AIA Awards
AIA Honor Award 2018: Sutcliffe House by deMx Architecture
Designed for a local landscape photographer and inspired by the economy of regional vernacular forms, this secluded Ozark mountain residence captures and emphasizes views of the surrounding landscape.
Joe Stanley is the founding principal of Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, the second-largest architectural firm in Arkansas.
Designed to accommodate the company’s unprecedented growth, Paschal Heat Air & Geothermal needed both a warehouse that could support its expanding inventory, as well as office space that could integrate seamlessly with its workflow and evolving business model.
Taggart Architects and the city of Sherwood took the approach of setting the Amy Sanders Library within existing trees and steep terrain rather than clearing everything and leveling the ground.
AIA E. Fay Jones Gold Medal Award 2018: Joe Stanley of Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
Joe Stanley is the founding principal of Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, the second-largest architectural firm in Arkansas. read more >
AIA Honor Award 2018: Robinson Center by Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
The complete renovation and expansion of the Robinson Center dramatically reimagines the beloved historic landmark as a state-of-the-art performance and conference venue, poised for the future. read more >
AIA Merit Award 2018: Two Rivers Point by Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
Stretching above the tree line, this multi-level home for the architect and his family of four realizes a lifelong obsession with owning a treehouse. read more >
AIA Honor Award 2018: Sutcliffe House by deMx Architecture
Designed for a local landscape photographer and inspired by the economy of regional vernacular forms, this secluded Ozark mountain residence captures and emphasizes views of the surrounding landscape. read more >
Meet AIA 2018 Design Award Chair BJ Phillips and Jury
BJ Phillips is a licensed architect with Burris Architecture in Bentonville. read more >
AIA 2018 Dick Savage Award: Thad R. Kelly III, AIA
Thad Kelly is principal of StudioFive Architecture Landscape Interior LLC in Fayetteville, specializing in commercial, industrial, retail and residential projects. read more >
AIA Merit Award 2018: Uptown Apartments + Shops by Modus Studio
Uptown Apartments + Shops creates a decisively new living model by utilizing the most basic and abundant suburban multifamily building block—the garden style walk-up apartment—to craft a series of concise urban spaces that create a “pop-up” neighborhood within the 15-acre site. read more >
AIA Merit Award 2018: Mountaintop Residence by Fennell Purifoy Architects
The Mountaintop Residence is nested atop the Ouachita Mountains in a remote forest. Its seclusion among the treetops offers dramatic and expansive views after rising above the canopy. read more >
AIA Merit Award 2018: MAIN x MDRN by Modus Studio
While the urban core of Bentonville is expanding, the MAIN x MDRN project is pushing to evolve the traditional downtown rules into a dynamic story of proportion and rhythm while simultaneously creating identity and reflection for the digital design practice it houses. read more >
AIA Merit Award 2018: Hillside Rock by Silo AR+D
Like a mineral, the architecture of the Hillside Rock emerges from interactions with its environment, without attempting to recede into nature. read more >
AIA Honor Award 2018: Shelby Farms Park by Marlon Blackwell Architects
Shelby Farms Park in Memphis, one of the largest urban parks in the country, has implemented a master plan developed by James Corner Field Operations to revitalize the park into a unique, 21st century landmark. read more >
From AIA Arkansas President Randy Palculict: Celebrating Architecture
The AIA Arkansas Design Awards is our way of showcasing the outstanding design talent and diligent work ethic that exemplifies the design community found in Arkansas. read more >
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AIA 2018 Emerging Professional Award: Lori Yazwinski Santa-Rita, AIA
Lori Yazwinski Santa-Rita is a partner at Jennings + Santa-Rita Architects in Fayetteville. She is currently serving as vice president for the Arkansas AIA and is a founding member of Women in Architecture Arkansas. read more >
AIA Citation Award 2018: Freeman Performing Arts Center
The Freeman Performing Arts Center in South Dakota marks the threshold between prairie and civic life. read more >
AIA Merit Award/People’s Choice 2018: Paschal Heat Air & Geothermal by deMx Architecture
Designed to accommodate the company’s unprecedented growth, Paschal Heat Air & Geothermal needed both a warehouse that could support its expanding inventory, as well as office space that could integrate seamlessly with its workflow and evolving business model. read more >
AIA Merit Award 2017: Harvey Pediatric Clinic by Marlon Blackwell Architects
The Harvey Pediatric Clinic is the new home of a thriving pediatric clinic based in Rogers. The building’s bold profile provides a visual identity to the clinic while establishing a strong presence along South 52nd Street. read more >
Meet AIA Design Award Chair James Meyer, 2017 Jury
James Meyer is a project designer and architect at Taggart Architects. He is also a founding member of studioMAIN, a board member of the Architecture + Design Network and former regional associate director for the Gulf States Region of the American Institute of Architects. read more >
AIA E. Fay Jones Gold Medal Award 2017: Marlon Blackwell
Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, is a practicing architect in Fayetteville, and serves as the E. Fay Jones Distinguished Professor in Architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. read more >
AIA Citation Award 2017: Greers Ferry Water Garden by UA Community Design Center
This study revives the forgotten vision for a public water garden to accompany the Greers Ferry Dam in Heber Springs. read more >
AIA Finalists 2017: DeMx, Hight Jackson, Modus Studio
Four projects from three firms selected for AIA Finalists in the 2017 Design Awards. read more >
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