Michael Goodwin

Life and career Goodwin was born April 28, 1939, to Kemper Goodwin and Mary 'Mickey' Goodwin. (Kemper Goodwin was a local architect, who designed two buildings which are now on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona). He attended the University of Southern California graduating in 1963. The firm then became known as Michael & Kemper Goodwin Ltd. He took over the firm after his father retired in 1975. In 1978, he was the youngest person ever to become a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Ultimately Goodwin's name would be dropped and Ahern, MacVittie & Hofmann Ltd. would go on to design many more schools. He would however involve himself in real estate as a developer and keep the name Michael & Kemper Goodwin Ltd. when developing the Elks Run subdivision in Flagstaff. In 1995 Michael returned to Phoenix living in an adobe home on Camelback Mountain.

Major works Salt River Project Building, Tempe, Arizona (1966–1968 with Kemper Goodwin) Michael Goodwin Residence, Tempe, Arizona (1968–1969) Tempe Municipal Building (1966–1970 with Kemper Goodwin): this upside-down pyramid was designed to shade and cool itself wedge-shaped structure that uses roof of below floor as access to the above space United Bank Building, Tempe, Arizona (1980 unbuilt) Paradise Valley Police Station (1980) Garden Showcase Apartments (now MarQ at 1st) Tempe, Arizona (1984) The Elk Run subdivision in Flagstaff, Arizona, among his few residential designs Yavapai County Health Building, Prescott, Arizona (1986): built using Goodwin's Sweet Little Unit (SLU) steel framed portable building system (Demolished) (Demolished) Curry Elementary School (1968–1969) Connolly Middle School (1969–1972) Arredondo Elementary School (1972 with Kemper Goodwin) Frank Elementary School, Ronaldo & Elena Sanchez Activity Center (1973–1975) (demolished) Nevitt Elementary School (1974): hexagonal-shaped structures to form parallelogram-shaped classrooms (Demolished) Bustoz Elementary School (1974): hexagonal-shaped structures to form parallelogram-shaped classrooms (now Bustoz Learning Center) Rover Elementary School (1976) Getz School (1979)

Kyrene School District initial plan called for SLU method to be used, final product was a permanent structure of masonry, steel, and concrete with earth berms Sunrise Middle School (1980–1981): classroom buildings built using SLU method

Roosevelt Elementary School District Cafeteria addition at M.L. King Elementary School (1975) Auditorium addition at C.J. Jorgensen Elementary School (1975) C.O. Greenfield Elementary/Middle School (1977–1980)

Scottsdale Unified School District Cherokee Elementary School (1973–1974): hexagonal-shaped structures form parallelogram-shaped classrooms (Demolished)

Many other local elementary, middle, and high schools Safford High School, Safford, Arizona (1978–1981) Nogales High School, Nogales, Arizona (1979–1980) Morenci Junior/Senior High School, Morenci, Arizona (1979–1984)