The Sonoran Studio
The Sonoran Studio
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Size
5,100 SF
Architect
Architectural Resource Team
Services
Electrical Systems
Mechanical Systems
Plumbing and Piping Systems
Sustainability
Sustainability
Living Building Challenge
Awards
2025 Arizona Forward Crescordia Award for Environmental Excellence in Buildings, Structures, and Landscape Design
The Sonoran Studio, home base for the architectural firm, Architectural Resource Team, is the first building in the Sonoran Desert Biome to achieve Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification.
Säzän Group provided MEP engineering services for Arizona’s first ‘living building’, a 5,100 SF urban infill structure. The building relies only on current solar income for energy, 100% captured precipitation or closed-loop water systems for water use and treating water on site, and materials that do not contain, or are produced, using toxic components or chemicals.
The project met requirements for net-zero energy, net-positive water, and carbon neutrality.
