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.

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 

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

contact:           
Suzanne D. Johnson, Executive Director

Gnosis, Ltd.

• phone (480) 488 2691

• fax (480) 488 1656

• email: Suzanne@gnosisltd.org