Wendell Burnette Architects

About Wendell Burnette Architects Wendell Burnette Architects is an internationally recognized architectural firm located in Phoenix, Arizona. The diverse portfolio of Wendell Burnette Architects includes private and public projects. The architecture practice focuses on space, light, context, place, and our natural environment. The architecture practice of the firm is site and client-responsive. It is active in building and encourages its use by the people. Recent commissions, both public and private, demonstrate a commitment to active community participation wherever we work. Wendell Burnette Architects' work has received numerous accolades, including the 1990 Progressive Architecture magazine Young Architects Award, the 1999 "Emerging voices Award" from Architecture magazine, three "Record Houses" Awards from Architectural Record Magazine in 1996, 2000, and 2006, AIA Western Mountain Region Merit Award, AIA Western Mountain Region Merit Award, AIA Western Mountain Region Merit Award, AIA Honor Award, and 2009 National AIA/Maryvale Community Center/Pal Verde Library/Maryvale Community Center/Maryvale Library/Maryvale Community Center. The SMITHSONIAN Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York presented "Design Culture Now," "SouthwestNET" to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale. "Dialogues in Space" was a solo exhibition at Arizona State University's College of Design. "Architecture in Arizona: Phoenix – Barcelona" is an exhibition and symposium in Barcelona. Burnette was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters' 2009 Academy Award in Architecture. This prize honors an American architect whose work has a personal and decisive approach. Burnette's work was displayed in NYC in an exhibition at the Academy.