Will Bruder
Will Bruder (born in 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American architect.[1]
Bruder studied art and engineering, but had no formal university training in architecture. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1968, he worked and studied under Paolo Soleri, where he acquired field experience in woodwork, metal work, and masonry. Through apprenticeship with Soleri and with Gunnar Birkerts,[2] he obtained registration as an architect and opened his practice in 1974. He is the president of his studio - Will Bruder Architects, LLC - in Phoenix, Arizona.
Works
Bruder's largest structure is the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix, Arizona, a five-story, 280,000-square-foot (26,000 m²) civic landmark that houses an open, one-acre (4,000 m²) reading room and a five-floor, glass-and-steel elevator and stairwell (the "Crystal Canyon"). The building incorporates a Buckminster Fuller tensegrity structure in its roof, and features motorized louvers on its south face for improved sun control.
Other works include:
- Ross Residence, Cave Creek, Arizona, 1981
- Andrews Residence, "La Casa Victoria Nueva", Mesa, Arizona, 1986
- Cholla Branch Library, Phoenix, Arizona,1986
- Rock Valley Art Center, Deer Valley, Arizona, 1994
- Temple Kol Ami, Phoenix, Arizona, 1994
- Riddell Advertising, Jackson, Wyoming, 1995
- Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix, Arizona, 1995
- Mad River Wedge, Jackson, Wyoming, 1997
- Townsend Residence, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 1997
- Byrne Residence, North Scottsdale, Arizona, 1998
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (annex), Scottsdale, Arizona, 1999
- TAXI 2 mixed use, Denver, Colorado, 2002
- the Vale mixed use/residential, Tempe, Arizona, 2002
- Loloma 5 mixed use/residential, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2002
- Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, 2003
- Agave Library, Phoenix, Arizona, 2004
- Upton Condominium, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2004
- Henkel US Headquarters / R&D, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2006
- Hercules Library, (Contra Costa County, CA) 2006
- Portland Main Library, Portland, Maine (under construction)
References
A Guide to the Architecture of Metro Phoenix, Central Arizona Chapter AIA, 1983
