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Engineering Firm Morrison-Shipley Acquired by Halff Associates of Texas

The Arkansas firm is known for its involvement in the reconstruction of the Bachman Wilson House. read more >
The Bachman Wilson House, at its former location in Somerset County, N.J.
Construction / Tourism

At Crystal Bridges, A New Role for Frank Lloyd Wright Home That Survived Sandy

A Frank Lloyd Wright house that was flooded by Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey is high and dry in Arkansas. And it's getting thousands of visitors as part of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. read more >
Scott Eccleston, Crystal Bridges’ director of grounds and facilities, says the reassembly of the Bachman Wilson House, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and moved from New Jersey, is nearly complete and the house should be open to tours by this fall.
Construction / Tourism

Builder’s Spirit Informs Reassembly of Frank Lloyd Wright House at Crystal Bridges

Taking apart the Bachman Wilson House at its site in Millstone, New Jersey, was one thing; putting it back together on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville has been something else entirely. read more >
A rendering of Main Street's Creative Corridor by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center and Marlon Blackwell Architect.
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

The Best & Worst of 2014

From best investment to worst financial projects, Arkansas Business recaps the best and worst of 2014. read more >
Ron Shelby
Construction / Energy / Media & Marketing

Architect Ron Shelby on Moving the Frank Lloyd Wright House to Arkansas

Hight-Jackson and CEO Ron Shelby were chosen to oversee the reassembly of the Bachman Wilson House, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and moved from its previous home in New Jersey, on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. read more >
The disassembled Bachman Wilson House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is now in a Bentonville warehouse.
Construction / Education / Media & Marketing

Frank Lloyd Wright House Already Drawing Museum Visitors

Interest in the reconstruction of the Bachman Wilson House on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville is so great that people have been bringing lawn chairs to watch the work progress. read more >
This giant silver tree by sculptor Roxy Paine sits at the entrance to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, founded by Alice Walton (inset) in Bentonville. (Photo of Crystal Bridges by Michael Pirnique)
Education / Investments / Media & Marketing

An Interview with Alice Walton: Crystal Bridges An Expression of Love

Articles about Alice Walton and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art have tended to focus on big numbers: an $800 million endowment, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of artwork, 200,000 SF of museum space, 250,000 visitors expected to visit the Bentonville showplace yearly. What the stories haven’t done is explain why Walton, the only daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, chose art as her way to give not just to northwest Arkansas but to the entire world. read more >
The  relocation of the Bachman Wilson House requires minute care.  (Tarantino Studio © 2013; courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas)
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Relocation of Historic Frank Lloyd Wright House to Crystal Bridges a First

In a few weeks, a fully dismantled structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright will be carefully loaded into vehicles provided by J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and moved some 1,300 miles west to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. It will then be carefully unloaded, moved to its new home on the museum’s 120 acres and reassembled, piece by numbered piece. read more >
Santiago Perez
Construction / Education / Media & Marketing

UA Students at Fay Jones School of Architecture Getting ‘The Wright Stuff’

The move of the Bachman Wilson House to the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is presenting opportunities for students of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas. read more >