The document describes several restaurant design projects by architect Perry Becker. It summarizes the renovation of an existing bank building into Mastro's City Hall Steak House in Scottsdale, which incorporated the building's mid-century modern design. It also describes the remodel of an El Paso BBQ location in Glendale into a Texas-style barbecue restaurant. Finally, it discusses schematic designs for converting various existing buildings in downtown Phoenix into new restaurant destinations through exterior and interior renovations that add outdoor dining areas and reference nearby historic buildings.

1. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APRESTAURANT
MASTRO’S CITY HALL
STEAK HOUSE
Scottsdale, Arizona
Mastro’s City Hall Steak House
Restaurant is built largely within the
footprint of four drive-through lanes
constructed for the original bank
tenant in this mid-century modernist
office building designed by renowned
Phoenix area architect Bennie
Gonzales. The freeform curved
ribbons that define the form of this
inviting restaurant is derived from the
prominent alternating simple linear
window/stucco bans of the existing
building; providing both continuity
with the office building and a unique
identity for the restaurant. Due to
the height restrictions imposed by
the surrounding existing building
and the below grade elevation of
the former drive through banking
lanes, considerable design effort was
devoted to unobtrusively redirect
storm water away from flooding
this facility while retaining as much
interior volume as possible. This
large upscale restaurant features a
piano lounge, two outdoor patios with
fireplaces, chief’s dining room that
opens to the kitchen, private group
dining room and an intimate dinning
lounge. Very talented Scottsdale
designer Don Carstens conceived
the sumptuous restaurant interiors.

2. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APRESTAURANT
EL PASO BBQ
Glendale, Arizona
A complete remodel of a former
cafeteria style free-standing
restaurant, this El Paso restaurant
location served as the flagship store
for this restaurant group. A stylized
wood flume defines the bar area while
cow-hide and denim fabric covers all
the upholstered seating. Generous
outdoor dining patio complete with
oversized Rumford fireplace, natural
material palette and a large central
wood-fired smoker focal-point located
in the main dining area provides
light-hearted ambience to this
delicious Texas style BBQ restaurant.

3. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APADAPTIVE REUSE / RESTAURANT
710 NORTH 1st STREET
Phoenix, Arizona
Various schematic design studies
explore exciting opportunities to
transform an existing former print
shop located in downtown Phoenix
into a destination restaurant. Built
primarily of exposed brick with clear-
span bow-string trusses the existing
interior ‘bones’ of this building
were determined to be desirable
as is and left alone. The design
direction concentrates on updating
the building’s drab understated
exterior street elevation to attract
a future restaurant tenant while
providing new outdoor dining areas
and signage opportunities. Due to
the proximity of the nearby historic
Phoenix Westward Ho building,
several design proposals explore the
use of exposed metal truss elements
as a visual reference to the iconic
building’s huge rooftop antenna in
a place making effort. Photovoltaic
shade panels are also featured as a
signature green-building focal point
design element as well as a shaded
second floor rooftop cocktail patio.

4. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APADAPTIVE REUSE / RESTAURANT
ALLEY AT PHOENIX
PUBLIC MARKET
Phoenix, Arizona
Various schematic design studies
explore different ways to transform
an undistinguished existing building
back-alley entrance located near the
Phoenix Public Market in downtown
Phoenix into an exciting destination
urban pub. The design direction
concentrates on adding a new focal
point shade element to attract a future
tenant while providing new outdoor
social areas, signage opportunities
and support photovoltaic panels.
Due to the proximity of the nearby
historic Phoenix Westward Ho
building, several design proposals
explore the use of exposed metal
truss elements as a visual reference
to the iconic building’s huge rooftop
antenna in a place making effort.

5. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APADAPTIVE REUSE / RESTAURANT
NE CORNER OF
1st STREET & PIERCE
Phoenix, Arizona
Various schematic design studies
explore different ways to transform
an existing group of attached low-
slung CMU masonry buildings in
downtown Phoenix into a flexible
multi-tenant restaurant location.
The design direction concentrates
on updating the building’s drab
understated exterior street elevation
to attract future restaurant tenants
while providing new outdoor dining
areas and signage opportunities.
Due to the proximity of the nearby
historic Phoenix Westward Ho
building, several design proposals
explore the use of exposed metal
truss elements as a visual reference
to the iconic building’s huge rooftop
antenna in a place making effort.

6. PERRY BECKER - ARCHITECT, LEED APRESTAURANT
SORTIES RESTAURANT
Phoenix, Arizona
As a dramatic design variation
of the train based diners of the
1950’s, this aeronautical themed
restaurant celebrates Arizona’s
longtime association with flying by
using a decommissioned C-130
Hercules cargo plane as a modern
day interpretation of a classic 50’s
diner. A large surplus military metal
Quonset hut hanger is configured as
the main entrance and dining room
while the wings provide shade for the
outdoor dining patio. While visually
compelling the Sorties Restaurant
concept never got off the ground!