ABSTRACT
Wurman, Richard S., Philadelphia Access, New York: Access Press, 1994; 3rd edition, 1998
Designed by Will Bruder (bruderDWLarchitects); completed 1995 Phoenix, Arizona The Phoenix Central Library was the first major commission for Will Bruder (1946-),
an artist and self-trained architect who lives and works in New River, Arizona, in the desert north of Phoenix. Opened in 1995, the building has earned critical acclaim from the architectural profession for its poetic and economical integration of everyday materials, natural lighting, and environmental technologies as well as for its local and regional specificity, achieved without recourse to historical pastiche. Planned in close collaboration with the library’s professional staff, the building also received in 1997 an Award of Excellence in a library building award program cosponsored by the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association.
