Constructing Arizona

This is the first book to comprehensively present the architecture of the Sonoran Desert region of Arizona, balancing a breadth of projects with a depth of analysis. These lessons will be of critical importance to communities across the globe that soon may have to adapt to living in similar conditions.

Chad Schwartz is an architect and educator currently serving as a professor in the School of Architecture at Kansas State University in the US. He teaches both design and building technology, continually seeking to merge these two bodies of knowledge. His current research explores the role of architectural tectonics in the development of both contemporary and historic architecture.