Michael Goodwin


Michael Kemper Goodwin was an architect in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He also served two terms in the Arizona House of Representatives in the 1970s.

Life & Career

Goodwin was born April 28, 1939 to Kemper Goodwin and Mary 'Mickey' Goodwin.. He attended the University of Southern California graduating in 1963.
After graduation Goodwin returned to Arizona and joined his father's firm. In 1966 he received his licence in architecture and was made senior partner. The firm then became known as Michael & Kemper Goodwin Ltd. He took over the firm after his father retired in 1975. In 1978, he was the youngest person ever to become a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
His firm specialized in educational structures designing facilities for several school districts throughout Arizona.
He was also one of the first architects to experiment in green and sustainable building designs as well as efficiency of building design as seen in many of his educational and municipal buildings. Examples of his sustainable and efficiency ideas include the use of sloping glass, earth berms, solar energy, hexagonal structures framed in as parallelograms, light and body heat as heat sources, modular portable building elements, and rooftop parking.
In the early 1980s the firm was reorganized into Ahern, MacVittie, Hofmann & Goodwin, Ltd.

Major works

Arizona State University
Tempe Union High School District
Tempe Elementary School District
Kyrene School District
Paradise Valley Unified School District
Roosevelt Elementary School District
Scottsdale Unified School District
Many other local elementary, middle, and high schools