This sleek, modern facility contains three distinct areas: an open and airy library (with an auditorium), offices/administration and a service zone.

This LEED-Silver, 46,894-sq-ft autonomous school-within-a-school follows an educational philosophy that combines small school principles and collaborative, project-based learning with an emphasis on technology.

This 5.35-mile highway project provides a critical connection between interstates 10 and 17, linking the West Valley with the rest of Phoenix.

While construction activity continues to lag in the Southwest due to the weak economy, the design and construction industry still produced some exceptional projects in 2011.

Doubling the amount of available rooms, this five-story hotel expansion also includes a new 88,000-sq-ft lobby.

Located in the CityScape mixed-use development in downtown Phoenix, this 59,600-sq-ft build-out was completed in just 17 weeks and provides Class A space over three floors for 89 attorney offices, 48 paralegal/assistant offices, two attorney lounges, 10 conference rooms and multiple case rooms.

While Albuquerque has developed more than 400 miles of trails and bike lanes over the past two decades, this 1,100-foot-long bridge over the Rio Grande River filled in a major missing link connecting the city's east and west sides.

With limited plans available for the 50-year-old original building, this renovation at New Mexico Junior College was full of surprises.

This unique LEED-Gold building on the 27-acre McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale, Ariz., houses three model railroad layouts, four club meeting rooms and exhibit space, where model railroad aficionados can share their craft with visitors and tell stories of how railroads helped define Arizona and the nation as a whole.

While a project resembling a typical subdivision may not appeal to everyone, the judges felt this privatized military development gave military families exactly what they wanted: a sense of community.