The document describes several projects designed by Perry Becker Architect including the Chandler Fire Department Administration Building, Chandler Public Safety Memorial Plaza, Chandler Fire Training Center, Buckeye Coyote Branch Library, Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Learning Center, Chandler parking garage studies, Northwest Fire District campus, Buckeye prototype fire stations, Buckeye Skyline Regional Park structures, and Buckeye municipal offices in a former shopping center. The projects range from administrative buildings and public spaces to training facilities, libraries, and parks.

1. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APMUNICIPAL / OFFICE
CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Chandler, Arizona
The 19,000 s.f. three-story Chandler
Fire Department Administration
Headquarters building is greatly
influenced by historic fire station
architecture. Careful consideration
was given to the material selections
to both echo this influence as well as
complement the surrounding context
in downtown Chandler, Arizona. The
primary function of the administration
building is to provide office spaces for
fire department chiefs and personnel
as well as an Emergency Operations
Center (EOC). Also considered
was the desire to memorialize the
history of the fire department. This
was accomplished through the use
of several focal points including a
historic fire truck and fire pole located
in a gallery style lobby. Repurposed
fire hoses were woven together to
create an overhead canopy that
protects a large exterior balcony
space surrounding the double height
lobby while also providing solar
control shading for this public space.
The project is sited in a manner
that creates a lively streetscape/
pedestrian oriented presence.
The Chandler Fire Department
Administration building received
LEED Gold Certification, the 2010
Arizona Masonry Guild Excellence in
Masonry Architectural Craftsmanship
Award and the 2010 City of Chandler
Architectural Excellence Award.

2. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APMUNICIPAL PARK
CITY OF CHANDLER
PUBLIC SAFETY
MEMORIAL PLAZA
Chandler, Arizona
The City of Chandler Public Safety
Memorial Plaza was designed to
complement the adjacent Chandler
Fire Department Administration
Headquarters building and complete
the pedestrian mall between the
municipal buildings in downtown
Chandler. The plaza pays tribute
to both fire and police personnel
while maintaining a cohesive design
language with the administration
building. The plaza’s scale balances
handling large public ceremonial
gatherings while also accommodating
smaller everyday uses. Strategically
located shade structures, low-walls
and planting help to define this plaza
while still remaining open and inviting
to the public street. Sculptural wall-
mounted bronze statues memorialize
both the Police & Fire Departments
and are the poignant focal point of
this Public Safety Memorial Plaza.

3. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APMUNICIPAL
CHANDLER FIRE
TRAINING CENTER
Chandler, Arizona
TThe three building single-story
Chandler Fire Training Center Phase
1 expansion includes: classroom
space, tactical training/simulation
room, offices, physical fitness,
subsidiary spaces and fire fighter’s
memorial. Building placement
and outdoor circulation create a
campus environment sensitive to
the surrounding structures and
operations. The use of roll-up glass
garage doors in the break room
and fitness room allows the user to
enjoy Arizona weather throughout
the day. The ability to utilize the
campus outdoor circulation paths as
programmed floor space provides
great flexibility, function and cost
savings. Custom mixed terrazzo
employed in wet areas and the lobby
abstracts the colors of fire and is
long lasting. Other interior finishes
of Corian, exposed block walls and
metal clad lobby ceiling provides
a contemporary modern design
aesthetic, minimal maintenance and
durability. This project won a 2005
Arizona Masonry Guild Citation
Award and a 2006 City of Chandler
Architectural Excellence Award.

4. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APMUNCIPAL / ADAPTIVE REUSE /
TENANT IMPROVEMENT
CITY OF BUCKEYE
COYOTE BRANCH LIBRARY
Buckeye, Arizona
City of Buckeye Coyote Branch
Library is an outstanding example of
innovative adaptive reuse by locating
a new public library in the former
anchor tenant suite of a failed 1-story
neighborhood shopping center. The
16,706 s.f. Coyote Branch Library
includes: book circulation area,
computer stations, teen area, adult
area, conference/teaching rooms,
staff service & administration offices,
large community multi-purpose room,
outdoor patio, children’s area and
is the largest library in the City of
Buckeye. Client concerns about the
large characterless tenant suite and
tight budget lead the design team to
employ cost effective ceiling hung
fabric elements typically used in retail
or trade shows situations to define
specific areas and bring visual interest
to the facility. Several over-sized
books highlight the children’s area
and selectable ‘lock-out’ main entry
vestibule allows for after hours use of
the multi-purpose community room.

5. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APGOVERNMENTAL
ARIZONA GAME & FISH
DEPARTMENT
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
LEARING CENTER
Phoenix, Arizona
The Arizona Game & Fish
Department Wildlife Conservation
Learning Center a multi-purpose
facility designed to help educate the
public about Arizona’s incredible
diversity of wildlife and fish as well
as provide administrative department
offices. Simple building forms,
metal roofs and earth-toned color/
material pallet have all been selected
to help this building blend quietly
into its natural Sonoran Desert site.
Traditional divisible classrooms,
exhibit area and auditorium are
also complimented by an innovative
hands-on learning center and
outdoor courtyard/amphitheater.
Broad roof overhangs, covered
porches and day-lighting clearstory
shed roof dormers all contribute to
an overall energy savings strategy.

6. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APPLANNING
CITY OF CHANDLER
PARKING GARAGE /
RETAIL SHOPS STUDIES
Chandler, Arizona
With increasing demands to provide
more downtown parking spaces, the
City of Chandler commissioned a
series of schematic design proposals
to investigate various multi-story
parking structure scenarios that also
included an attached retail / office
tenant building in order to soften the
impact of a large parking garage.
Located in the pedestrian oriented
area of downtown Chandler, the City
of Chandler requested that a ‘liner’
tenant building also be included as a
part of the parking garage to provide
a desirable walkable downtown
streetscape. This schematic design
studied three building site footprints
including optional additional parking
levels / office tenant space ranging in
size from 268 to 474 parking spaces
and 9,000 s.f. to 15,800 s.f. of leasable
space in a one or two story building.

7. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APPLANNING
NORTHWEST FIRE DISTRICT
CENTRAL SERVICES CAMPUS
ADMINSTRATION BUILDING
Marana, Arizona
Comprehensive programming,
master planning and design for a one
and two story multi-phased 43,600
s.f. administration and training central
services facility on a 12.59 acre site
in Marana, Arizona. The project was
designed to allow phased integration
of future buildings / program in
a manner that complements the
existing design and Northwest Fire’s
long-term goals. The project includes
a multi-use central courtyard/
auditorium and firefighter memorial.

8. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APMUNICIPAL
CITY OF BUCKEYE
4-BAY PROTOTYPE
FIRE STATION
Buckeye, Arizona
The City of Buckeye, Arizona is a
rapidly growing town to the west
of Metro-Phoenix. The 10,865 s.f.
4-bay prototype design concept is
in response to the Town of Buckeye
Fire Department’s desire to plan
for this future growth with efficient
stations that not only meet the
needs of the department but also
aid in the creation of a community
through thoughtful architecture. The
floor plans are designed to fit any
lot that the fire department will use
in the future and maintain efficient
apparatus ingress / egress, solar
orientation with thoughtful shading
and massing. The station design
is also infused with adaptability
including 3 components that can be
selected per site / community needs.
The project consists of a base plan
which is essentially a traditional
fire station while the optional
components include: a neighborhood
police office, community meeting
room and additional dormitories. The
project was designed to integrate
these pieces seamlessly both
elevationally and plan. This coupled
with style specific elevations ensure
even further site compatibility.
Each style was designed following
extensive contextual research
with site locations that vary from
neighborhood to industrial sites.

9. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APMUNICIPAL
BUCKEYE SKYLINE PARK
Buckeye, Arizona
The spectacular 8,675-acre Skyline
Regional Park will be the crown jewel
in Buckeye’s park system featuring
mountainous ridges with amazing
views and plentiful opportunities for
hiking, mountain biking, horseback
riding, camping and wildlife viewing.
A series of park structures including:
park entry pavilion, rest rooms and
shade ramadas are designed to
endure the remote desert site with
a minimum of maintenance and no
off-site utility support. A photovoltaic
system including battery storage and
concealed water supply tanks are
incorporated into the architecture of
these structures and allows for the off-
grid building location. Integral desert
colored masonry and natural rusted
metal roof/accent walls never need
painting while quietly blending in with
the natural Sonoran Desert location.

10. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APMUNCIPAL / ADAPTIVE REUSE /
TENANT IMPROVEMENT
CITY OF BUCKEYE
POLICE, FIRE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS
Buckeye, Arizona
The City of Buckeye Sundance Plaza
Municipal Offices is an outstanding
example of innovative adaptive reuse
by employing a former failed 1-story
neighborhood shopping center as
new city department offices. The
relocated city departments include:
Police Administration 5,200 s.f.,
Police Substation - 9,550 s.f., Fire
Administration - 4,711 s.f. and
Economic Development with shared
communitymeetingrooms-10,200s.f.