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RAINBOW ROAd

PHOENIX, ARIZONA USA

Project "Rainbow Road", image exterior 01 | Lev Libeskind

Max Height

20 m

project type

residential

Project "Rainbow Road", image exterior 03 | Lev Libeskind

RAINBOW ROAD, PHOENIX, ARIZONA USA

Located in the trendy Roosevelt Arts District and inspired by the iconic video game, Mario Kart, the 38 boutique luxury apartments, each with a distinctive, irregular shape, are as unique as the flowers that miraculously thrive in Arizona’s desert heat. The design includes intersecting geometries through irregular parallelograms with ten distinctive, angled facades. Trapezoidal windows provide a shimmering sense of movement and are illuminated at night to provide “set and setting” 24 hours a day. As a study in the never-complete exercise of finding the perfect diagonal, Rainbow Road charts a course between architecture and the virtual space of video gaming, epitomized by the colorful courtyard. Both the open-air lobby and roof will play host to monthly art exhibitions to unite local artists with the surrounding vibrant art community and the general public. 

Lev has been commissioned to create an original public installation on the street which invites passers-by to explore inside and find out where you go after unlocking the Rainbow Cup in the Rainbow Grand Prix.

Rainbow Road was designed by Lev Libeskind and his studio in Italy.

Project "Rainbow Road", image 01 | Lev Libeskind

Night View

ILLUMINATED TRAPEZOIDAL WINDOWS

building Area

4200 sq.m.

Project "Rainbow Road", image 02 | Lev Libeskind

Courtyard

Interior View

Project "Rainbow Road", image exterior 02 | Lev Libeskind

neighborhood context

exterior view

total units

38

Project "Rainbow Road", image 03 | Lev Libeskind

COURTYARD WITH OPEN LOBBY

Street level View