Shutter Mike Photography

Built in 1911 in Phoenix on Van Buren between 7th and 3rd streets, the Phoenix Union High School served the city for many decades.  After the campus sat unoccupied for several years the University of Arizona converted it into the new Phoenix campus of the College of Medicine.  The old buildings appear much as they did in 1911.  Additional space required by the college was added on as very modern architecture to clearly distinguish it as 21st century.  The old was merged with the new while maintaining the uniqueness of each.

Phoenix Good Samaritan Medical Center

The Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, designed by Bertrand Goldberg, can been seen from Interstate 10 and I have driven by it multiple times but knew little about it.  With the oval windows it looks very 1960’s space age to me but was actually built in the early 1980s.  This is the north facade on McDowell.

Sometimes even the most ordinary subject, such as a simple building corner, can be transformed with the right lighting.  This building at Encanto Park in Phoenix is rather nondescript in and of itself.  But when the lighting is just right, such when this photograph was taken at the “magic hour” it can make all the difference.  It requires patience waiting for just the right lighting but is well worth it.

The Civic Center Library in Scottsdale was designed by Bennie Gonzales.  Although not generally well know, Gonzales’ other work in the Phoenix area include the Heard Museum in central Phoenix.