AIA Arkansas
AIA Arkansas Announces 2023 Design Award Winners
The Arkansas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently announced the 2023 AIA Arkansas Design Award Winners at its state convention in Hot Springs. read more >
Jonathan Opitz Focuses on Flexibility in the Home Environment
Jonathan Opitz, the president of AMR Architects, says the pandemic has caused a “seismic shift” in how owners think about their buildings. read more >
Arkansas AIA Recognizes Clark, Ruhl (Movers & Shakers)
Steve Clark of Fort Smith, entrepreneur and startup investor and adviser, has received the Award of Merit from the Arkansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Brandon Ruhl of Taggart Architects in North Little Rock has received the Emerging Professional Award. read more >
John Allison Honored by AIA (Movers & Shakers)
John Allison of Morrilton has received the Fay Jones Gold Medal Award from the American Institute of Architects. read more >
AIA Arkansas, Fay Jones School Work to Make Architecture More Inclusive
The Arkansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design are working to expose more young people to the profession and to expose more young people to successful professionals who look like them and who come from similar backgrounds. 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 >
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 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 2018: Amy Sanders Library by Taggart Architects
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. read more >
AIA Merit Award 2018: Church+Center by Modus Studio
From the old bones of a local electric co-op, the 15 Church and 200 Center buildings have been transformed into a series of sustainable office, retail and living space. 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 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: 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: 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 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 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 2018 Finalists
Marlon Blackwell Architects, Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, Jonathan Boelkins Architect and the University of Arkansas Community Design Center all recognized for designs ranging from restaurants to exhibitions. 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 >
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 >