• Orco Block Manufacturer makes Breezeblocks in Indio, CA, which is close enough to drive from Phoenix
• CM Building carries breezeblock in Cathedral City, CA, which is close enough to drive from Phoenix

• Arizona Builder Contractor Magazine is keyword searchable from 1939 - 1961
• Arizona Contractor and Community continues the tradition of the above magazine, with historical features
• Public Record Center for Arizona
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps available digitally and locally at ASU Noble Library
• Receive up to 30 free minutes of free records research through AZ State Library. To maximize your results, try researching your request through their resources first
• ASU Special Collections including works by Beadle, Straub, Drake, Schreiber, Bruder, Wright, Goodwin, Henry and Elmore
• US Modernist Architectural Magazine Library

• Phoenix Financial Center by W.A. Sarmiento. No tours, private property.
• Executive Towers by Al Beadle. Private property, lobby only.
• Hotel Valley Ho by Varney, Sydnor and Sexton. Tours available.
• Scottsdale Civic Center by Bennie Gonzales. No tours but easily accessible civic property.
• Arizona Falls is the perfect first-date picnic spot for lovers of architecture, open to the public.
• The Sandra Day O’Connor House by D.K. Taylor. Tours by appointment only.
• Midcentury Marvels of Phoenix [PDF] and accompanying Google map is here.
• Modern Phoenix Annual Home Tour
  Held each spring during Modern Phoenix Week. Next tour is in March 2021, pandemic permitting. Tickets go on sale February 1 annually, and sell out in days.

• Representative branch banks in Phoenix (1950-1975), based on research by Donna Reiner, PhD

• Brad Hall's History Adventuring Instagram and History Adventuring website are amazing!
• Jason Steele’s Flickr photoset on architectural points of interest
• Phoenix midcentury modern architecture group on Flickr
• Explore the tags for modphx, modernphoenix and modern phoenix on Flickr

Custom Furnishings

• The Guild
• William Mostow
• Modfire
• RAKATEKT
• Urban Plough Furniture
• Mod Mom Furniture
• Truth By Hand
• Maxworks Designs
• Modfire
• Josh Makes
• Sólido
• Mod Ranch
• SlabHaus
• Chase Warren Design
• Draftwood
• Irvin Studio
• LumberLust Designs
• Salt Phx

Vintage Retail

• Modern Manor
• Buckhorn Vintage
• Redhead Sadie Vintage
• Malefors Vintage Imports
• AZ Modern
• Red Modern Furniture
• Eye Opener
• Atomic Age Modern Upholstery
• 2bMod

Furniture Dealers

• Lumature lighting and furnishings
• NYLoft Phoenix modern contemporary furniture
• Parnain
• Boxhill Southwest
• Copenhagen modern contemporary
• Design Within Reach in Scottsdale

Architects

• For midcentury architects Beadle, Haver, Guirey, Drake, Schreiber, Straub, Taylor, Gonzales, Madole and more, visit our Architects page
• Visit the Phoenix Metro AIA Chapter
• Bowker's Directory of Architects 1956, includes brief biographies
• Bowker's Directory of Architects 1970, includes brief biographies

• Urban Developments by Lucas Lindsey
• Robrt Pela for the New Times
• Historic preservation discussion at Skyscraperpage
• The Modern Phoenix Marketplace

• Motel postcards blog
• Phoenix got Googie
• History Adventuring by Brad Hall
• Urban exploration of the Mountain Bell building pre-demolition
• Vintage modern design archive compiled by ModDog
• Vintage Phoenix

Arizona State

• Arizona Preservation Foundation
• AZ State Historic Preservation Office
• Preserve AZ: The State Historic Preservation Conference

National

• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• National Park Service preservation page, including the National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Landmarks and information on preservation standards, guidelines and tax incentives
• Society of Architectural Historians
• Docomomo_US [DOcumentation and COnservation of the MOdern MOvement]
• Society of Commercial Archeology, the go-to for roadside signage and buildings such as gas stations, diners and motels
• Recent Past Preservation Network: Modern preservation advocacy
• American Library of Congress Digital Collection, featuring historic newspapers, sound recordings, prints and photographs and a section on American history and culture
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

International

• Docomomo [DOcumentation and COnservation of the MOdern MOvement]

• Desert Architecture by Ralph Parachek. Out of print, try Amazon or eBay.
• The Emerging Metropolis: Phoenix 1944-1972 is out of print but can be found on Amazon and eBay.
• The Ranch House by Alan Hess
• There are dozens of books on Wright and Soleri at Amazon.

• Route 66 "Fly Away Home" Part I, Part II
  Episode featuring Al Beadle's Safari Hotel
• Morrissey drives up and down Van Buren for a place to live "My Love Life"
• Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
• Joe B Wong, Scottsdale Architect
• Bennie Gonzales, Arizona History-maker
• Pedro Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey on American Masters by PBS
• Modern Phoenix Playlist on YouTube
• Charles and Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter on American Masters by PBS
  

• Lotta Livin’ Los Angeles Modern Architecture
• Collector’s Weekly on eBay
• The Mies Van der Rohe Society in Chicago
• Mocoloco modern design blog
• Remodeling cost guide by Fixr
• Retro@home list of modern links
• Modernism 101 vintage books online