John Reese Williams:
CLASS OF 1975
McClintock High SchoolClass of 1975
Tempe, AZ
John Reese's Story
Life these days is celebrating 14 years with my partner, Ernie. My 85 year old mother shares our home with us and the two Catz--Mr. Puff & Ms. Wicket (they were named when given to us).
An after 25 plus years of "practicing" Architecture:
Well, a life's journey is always interesting, and as this AZ boy after finishing the ASU Ross-Blakely Law Library (1993) leaves for four weeks in 1994 to help after the Los Angeles earthquake, finds that after four months is moved to Pasadena to work on Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park in Florida for two years. Then wraps up the final design efforts of the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion. The ...Expand for more
next is a weekly commute to Las Vegas (or Wages, for some) working on six casinos for four years. THEN the once in a lifetime (for an Architect at least) project--design and get it built (with Rafael Moneo) the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels for six years and become the Architect of Record for it!
Since returning to AZ in 2003, work has centered on Phase One of the Phoenix Convention Center Expansion, the just opened (October 1) Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel and the new Academic Classroom/Office/Laboratory buildings (three total, opened August 2008) for Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus in Mesa. And what's next well . . .
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