Founding principal of Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
A 46-year veteran of the design and construction industry, Joe Stanley is the founding principal of Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, the second-largest architectural firm in Arkansas. Stanley has managed the design and construction administration of more than 600 commissions of a wide variety of building types and program complexities in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Projects completed under his direction total more than one billion in terms of dollar value and in square footage. Under his leadership, the firm has been widely recognized for design excellence, garnering more than 100 local, state, regional and national awards.
Stanley has been personally recognized within the construction industry and public communities statewide for his passion and commitment to Arkansas. He has been inducted into the Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame and presented with a Career Distinguished Service Award by the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design. An important focus for him is his involvement in studioMAIN, an all-volunteer organization of design professionals aiming to create a higher-quality built environment in central Arkansas. As a founding board member, he has been heavily involved in the organization since 2012.
A native of Augusta, Stanley absorbed his father’s philosophy of “under promise and over deliver” – a mantra that has stayed with him since he left the farm in 1964. He and his wife Becky have been married for almost 50 years. Their daughter Laura Stanley Bunn is also a licensed architect in Arkansas.
See more profiles from the 2018 AIA Arkansas Design Awards.
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