California studio Johnston Marklee has completed Ray Phoenix, a residential building in Arizona clad in a mint green metal facade, the colour informed by the surrounding desert.

Located just outside of Phoenix's downtown, in the city's Roosevelt Row Arts District, Ray Phoenix contains 401 apartments and rises 26 storeys.

Johnston Marklee has completed a tower in Phoenix

The building was meant to "enhance the Phoenix community by making art, architecture, and design highly accessible to its residents" and was is co-developed by New York developer Ray and Kansas-based developer Vela .

It is among a number of owner-operated developments by Ray, which recently completed a similar property in New York designed by Frida Escobedo Studio and Handel Architects .

The building is clad in a light green metal facade

Ray Phoenix is made up of a slim tower that sits on a wide, rectangular base.…