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Interactive Kiosk Highlights Architect Fay Jones' Residential Design Work
The interdisciplinary project led by two University of Arkansas professors aims to bring Jones’ design work to a wide public audience.
'In Our Shoes' Design Thinking Workshop for Honors Students Highlights Inclusive Design
Fourteen honors students worked with Beth Tauke of the State University of New York at Buffalo to create a public awareness campaign on how inclusive design affects accessibility.
Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Thom Mayne to Present Fay Jones School Lecture on April 15
Thom Mayne, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, will present a lecture at 4:45 p.m. Monday, April 15, in Ken and Linda Sue Shollmier Hall, Room 250 of Vol Walker Hall.
University Libraries' Architectural Archivist to Speak at Crystal Bridges April 13
Catherine Wallack, U of A architectural records archivist, will host a gallery conversation titled Letters to Calder at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Music Business Legend and Pioneering Architect to Receive Honorary Degrees
Al Bell and Wilhelmenia “Chris” Hinton-Lee will be honored during the University of Arkansas spring All-University commencement ceremony.
Project Row Houses Director Eureka Gilkey to Present Lecture on April 9 in Little Rock
Eureka Gilkey will present a lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at the Arkansas Arts Center, at 501 E. 9th St., in Little Rock. The lecture, titled "Collective Creative Actions: Project Row Houses at 25."
'A House of the Ozarks'; New 'Short Talks' Explores Arkansas' Most Important Architect
Greg Herman, a professor of architecture and director of the Fay and Gus Jones House Stewardship, talks about the renowned architect and his work in the latest episode of Short Talks From the Hill.
U of A Design Studio on Fayetteville Public Housing Wins National Award
Architecture students and faculty in the studio developed a blended-income design proposal for Fayetteville’s Willow Heights complex.
Elizabeth Whittaker to Present 'Obsessions with Craft and Social Ecologies' Lecture April 1
Elizabeth Whittaker will present "Scaling Up: Obsessions with Craft and Social Ecologies," Monday, April 1, where she will discuss the trajectory of her design practice exploring the social and spatial boundaries within an urban, suburban and rural context.
WWI Memorial Designer Joe Weishaar to Share War Stories
Honors architecture alumnus will speak on the Beltway Battle to approve and build a national monument a block from the White House.