by Nora Burba Trulsson | Dec 1, 2021 | Story
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,...
by Nora Burba Trulsson | Dec 1, 2021 | Story
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...
by Nora Burba Trulsson | Dec 1, 2021 | Story
When hoteliers Robert and Evelyn Foehl engaged the services of Architect Edward L Varney, Jr. and contractor Kitchell-Phillips to design and build a hotel at the corner of 68th Street and Indian School Road in Scottsdale during the 1950s, they hoped to attract...
by Nora Burba Trulsson | Oct 1, 2021 | Story
Phoenix interior designer Jaimee Rose says she’s never been busier. There’s a spec home she did, which sold before it was even complete (a collab with architect CP Drewett), the renovation of a 1920s hacienda in Tucson, and the new home she’s doing for herself and her...
by Nora Burba Trulsson | Oct 1, 2021 | Story
At For The People (forthepeoplestore.com), Aaron Stouffer’s colorful prints of Phoenix mid-century architecture line a wall, near a slim and stylish Blu Dot sofa. Nearby, a flock of Chilewich runners are there for the choosing, while shelves are ladened with...
by Nora Burba Trulsson | Oct 1, 2021 | Story
Last year, architect Bing Hu would often come to Taliesin West in Scottsdale for events and projects associated with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. But every time he walked down the bougainvillea-lined pergola next to the iconic drafting studio, he noticed that...
