Okland Construction sought to create a more identifiable presence for its Tempe, Ariz., office while providing a campus setting in tune with the desert environment.
Providing a safe and secure working environment for forensic examiners while revitalizing a blighted area, this two-story facility houses a variety of offices and lab spaces dedicated to the examination of everything from explosives to dangerous biological materials.
In relocating its headquarters to Las Vegas from Atlanta, electronics recycling firm US Micro Corp. needed a secure and functional warehouse and office space that would also fulfill the company's environmental ethic.
The 1974-vintage, 220-million-gallons-per-day Val Vista Water Treatment Plant needed an upgrade to meet increasingly stringent federal water quality standards and to protect public health.
Centrally located at a Phoenix campus in what architect Mark Kranz calls a "crazy busy site," this project-of-the-year finalist integrates a host of functions into a single, colossal three-story structure.
The 1960s-era Del Norte High School campus is located on one of Albuquerque's busiest intersections and is a critical part of the city's main school district.
This first-of-its-kind project allows researchers from around the world to study the feasibility of using molten nitrate salt in electricity generation.
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