Phoenix Contemporary Design Fair 2008 Contact Design Show 2007 v2 Launch Party, June 2006 Vintage Reprints of Primary Source Materials Multifamily housing designs by Ralph Haver Extensive documents from a 1946 Ralph Haver home Aerial Phoenix as seen through vintage postcards including the Phoenix Municipal Building by Ed Varney and Associates, and the Phoenix Financial Center by W.A. Sarmiento Al Beadle's Safari Hotel Vintage postcards Village Meadows Brochure from the early 60s The Parade of Homes circa 1956 and 1957, photographed 50 years later Paradise Gardens neighborhood brochure, including home models Coronado High School 1967 Yearbook scan of Ralph Haver's Architecture [PDF] Reprints Jazz Standard: The Lorna House. See Shawn Kaffer's transformation of a Haver Home in Starlite Vista. The latest in our series of articles published in partnership with Desert Living. Includes 28 minutes of audio! 100 Degrees of Design Finding Design in the Desert: Places We Love A downloadable PDF exclusive to ModernPhoenix, published in print by Desert Living in June 2006 The Way We Were, a story of a Marlen Grove Ralph Haver home by David Tyda, reprinted with a free subscription offer from Desert Living magazine Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Scott Jarson, reprinted from Desert Living magazine The Steel and Glass Man by Gene Garrison, an Al Beadle interview from the 80s. Architect of old Cine Capri left design legacy in Valley By Johanna Haver     - please support our sponsors and advertisers -
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