Project Specs

Agave Library
Phoenix, Arizona
Will Bruder + Partners

the People

Architect

Will Bruder + PARTNERS
2524 North 24th Street
Phoenix, Arizona

Will Bruder, AIA, lead design architect, Richard Jensen, AIA, project manager, Chris Balzano, RA, project architect, Dominique Price, RA, project architect, Marjorie Fichthorn Whitton, interior design Ben Nesbeitt, Rob Gaspard, Joaquin Roesch, design team

Interior designer:
Will Bruder+PARTNERS, Marjorie Fichthorn Whitton, IIDA

Engineer(s):
Rudow + Berry, Structural
Ideas for the Built Environment, mechanical
Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, plumbing and electrical
Hess Rountree, civil

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Ten Eyck landscape architects

Lighting:
roger smith lighting design

Acoustical:
McKay Conant Hoover

Interactive Learning:
burgeon group

Public Artist:
Kendall Buster

General contractor:
Hardison/Downey construction

Photographer(s)
Bill Timmerman, 602 420 9325 (all photographs with one exception. The one black and white light and shadow abstract is by Richard Jensen

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
AutoCad, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, MS Project Manager, MS Excel, MS Word

 

the Products

Exterior cladding

Masonry:
Integra Wall System, Superlite Block

Metal/glass curtainwall:
semi-custom

Concrete: mag.
trowelled concrete

Glazing
Glass:
PPG Solexia

Doors
Wood doors:
Sun Door and Trim

Hardware
Dorma and Sargent

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
Armstrong

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Fineline Cabinetry

Paints and stains:
Frazee

Paneling:
Fineline Cabinetry

Plastic laminate:
Wilsonart

Special surfacing:
Corian

Floor and wall tile:
Daltile (restrooms)

Resilient flooring:
ECOsurfaces

Carpet:
Shaw Contract, Durkan Modular, Interface, C&A

Furnishings
Office furniture:
Herman Miller

Reception furniture:
custom millwork, Haworth and Steelcase chairs

Chairs:
Knoll, Gordon, Bretford, Herman Miler, Moroso, Harter, Artifort, EazyBean, Magis

Tables:
Driade, Brayton, Matt3 (outdoor), Knoll

Upholstery:
Knoll Textiles, Maharam, DesignTex, Paul Brayton, Architex

Other furniture:
Leland (benches) Imu Americas (outdoor), EazyBean (floor pillows), Baleri Italia (stools)

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Zumtobel, Elliptipar, Delray, Bega

Downlights:
Bruck

Controls:
LiteKeeper

Plumbing
Kohler, Sloan, Delta