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On Wednesday 8th February 2012 Phoenix architect, Will Bruder, discussed his desert architecture philosophy with an audience assembled at the Phoenix Art Museum. The architect of the landmark Phoenix Central Library (also known as the Burton Barr Library) revealed that the physical inspiration for the building was provided by Camelback Mountain, a 2,706 feet high monolithic rock formation that dominates the Phoenix Valley.
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Flannery, J.A., Smith, K.M. (2014). Phoenix Central Library. In: Eco-Library Design. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4078-5_10
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