Masonry Magazine July 1963 Page. 11
Municipal Building, City of
Arizona, completed in February of 1963. The mechanical equipment for the building occupies the top floor. The small circular building to the right is the City Council's chambers.
Municipal Building, Phoenix, Arizona
Associated Municipal Building Architects: Edward L. Varney & Associates, A.L.A. Rolph Haver & Associates, A.I.A. Structural Engineers: Charles Magadini & Associates General Contractors: TCK Construction Company
One of the many new buildings dotting the Phoenix, Arizona, skyline is that of the new Municipal Building.
Per elevator supplied the workers with materials. Workmen can be seen setting on one panel over two of the "bathtub" pre-cost panel. July, 1963
Utilizing 933 precast concrete panels, the structure was completed in February of 1963 by the TKG Construction Company. The panels, designed like "bathtubs," measured 3 ft. x 12 ft.-6 in. and were anchored to the building columns and to the floor with angle anchors and bolts. Each panel unit for the columns, arches and facia was set individually and acted as forms for concrete beams running parallel and perpendicular with the facia. The beams tied back into the center of the building. The floor deck was then poured on top of the beams.
TKG Construction Co. employed bricklayers from Local No. 3, Phoenix, Arizona, to install all the panels on the project. Work on this building was completed on schedule.
The small circular building to the right, in the top photograph, is the City Council's chambers.
Architects for the building were Edward L. Varney & Associates and Ralph Haver & Associates with Charles Magadini & Associates the Structural Engineers.
An "inside-out view of the columns and arches. An enclosure panel can be seen being hoisted to the workmen above. There was a total of 933 panels used in the project.