Favorite Places

A living agricultural museum where heritage fruit trees, grape arbors, and timeline gardens thrive at the base of Sentinel Peak.

Architect Michael Nervik shares childhood memories of camping under the stars on Mount Lemmon. (02:41)

Valeria Moraga, Design Professional at the firm Poster Mirto McDonald, describes Armory Park Neighborhood. (03:25)

Associate Director of the Southern The Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Architects describes the Underwood Garden on the University of Arizo...

A special place located just east of the Mission San Xavier del Bac on the Tohono O'odham Nation. (03:48)

Nearly one hundred years of memories fill this iconic venue. (2:47)

Architect Tatyana Bresler shares why the UA Campus is one of her favorite places in Tucson. (03:07)

Architect Michael Becherer shares why Mercado San Agustin courtyard is one of his favorite places in Tucson. (03:02)

"What attracts me to the J is the way this architectonic form is situated in the landscape, striking from multiple angles." (02:49)

"Stepping into this ruin is like walking into a Picasso painting." (02:26)

"Everything a building isn't supposed to be, was all there." (02:35)

"There is a lot to love about this building." (02:58)

"I was on the college campus I had always imagined." (02:45)

"It represents the essence of architectural spaces: scale, endurance and delight." (03:17)

"There is so much happening there now, anything is possible." (02:10)

"This building’s obscured delight takes a little effort to uncover." (02:17)

"Tucson is a spiritual place, and El Tiradito one of its most magical spaces." (03:05)

"It is a bastion of past history, serenity, surprise, grace and elegance." (03:27)

"The courtyard has a sense of eclectic cohesion — a quality that would occur only through time and accretion." (02:27)

"Whenever I pass this house, I inevitably think of Frida Kahlo's blue house in Coyoacán." (03:13)

"They're not even really "places" in the traditional sense of the word, but the spaces between places." (02:30)