. architects industry architecture founded 1978 founder les wallach faia headquarters tucson arizona area served international services architecture interior design masterplanning and landscape design website www.lineandspace.com line and space is an architectural design firm founded in 1978 by les wallach faia and headquartered in tucson arizona . 1 they have completed projects internationally 2 3 and are known for their ecologically sound buildings . 4 5 6 7 in 2007 line and space extended its services internationally when the company was selected to design a series of luxury villas in shenzhen 8 china . the project included the design of several housing prototypes a corporate retreat and community center along the hillside of tianqin bay . the cascading residences as they have come to be known were a catalyst for the firm s future work in china . since then line and space has completed projects in the cities of xiamen kunming chongqing and nanjing . as the scope of their work continues to broaden line and space consistently strives to create sustainable resource conserving architecture that is inherent to their design philosophy . contents 1 projects 2 awards 3 references 4 external links projects edit boyce thompson arboretum state park visitor center superior arizona 1988 9 the arroyo house tucson arizona 1989 2 arizona sonora desert museum restaurant and gallery complex tucson arizona 1993 10 national historic trails interpretive center casper wyoming 2002 11 cesar chavez regional library phoenix arizona 2007 12 university of arizona poetry center tucson arizona 2007 13 red rock canyon visitor center red rock canyon national conservation area outside of las vegas nevada 2010 14 15 cascading residences tianqin bay shenzhen china 2013 8 san diego national wildlife refuge complex chula vista california 2011 16 the two xiamen china 2011 3 liangjiang golf club chongqing china 2016 4 awards edit the committee on the environment cote top ten award for the boyce thompson arboretum 1991 17 recipient of six state aia western mountain region firm of the year award 1999 the committee on the environment cote top ten award for the cesar chavez regional library 2008 17 aia arizona sustainable firm of the year 2009 18 25 000 first prize award from the national endowment for the arts for skymarkers a gateway to tucson arizona . named new landmark libraries by the publication library journal for the cesar chavez regional library 2011 19 and the university of arizona poetry center 2012 international award in american architecture from the european centre for architecture art design and urban studies and the chicago athenaeum for the red rock canyon visitor center 2012 international green project award from the russian union of architects grand prize 2012 aia arizona srp sustainable design award for the red rock canyon visitor center 2011 aia arizona firm of the year award 2011 20 aia arizona twenty five year award for the boyce thompson arboretum 2014 aia arizona twenty five year award for the arroyo house 2015 21 references edit line and space architects bing yu . the making of new chinese urbanism . china architecture and building press . october 2011 pg . 168 177 . saywell james editor . line and space tucson usa global perspective . hinge architecture interior design . volume 218 asia one printing limited hong kong . november 2013 pg . 78 83 . flannery john a. and karen m. smith . eco urban design . boston spa media . october 2011 pg . 26 32 attman osman . green architecture advanced technologies and materials . mcgraw hill s greensource . 2010 pg . 184 185 . walker andy phd pe . solar energy technologies and project delivery for buildings . wiley john wiley and sons publishing . 2013 pg . 281 285 jin lei . begin where you want to end . urbanism and architecture china . dec 2005 . 1 a b tom beal the really far east side arizona daily star december 11 2011 . retrieved 2014 09 08 . boyce thompson arboretum arizona sonora desert museum restaurant and gallery complex national historic trails interpretive center tom beal tucson architect honored for shade rich design arizona daily star april 24 2008 . retrieved 2014 05 07 . tom beal poetry center design an exacting contradictory task for architects arizona daily star october 14 2007 . retrieved 2014 05 07 . joyce gorsuch red rock s new visitor center bringing green technology to the canyon blvds las vegas issue 19 . page 32 35 . lopez oscar . tucson based architects line and space wins 2011 aia arizona architectural firm of the year award archdaily november 22 2011 . retrieved 2014 09 08 . san diego national wildlife refuge visitor and administrative facility a b aia cote top ten green projects 2009 aia arizona award winners aia arizona . www.aia arizona.org . retrieved 2016 08 16 . horizontal tab character in title at position 31 help lj s new landmark libraries cesar chavez branch library library journal may 10 2011 . retrieved 2014 05 07 oscar lopez tucson based architects line and space wins 2011 aia arizona architectural firm of the year award archdaily november 22 2011 . retrieved 2014 05 07 shepperd eric 2015 12 04 . 2015 aia arizona design awards announced az big media . retrieved 2016 08 16 . external links edit line and space official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title line and space & oldid 742615028 categories architecture firms based in arizonahidden categories cs1 errors invisible characters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version 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