Papago Gateway Center

Class “A” LEED CS Silver certified office and research facility located in Tempe, Arizona. A collaborative effort helped to create a wonderfully mixed environment consisting of both natural and man-made elements. The unique architecture of the building, as well as images of the desert and its collection of colors, was the design inspiration for the wayfinding and identification graphics throughout the project.


RED Award (Real Estate and Development)
Best Office Project, 2009
Best Sustainable Project (Honorable Mention) 2009

Client: Chesnut Properties
Architect: the SmithGroup
Fabricator: Royal Sign Company
Artist: Rebecca Ross
Tempe, Arizona

Papago Gateway Monument Papago Gateway Garage Papago Gateway Building Identification Papago Gateway Elevator Papago Gateway Pedestrian
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Environmental Graphic Design is the the weaving of wayfinding, identity, signage, architecture, landscapes and art together as communication and a sense of place. It is in this creation of PLACE that we help greet, inform and direct people through simple, as well as complex, environments.