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Scottsdale City Hall is the cornerstone of the Civic Center in Old Town Scottsdale. This award-winning complex was designed in 1968 by architect Bennie M. Gonzales, who mixed ancient ideas with modern materials. Sculpted double-thick adobe walls, bright white exterior, and deeply recessed windows provide a "green" design applauded today for protecting the building from the hot sun. Gonzales also designed the nearly mirror image Civic Center library (see blog June 6) and later the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts which opened in 1975 (see blog Aug. 19). Tomorrow: inside City Hall.
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