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Michael Goodwin


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Michael Kemper Goodwin (April 28, 1939 – May 4, 2011) was an important architect in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He also served two terms in the Arizona House of Representatives in the 1970s.

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Early life

He was born April 28, 1939 to Kemper Goodwin and Mary 'Mickey' Goodwin. Kemper Goodwin was another important local architect (one with two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona) with whom Michael would later work. He was also the grandson of Garfield and Jenny Goodwin, pioneers in the city of Tempe, Arizona. Like his father, he attended the University of Southern California.

He joined his father's firm in 1967. In 1978, he was the youngest person ever to become a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Major works

  • Tempe Municipal Building (1970): this upside-down pyramid was designed to shade and cool itself
  • Marcos de Niza High School (1971): this work was considered a revolution in open space campus design
  • Corona del Sol High School (1976): a very early design in solar technology
  • Many other local elementary, middle, and high schools
  • Several schools for the Paradise Valley Unified School District including Horizon High School constructed in 1980
  • The Elk Run subdivision in Flagstaff, Arizona, among his few residential designs

    • References

    Michael Goodwin Wikipedia
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