Michael Goodwin

Michael Kemper Goodwin (1939—May 4, 2011)^[1] was an important architect in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He also served two terms in the Arizona House of Representatives in the 1970s.^[2]

Early life

Michael Andrew Goodwin was born in San Antonio.

He was born in 1939 to his father, Kemper Goodwin, another important local architect (one with two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona) with whom Michael would later work. He was also the grandson of Garfield and Jenny Goodwin, pioneers in the city of Tempe, Arizona.^[2] Like his father, he attended the University of Southern California.^[1]

He joined his father's firm in 1967.^[3]^[4] In 1978, he was the youngest person ever to become a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.^[1]

Tempe Municipal Building (1970)^[5]: this upside-down pyramid was designed to shade and cool itself^[1]
Marcos de Niza High School (1971): this work was considered a revolution in open space campus design^[5]
Corona del Sol High School (1976): a very early design in solar technology^[5]
Many other local elementary, middle, and high schools
The Elk Run subdivision in Flagstaff, Arizona, among his few residential designs

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Name	Goodwin, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Arizona architect, state representative
Date of birth	1939
Place of birth	Tempe, Arizona
Date of death	May 4, 2011
Place of death