Cromwell Architects Engineers of Little Rock have received the Challenge level award from Governor Asa Hutchinson. The Arkansas Governor’s Quality Awards banquet was held at the Marriott Ballroom in downtown Little Rock on Sept. 15, 2021. The Governor’s Quality Award…
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Meryati and Marlon Blackwell are the principals for what is arguably the state’s most high-profile architecture firm, Marlon Blackwell Architects of Fayetteville, and in all likelihood, its most decorated. The Blackwell firm’s list of accolades includes being ranked No. 1…
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Architecture: Bram Keahey of Taggart Architects: Pent-up Plans Ready to Rebound Post-Pandemic
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterNorth Little Rock’s downtown Argenta district is thriving, pandemic be darned, and hometown Taggart Architects is a big part of its recent renaissance. A building boom of roughly $65 million in construction projects tied to the new Argenta Plaza, though…
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Walmart Selects Executive Architect to Oversee Home Office Project
by Tyler Haleby Tyler Haleby Tyler Hale Walmart has selected an architecture firm to execute its plans for a new home office in Bentonville. The retail giant has tapped Gensler, a global architecture firm that is was recognized as the top firm in the…
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Tommy Ray Polk, Distinguished Arkansas Architect, Dies at 79
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffTommy Ray Polk, a founder of the design firm Polk Shannon Stanley (now Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects), has passed away. Polk was born Feb. 24, 1940 in Hope, and he died April 28 at his home. A memorial service will…
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Fay Jones School to Host Architecture Lecture on March 25
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFredric Benesch will present a lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, March 25, in Ken and Linda Sue Shollmier Hall, Room 250 of Vol Walker Hall, on the University of Arkansas campus, as part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture…
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Marlon Blackwell Named to National Academy of Design
by AMP Staffby AMP Staff(Fayetteville) Marlon Blackwell, a professor in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, has been recognized with two distinguished architecture and design honors, and his design firm has been selected among the top 50 in the United States for…