Articles by Scott Blair

This $40.3-million arena was designed as the keystone project in the redevelopment of a for-profit campus emerging from bankruptcy.

This ambitious center aims for nothing less than to change the practice of behavioral health care and education.

Mack Energy Corporate Office, Artesia, N.M. Photo by Patrick Coulie Photography The vertical lines of the Mack Energy Corporate Office stands out in the Artesia, N.M. landscape. Photo by Patrick Coulie Photography The two-story lobby features exposed steel trusses that evoke the structure of oil derricks. Related Links: Best Projects 2012 Main Page Project of the Year: Net-Zero Office Building a Living Lab for DPR Soaring steel spires evoke images of oil and gas wells rising toward the blue sky at this energy company's rural New Mexico headquarters. The theme carries into the two-story lobby's exposed steel trusses, which evoke

Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge, Tempe, Ariz. Photo by Daniel Miller The tensioned fabric and blue lighting compliment the lake and give the bridge added character. Photo by Tom Paiva The four 175,000-sq-ft arch spans were assembled using two cranes. Related Links: Best Projects 2012 Main Page Best Transportation Project & Best Safety: PHX Sky Train - Stage 1 Fixed Facilities Connecting Tempe Town Lake's north and south banks, this elegant four-span arch pedestrian bridge was integrated with the existing piers and abutment of a dam at the reservoir. The bridge superstructure consists of two 34-ft-high steel pipe crossing arches.

As Arizona State University's most sophisticated research facility, this 298,000-sq-ft, eight-story building brings together the Ira A.

The town of Hawthorne, Nev., was built in a grid above the foundations of an old mining town, with homes and businesses

Decommissioning this coal-fired powerplant in Nevada was in some ways more challenging than its original construction.

This $7.5-million early childhood learning and health care facility serves up to 175 children from low-income families.

This unique 110,000-sq-ft tenant improvement of a Class-A building shell involved substantial demolition.

Built in 1936, this historic 35,000-sq-ft building serves a nearly 100-year-old campus for deaf students.