Arts / Culture
Speedie & Associates has worked on projects all across Arizona from north to south, east to west. In fact, it's rare when a client inquires about a piece of land we haven't touched in some way since our inception in 1980. We've worked for public and private clients, and our resume of projects is expansive.
Whether it's a major highway project or a small retail building, our experienced staff can provide specific technical expertise to address each project's unique challenges.
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The List: Arts & Culture
Statewide
- Arts and culture are abundant throughout our state. S&A have been fortunate to be a part of project teams for a wide variety of ground-up construction and renovations of some of Arizona's well-known cultural facilities.
- Arizona Ballet Remodel, Phoenix
- Arizona Science Museum, Phoenix
- Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
- Arts Academy, Ph I & II, Phoenix
- ASU Gammage Center Additions, Tempe
- ASU Nelson Fine Arts Center & Music Plaza, Tempe
- Center for Performing Arts, Peoria
- Chandler Museum, Chandler
- Chandler Center for Performing Arts
- Children's Museum of Phoenix Courtyard, Phoenix
- Chocolate Kake, Phoenix
- CREATE at Arizona Science Center, Phoenix
- Desert Botanical Garden Observation Deck, Phoenix
- Fox Theatre, Tucson
- Hale Theatre, Gilbert
- Heard Museum, Phoenix
- Heard Museum, Surprise
- Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix
- Jewish History Museum, Tucson
- Mesa Arts Center, Mesa
- Museum of Northern Arizona AZ Collections Center, Flagstaff
- Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
- Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix
- Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix
- Phoenix Art Museum Expansion, Phase II, Phoenix
- Pueblo Grande Museum Artifact Storage, Phoenix
- Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts
- Scottsdale Community College Performing Arts Center
- Scottsdale Museum of the West, Scottsdale
- Western Discovery Museum, Tusayan
- Yavapai Indian Cultural Center, Prescott
- Youth Family Art Center, Scottsdale
Herberger Theater Renovations
Phoenix, Arizona
- This project was a renovation of a three-venue performing arts theater in downtown Phoenix, Arizona to improve accessibility and way-finding (ADA), expand patron amenities, refurbish interior and exterior finishes, and upgrade buildings and performance systems. This Center includes the 800-seat Center Stage, 325-seat Stage West, and 110-seat Kax Theater. S&A was contracted by the City of Phoenix to conduct the geotechnical investigation and construction materials testing for the project.
Chandler Museum
Chandler, Arizona
- This new 10,000 square foot building and 10,000 square foot exterior courtyard and garden was completed in late 2018 and is the centerpiece of the new museum campus. S&A was contracted to perform the geotechnical investigation for this project.
Mesa Arts Center
Mesa, Arizona
- The 178,000 SF Mesa Arts Center features four performance venues, five art galleries and fourteen visual and performing arts classrooms. Multi-use areas are incorporated throughout the campus, both indoor and outdoor, for gathering and presentation spaces. S&A provided construction monitoring and materials testing.
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
- The Musical Instrument Museum is located in Phoenix, Arizona. Opened in April 2010, it is the largest museum of its type in the world. The collection of over 15,000 musical instruments and associated objects includes examples from nearly 200 countries and territories, representing every inhabited continent.
Hale Theatre Renovations
Gilbert, Arizona
- S&A provided CMT services for the newly renovated 350-seat theatre. Hale Theatre Arizona, which was established in 2003, recently completed expansions that began in 2019. The now 22,000-square-foot space encompasses a rehearsal space, dance studio, meeting space, costume/wardrobe department and scene shop on site, plus an all new state-of-the-art, sustainable lighting and sound system.
CREATE at Arizona Science Center
Phoenix, Arizona
- CREATE at Arizona Science Center(R) is where science, design, and engineering collide! Inspired by the productivity of an inventor's workshop, the creativity of an art studio, and the experimentation of a lab, CREATE is a 6,500 square-foot community hub for turning dreams into reality. The renovation included extensive demolition and reconstruction to allow for an open and accessible relationship to the existing lobby, redifning the entry experience as a gesture inviting visitors from the public plaza beyond.
Japanese Friendship Garden
Phoenix, Arizona
- The Japanese Friendship Garden is about 3.5 acres and includes a tea garden and tea house. It is a joint project of the sister cities of Phoenix, Arizona, and Himeji, Japan.