Eldorado on 1st

6901, East 1st Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

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Eldorado on 1st

6901, East 1st Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Firm

will bruder architects

Type

Residential › Multi Unit Housing

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2017

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

BUDGET

Undisclosed

With its folded skins of bonderized metal and ephemeral railings of random-ribbed galvanized perforated steel, Eldorado on 1st is envisaged to be elusive as the shimmering desert mirage. Further, its randomly offset stack bond masonry creates an architecture of ever-changing complex shadows recalling the classic modernism of the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, the post-Taliesin West desert designs of Frank Lloyd Wright and the much celebrated modern design ideals at the core of Scottsdale’s defining Mid-Century period of growth.

The four story concrete, masonry, steel and glass structure contains seven townhouse-style dwelling units front-ed at street level by commercial office spaces. All principal living areas within are complimented with adjacent outdoor living spaces, culminating in discrete rooftop terraces enhanced with outdoor kitchens, fire features and native plantings. The cores of the dwellings are imbued with daylight through the delicately detailed stair towers and focused light wells of frosted glass that at night transform adjacent spaces with their glowing lantern-like appearance.

The play of light continues with “Four Point Line” by artist Jay Atherton, a polished stainless steel ribbon set into the concrete sidewalk, that demarks the public/private threshold and offers visitors and pedestrians a river of reflections as they traverse the site.

Carefully calibrated in its use of proportion and scale, Eldorado on 1st is a finely grained urban composition that is designed to quietly and distinctively compliment the walkable pedestrian environment of downtown Scottsdale.