CONSTRUCTIONS: Book Release Event 11.23.08

The book, CONSTRUCTIONS: BUILDINGS IN ARIZONA BY ALFRED NEWMAN BEADLE has been proofread and will be off to the publisher in a matter of days!I should have it in hand just in time for our planned Event.

Beadle fans, thank you for your support of this worthwhile project. I swear, it couldn't have, wouldn't have, been accomplished without you, and I am very, very excited to give you your copies. I hope you all come to the Release Party on November 23, 2008 at Al's #4450 building. If you can't be there, your copy will be mailed. And know that everyone is welcome to join us!

Suzanne

Book Readied for the Press.......................... Release Celebration Announced

As the second edition of "Constructions: Buildings in Arizona by Alfred Newman Beadle" is finalized for the press, plans have been set for release of this tremendous resource. Mark your calendars now for this event. The book will be available, along with the film, "beadlearchitecture" and an opportunity to meet Al's beloved wife Nancy Beadle, as we mark the 10th anniversary this year of the passing of this famed icon.

WHO: hosted by Gnosis, Ltd., Nancy Beadle, Eddie Jones/Jones Studio, Inc. and Desert Living Magazine

WHAT: a Book Release Event celebrating a 2008 Gnosis publication: the second edition of ASU Professor B. Michael Boyle’s "Constructions: Buildings in Arizona by Alfred Newman Beadle"

WHEN: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008

WHERE: in the courtyard of the Beadle-designed office complex at 4450 North 12th Street, Phoenix, 85014

WHY: to announce the availability of a book that illustrates the indelible mark of this Regional Master Architect on Arizona’s landscape

Major support for this project comes from Jones Studio, American Institute of Architects Phoenix Metro, Corporate Interior Systems and Arizona Commission on the Arts.

Modernist architect Al Beadle (1927 – 1998), who created a new vocabulary for building on challenging sites in the harsh, arid landscape of the majestic Sonoran Desert, left a 40-year legacy in the Valley. Much of his built environment is undocumented and few resources referencing his work are available.

Originally published in 1993 in a very small edition, Constructions: Buildings in Arizona by Alfred Newman Beadle is a long out-of-print book still in demand, no doubt because awareness of the importance of his work in the history of modern building has spread from the narrower professional community to the wider public and is still growing.

JeriJane