In celebration of his 50+ years in practice, architect Will Bruder is pleased to share this selection of his most-exemplary projects, presented through hundreds of gorgeous photographs, drawings, and original sketches.
Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as Paolo Soleri, Bruce Goff and Gunnar Birkerts, Bruder opened his own design studio in 1974. His self-built house/studio on the desert edge of Phoenix garnered a Record Houses of 1977 design award. Fellowship in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome was a career turning-point permitting several months of intense reflection from a studio overlooking Rome, and travel throughout Europe to study historic and contemporary architecture. Filled with fresh perspective, Bruder won the commission to design the 280,000 square foot Phoenix Central Library. It opened in 1995. Cultural, civic, and private commissions followed, as did opportunities to travel, lecture, and teach. The library was awarded the AIA 25 Year Building Award in 2021.
This superb collection is divided into two sections: pre-Rome Prize projects, presented in black and white; and post-Rome projects dating from 1987 forward, in color. Six scholarly essays round out this long-awaited Bruder monograph.
CN"More than any other architect since Wright, Bruder is responsible for inspiring a new generationof modern architects." —Reed Kroloff, Dean, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
“Will Bruder is a consummate architect. He can rightly be called an “architect’s architect.” This is because Bruder has consistently engaged with the pragmatic and poetic aspects of architecture, understanding that both are needed to construct an architecture that will conserve and enhance its place, that will enrich the experience of its inhabitants, that will contribute to the evl#$
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