{"id":6044,"date":"2026-02-23T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:17:25","slug":"multistudio-designs-towers-with-crisp-white-skin-in-downtown-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/multistudio-designs-towers-with-crisp-white-skin-in-downtown-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Multistudio designs towers with “crisp white skin” in Downtown Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pair of white towers<\/a> anchor a mixed-used<\/a> project called Central Station, which was designed by US firm Multistudio to serve as “a model for multimodal development” in Phoenix<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Envisioned as “a new civic landmark”, the project is located near an urban park and the downtown campus for Arizona State University. The 2.6-acre (one-hectare) site formerly held a nondescript transit facility.<\/p>\n

A key aspiration was to turn the utilitarian site into “a shaded, pedestrian-focused gateway for the city’s center”.<\/p>\n

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Central Station is a pair of white high-rise buildings designed by Multistudio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project was designed by Multistudio<\/a>, a multidisciplinary practice with several US offices, including one in Phoenix. The desert metropolis is experiencing significant growth in both its downtown core and public transit network.<\/p>\n

Totalling approximately one million square feet (92,903 square metres), the Central Station development features two residential<\/a> building \u2013 one rises 33 levels and contains market-rate rental apartments<\/a>, while the other is 22 levels and holds student housing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The buildings emerge from a “porous ground plane” with shops, restaurants and outdoor seating. The development also incorporates bus and light-rail stops, and a transit centre is located in the bottom two levels of the 22-storey tower.<\/p>\n

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The buildings contain rental apartments and student housing. Photo by Matt Winquist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The project’s ground plane is conceived not as a fortified solid podium, but as an open civic plaza,” said Multistudio.<\/p>\n

“This ground-level porosity creates a fine-grained, textured urban fabric, positioning Central Station as a model for multimodal development in the fifth largest city in the United States.”<\/p>\n

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Shops and restaurants on the ground floor were designed to create a sense of openness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The residential buildings sit perpendicular to each other and frame the plaza. The taller sits atop a podium structure containing tenant amenities, retail space and two floors of office space.<\/p>\n

They have concrete structural frames and facades with a mix of glazing, panels and fins. The exterior insulation and finishing system cladding (EIFS) was prefabricated.<\/p>\n