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Old Posted Mar 6, 2011, 1:07 AM
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Location: Country Club Park, Greater Coronado, Midtown, Phoenix, Az
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Museum: Phoenix Children's Museum
Location: Downtown Phoenix, AZ
Architect: Norman Marsh (Los Angeles)
Completed: 1913 as the Monroe school. Renovated and reopened in 2008 as the Children's Museum of Phoenix





Photos from the Museum's site

This one is under construction but I'm very excited about it:
Museum: Scottsdale Museum of the West
Location: Old Town Scottsdale, AZ
Architect: Eddie Jones/Jones Studio
Completion: 2012





Renderings from Jones Studio




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Originally Posted by geomorph View Post
Museum: ASU Art Museum (part of the Nelson Fine Arts Center)
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Architect: Antoine Predock
Completed: 1989
Ug this building is so hideous, one of the worst on ASUs campus. Predock also did the Arizona Science Center in Downtown Phoenix, its very similar to this and equally brutalist, ugly and ill fitting for its setting and climate. That guy is one of my least favorite 'starchitects.'
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