University of Arkansas Community Design Center
New Frontier For Boomers: Aging in Place
As they have since they first started coming into it, baby boomers are having an outsized effect on the world, including the world of design, particularly residential architecture design. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Institute Receives $10K Grant to Compile Plan for Pine Bluff
The Arkansas Economic Development Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Tuesday announced that it has received $10,000 from the Simmons First Foundation to compile a community economic development profile for Pine Bluff. read more >
University of Arkansas’ Food Sustainability Project Wins Two National Awards
The University of Arkansas Community Design Center won two awards for its project, "Fayetteville 2030: Food City Scenario," a program that seeks to build food sustainability by promoting local agriculture. read more >
by Alexis Crowe -
Little Rock’s Main Street ‘Creative Corridor’ Plan Wins National Award
A plan to transform four neglected blocks of Main Street in downtown Little Rock into an arts district has earned a national design award for the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Marlon Blackwell Architect of Fayetteville read more >
AIA Citation Award: The Creative Corridor – A Main Street Revitalization for Little Rock
The Creative Corridor retrofits a four-block segment of Little Rock’s endangered downtown Main Street through economic development catalyzed by the cultural arts. read more >
Little Rock Neighborhood Draws Winning Design from Architects
A creative concept is poised to leave the drawing board and help invigorate a neighborhood with new, cutting-edge homes. The Downtown Little Rock Community Development Corp., which owns the would-be site for the Rock Street Pocket Housing Project, formed a committee on Feb. 5 that explore the proposal. read more >
by George Waldon -