Midcentury Memories

Midcentury Memories

Through His Art, Architectural Designer Aaron Stouffer Preserves the Best of Phoenix Modernism.  By Nora Burba Trulsson  Photography by Jessica Savidge, Savidge Co.  Aaron Stouffer, 34, wasn’t around when CineCapri premiered “Star Wars,” when Helsing’s Coffee offered...
Palm Springs Modernism Week  In February

Palm Springs Modernism Week In February

The City’s Midcentury Masterpieces Beckon By Nora Burba Trulsson In late winter, design professionals and architecture aficionados migrate to Palm Springs not necessarily to catch sun, pool time and golf, but to steep themselves in a treasure trove of midcentury...
Arizona Biltmore History

Arizona Biltmore History

Constructed in grand form and following the celebrated vision of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, has been drawing influential, inspiring guests to its desert splendor since 1929. Explore our storied past below, and we would also be...
Always Iconic – Kitchell & Perez

Always Iconic – Kitchell & Perez

It’s early Friday afternoon at Rise Uptown Hotel (riseuptownhotel.com) in Phoenix, and the pool is already full of weekend revelers. The adjacent patio restaurant, Lylo Swim Club, is dishing out Spam musubi, huli huli chicken bowls and icy rum drinks. In the lobby,...
IMAGINATION AND INNOVATION

IMAGINATION AND INNOVATION

At the corner of Higley and Ray roads in Gilbert, you can dart into a convenience store for Twinkies, a lottery ticket, and a cold one to go. But while you’re there, you might also get a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers, a bag of organic kale chips, a cold kombucha...