Valley Forward Environmental Excellence Award
The Neighborhood Resource Center is a finalist in the Buildings and Structures Category.
The Valley Forward Environmental Excellence Awards are Arizona’s oldest and largest environmental award competition. The program has grown significantly over the years and now encompasses 24 categories, including: buildings and structures, site development and landscape, art in public places, environmental technologies, environmental education/communication, environmental stewardship and livable communities.
Structures: Defining a City
Among the topics discussed: Valley Architecture… Are we getting it right? Do we have nationally significant projects? Can good architecture exist in a planning vacuum?
The 2008 panelists included: John Kane of Architekton Inc.; Patrick Hayes, Patrick Hayes Architecture, Inc.; Darren Petrucci, Director & Associate Professor,ASU; and Mike Davis of DAVIS. The event was held at the Tempe Center for the Arts
Flip-a-Strip Exhibitors Announced
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [SMoCA], Arizona, organized a design competition and public exhibition, Flip a Strip. This innovative project aims to foster creative, pragmatic new visions for the renovation of the small-scale strip shopping plazas that line the streets of this metropolitan area—and virtually every suburban zone in the country. Flip a Strip is a showcase for architectural talent as well as an idea-generator: it seeks to highlight useful and innovative concepts for the sustainable re-use of Strip Malls and to launch productive public dialog about the potential of good design and civic engagement.
Out off the 95 entrants from several countries, 10 finalists were selected, among them Marlene Imirzian & Associates Architects. We have created a visual exploration of our design solution that will be on display in the museum. We are delighted at having been selected, and are proud to be among such brilliant company.