Feature Architect
Transforming the Urban Skyline
in the Desert Southwest:
Will Bruder
Master Architect
By Lisa A. Scafuro

The Phoenix metropolitan area is struggling with a graceful way of merging old with new, and suburban spaces with urban spaces.  Over the past several years, the outlying rural areas of Phoenix have experienced an explosion of building growth, and if the trend continues at its current rate, "The next five to 10 years will be critical to the state of Arizona," says self-trained architect Will Bruder.  Phoenix is indicative of the building boom encompassing the western region of the United States.  In an interview at his studio in Phoenix, Bruder talks about his passion for architecture and the West.

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