Bennie Gonzales

Bennie M. Gonzales FAIA (June 11, 1924 – November 20, 2008) was an American 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. and he first saw architect Frank Lloyd Wright at the hotel when he was just 8 years old. 1953 Valley National Bank, Van Buren Branch, Phoenix, AZ 1962 Nogales Public Library, Nogales, AZ 1963 W. M. Wootton Residence, Tacna, AZ 1963 Southwest Produce Center, Nogales, AZ 1963 Rush Memorial Medical Building, Phoenix, AZ 1965 San Miguel Residential Development, Paradise Valley, AZ 1965 Scottsdale Bible Church, Scottsdale, AZ (now Temple Solel) 1966 Los Cuatros Apartments, Scottsdale, AZ 1966 Tierra Verde Village Center, Litchfield Park, AZ 1966 Anderson Apartment Complex, Yuma, AZ 1966 Western Savings Bank Branch, Yuma, AZ 1966 Eloy Junior High School, Eloy, AZ 1966 Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Paradise Valley, AZ 1966 Gonzalez Residence, Paradise Valley, AZ 1966 Har Zion of the Desert, Paradise Valley, AZ (Demolished) 1967 Christ Church of the Ascension Episcopal Church, Paradise Valley, AZ 1967 Wootton Medical Building, Mesa, AZ 1967 Scottsdale Orthopedic Center, Scottsdale, AZ 1967 Ocotillo Branch Library, Phoenix, AZ 1967–1968 Heard Museum Renovation and Expansion, Phoenix, AZ 1968 Valley National Bank, Grand Avenue Branch, Nogales, AZ 1968 Dr. A. R. French Medical Building, Phoenix, AZ 1968 Scottsdale City Hall, Scottsdale, AZ 1968 Scottsdale Public Library, Scottsdale, AZ 1968 Scottsdale Police Station, Scottsdale, AZ 1968 Sedona Public Library, Sedona, AZ 1969 Arcadia Branch Library, Phoenix, AZ 1960s VFW Hall, Nogales, AZ 1960s Douglas Mansion: Mining Museum, Jerome, AZ 1960s St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Phoenix, AZ 1970 Yavapai Community College, Prescott, AZ 1971 Scottsdale Shadows Condominiums, Scottsdale, AZ 1971 Shiprock Estates, Shiprock, NM 1972 St. Pius X Catholic Church, Tucson, AZ 1972 Woodlands Inn & Information Center, Woodlands, TX 1973 Villa Manana Apartments, Phoenix, AZ 1974 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ 1976 Armour-Dial Research Center, Scottsdale, AZ (Demolished) 1976 Hopi Cultural Center, Second Mesa, AZ Circa 1976 Church of the Epiphany, Tempe, AZ 1977 Camelback Executive Park, Phoenix, AZ 1978 Cottonwoods Resort (Masterplan) Paradise Valley, AZ 1979 St. Elizabeth Seaton Catholic Church, Sun City, AZ 1979 South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, AZ 1979 Palm Desert Civic Center, Palm Desert, CA 1980 The Bolders Resort (Masterplan) Scottsdale, AZ 1984 Valley National Bank Biltmore Branch (now Chase Bank) 1986 Las Sabalos Resort, Mazatlan, Mexico 1980s King Khalid Residence, Saudi Arabia 1980s Gonzales Residence, Nogales, AZ

Undated Works Desert Haven Community Church, Tempe, AZ American Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico American Embassy, Benin, Africa