Bennie Gonzales

Who was Bennie Gonzales?

Bennie M. Gonzales FAIA was an US architect known for a distinctive style of Southwestern architecture which has since been widely copied. Gonzales designed most of Scottsdale, Arizona's, major municipal buildings including Scottsdale City Hall, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and the Civic Center Library. His resume also included hundreds of private homes and residences throughout Arizona.

Examples of Gonzales's work can be found sprinkled across Arizona, the United States and the world. High profile buildings designed by Gonzales include the Heard Museum in central Phoenix; the Cotton Hotel in Phoenix; the former Armour-Dial building on Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale; and two churches located in Paradise Valley, Arizona, – the Gloria Del Lutheran Church and the Christ Church of the Ascension.

Gonzales received 131 separate architectural design awards throughout his career, including several awards from the American Institute of Architects.