Project: B House
Firm: Skiles Architect PA
Contractor: Steve Powell
Location: Fayetteville
The B House, a 1,656-SF home, is a dramatic addition to the corner of a transitional and diverse Fayetteville neighborhood. It was recently included on a fundraiser ‘historic district’ house tour event, the only modern participant, providing casual observers the opportunity to experience inviting contemporary interior spaces within this compelling facade.
The dynamic living space and bedroom suite provide a daily respite for the busy home owners by maximizing space with abundant day lighting, high ceilings, and a restrained palette of warmly hued rock and wood. A private first-floor home office is equipped with high windows, outside deck access, and built-in white oak bookshelves. Outside privacy, when desired, is a flexible component within the slatted front porches. The kitchen terrace can be experienced with dramatic light spilling through its closed slats or opened with framed mountain views and sunsets.
Owner/Client: Brian and Ashley Bailey
Project Team: Lisa K. Skiles, aia; Albert B. Skiles, aia; Steve Powell, Hickory Creek Builders
Consultants: Gary Kahanak, Home Energy Rx; John Webb, Pro Automated
Photographer: Nancy Nolan
Project: Brough Commons Starbucks Addition and Remodel
Firm: Miller Boskus Lack Architects PA
Contractor: Flintco LLC
Location: Fayetteville
The location of an overcrowded and undersized Starbucks became the impetus for the design of an expansion that captures space from an adjacent busy plaza. The existing coffee shop located in the corner of Brough Commons – a low 1950’s era dining facility on the University of Arkansas’ Fayetteville campus – was dingy, low-ceilinged, crowded, without adequate queuing area, and in need of remodel and expansion.
When the potential for expanding into the surrounding plaza was first considered, the desire for just a longer queuing line quickly gave way to a grander vision. The project began to take form as a light-filled space that added vibrancy to the hustle and bustle of the coffee shop.
By pushing past the confines of the existing concrete structure, the objective to integrate the coffee shop into the surrounding plaza became the focus. Through mindful detailing between how the sky, walls and plaza meet each other, the heavily travelled campus paths merge with those of the coffee shop.
Owner/Client: University of Arkansas
Project Team: Roger Boskus, AIA; Mark Bradley, AIA; Adam Stevinson, Assoc. AIA
Consultants: Development Consultants Inc., Robbins Engineering Consultants, HSA Engineering
Photographer: Liam Frederick
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