​Artist James Carpenter worked with the airport design team to integrate his luminous sculptural window wall into the passenger bridge “At a key transition in the airport," said Carpenter, “the artwork transforms the incoming daylight into a soft volumetric expression of Phoenix's desert light." The effects and colors change with the sun throughout the day and seasons. In late afternoons the edges of the window glass refract rainbow splashes along the floor and wall. Specialized lighting makes the installation visible to curbside drivers and passengers at night.

In addition to designing the window-wall installation, JCDA selected the dark tones of the terrazzo floor, ceiling and wall surfaces inside the bridge corridor to enhance the impact of the luminous window wall.

Phoenix Light Passage is one of four major public art projects built as part of the Terminal 3 modernization. The others are located in the terminals' East arrivals atrium, on the passenger bridge to the south concourse, and the West plaza.