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Bennie M. Gonzales FAIA (June 11, 1924 – November 20, 2008) was an US architect known for a distinctive style of Southwestern architecture which has since been widely copied. Gonzales designed most of Scottsdale, Arizona's, major municipal buildings including Scottsdale City Hall, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and the Civic Center Library. His resume also included hundreds of private homes and residences throughout Arizona.〔 Examples of Gonzales's work can be found sprinkled across Arizona, the United States and the world. High profile buildings designed by Gonzales include the Heard Museum in central Phoenix; the Cotton Hotel in Phoenix; the former Armour-Dial building on Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale; and two churches located in Paradise Valley, Arizona, – the Gloria Del Lutheran Church and the Christ Church of the Ascension.〔 Gonzales received 131 separate architectural design awards throughout his career, including several awards from the American Institute of Architects.〔 ==Early life== He was born Barnaby Gonzales in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1924.〔 As a child, Gonzales worked at his uncle's adobe brick factory, which produced building materials for the famed Arizona Biltmore Hotel.〔 Gonzales credited Frank Lloyd Wright and Pablo Picasso as his heroes 〔Wooley, Chris (1997) Arizona History maker Honoree Bennie Gonzales, Arizona Architect, documentary film.〕 and he first saw architect Frank Lloyd Wright at the hotel when he was just 8 years old.〔 The brief sighting of Wright made an impression on the young Gonzales, who decided to pursue a career in architecture.〔 Gonzales attended Phoenix Union High School. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.〔 It was during his time in the Coast Guard that he earned the nickname "Bennie" when a military recruiter decided to call him that instead of his given name, Barnaby.〔 He returned to Arizona following the end of World War II and took a position as a Phoenix firefighter.〔 Gonzales enrolled at Arizona State University's fledgling architecture degree program, eventually becoming one of the program's first two graduates.〔 His one architecture classmate was Frank Henry, who now teaches at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.〔 Gonzales also studied at the University of Mexico, where he took a particular interest in Mayan design and motifs.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bennie Gonzales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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