The Little Rock retail chain is back in the business of building stores. The last time Dillard’s opened a new store was in early 2010. Back then, its stock price was trading in the neighborhood of $20 a share. Just last week, shares were selling in the high $80s. read more >

The dollar value of large construction projects in Arkansas totaled nearly $1.4 billion, a one-year decline of 4.3 percent. It marks the fourth consecutive year the total has waned. Despite the decline, the census of projects valued at $3 million-plus grew: 130 compared with 104 a year ago. read more >

The Green Forest Middle School is a modern, two-story educational building located in the small agricultural community of Green Forest. The building acts as both a hub and backdrop for students and the inhabitants of the greater community by defining a landscaped plaza in the heart of the campus. read more >

Heifer’s Education Center, like the headquarters (2006), exemplifies a sustainable mission where “passing on the gift” of animals and education creates “concentric rings of influence” throughout a village, like a pebble hitting water. The four-phase master plan and the center’s layered plan results in an architecture rippling in rings of use and meaning throughout the site. read more >