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What is the name of the designer of the Tlaquepaque shopping center in Sedona, Arizona?

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What is the name of the designer of the Tlaquepaque shopping center in Sedona, Arizona?

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“Immediately, Abe hired Bob McIntyre, a gifted if unconventional architect, and the adventure began. As the story goes, Bob McIntyre, Abe Miller and Bill Herrick, the general contractor, flew Abe’s plane all over Mexico into small villages photographing, sketching, and documenting the look and feel of the material and spiritual conditions to be interpreted as authentically as possible in their Tlaquepaque village. They studied the buildings, how they were built and what materials were used. They photographed thousands of scenes from rural villages and sketched Spanish Colonial architecture. They looked at how the patios, courtyards and plazas created natural gathering places for the villagers to sell their crafts and mingle together.

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