An iconic mountain, an adjacent historic bank, the pattern created by the swing of a racquet and an existing pallet of forms and materials help inspire and give form to a dynamic health club renovation.
Located at the base of Camelback Mountain, across from the beloved Chase Bank on 44th and Camelback roads with its whimsical organic motif, sat a tired Mexican restaurant and an equally tired racquet and health club tucked behind it. Barely visible from the main road, the health club was in serious need of updating and expanding its services to compete in an ever-challenging, increasingly competitive, marketplace.
The ambitious scope faced by the design-build team included repurposing an existing restaurant, melding it with an existing health club, relocating offices and a day spa, expanding its health and wellness venues, enlarging existing locker room facilities, bringing order to a somewhat chaotic group of existing function spaces, re-imaging the entire property and establishing a visual presence along t
