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Tom and Susan Snooks enlisted an architect to maximize mountain views when they remodeled their Fountain Hills home.

IN SAFE HANDS Architects put owners’ stamp on projects, while ensuring safety DOLORES TROPIANO SPECIAL FOR THE REPUBLIC

Tom and Susan Snooks could see the beautiful McDowell and Red mountains from the backyard of their Fountain Hills home. For years, they tried to figure out a way to capitalize on that view. But they didn’t consider themselves savvy about style and design, and certainly not about building something to give the backyard a better view. “My wife and I are both clueless about that sort of thing,� said Tom, a consulting actuary in health-care finance whose wife is an Episcopal priest.

The couple decided to hire architect Steve Judge after seeing work he had done for a friend. They had a consultation with Judge, who described himself as a lifestyle-driven architect. They all quickly clicked. “He was speaking my language and made my ears perk up. It was definitely a fit,� Tom said. “Steve immediately got what we were after.� See ARCHITECTS, Page R3

Urban condos are going up, up, up again in metro Phoenix Million-dollar condominiums with their own elevators are underway in north Scottsdale. Four-story town houses with skylights are planned near Arizona State University in Tempe. And sales are about to start for lofts overlooking central Phoenix’s Margaret T. Hance Park. A mini-boom in cool, new urban housing is happening in metro Phoenix. Not a

full-fledged boom like in 2006 when almost 8,000 high-rise condos, lofts and town homes were planned — but fewer than half that many were built. Now, about 800 new condos and town houses are underway in the Phoenix area. Most of the current projects are in city centers. Others are in neighborhoods with retail and offices within walking distance.

CATHERINE REAGOR REAL ESTATE

Infill homes are becoming much more popular with Valley buyers, who want to live closer to restaurants, jobs and shopping. The current slower pace of condo development is a good thing. Almost half of the urban housing projects launched at the peak of the housing boom failed durSee REAGOR, Page R3

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