Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion, Honor Award - photo © Timothy Hursley
Last week I had the honor to be an invited speaker to the 2011 AIA Arkansas Convention in Hot Springs, AR.
The event featured a great group of speakers such as Hicks Stones (Stone Architecture), Rand Elliott (FAIA, Elliott + Associates Architects), Maitland Jones (Deborah Berke & Partners Architects), Steve Dumez (FAIA, Eskew + Dumez + Ripple), David Miller (FAIA, Miller/Hull Partnership), Matthew Kreilich (Julie Snow Architects, Inc.), Kevin Alter (Alter Studio) and Tim Hursley (Architecture photographer).
During the convention I had the opportunity to meet a wide group of local architects, such as renowned architect Marlon Blackwell, Chris Baribeau from Modus Studio (recipient of the 2011 AIA Arkansas Emerging Professional Award), among other local architects. I had also the opportunity to visit the Anthony Chapelby Maurice Jennings + David McKee Architects (Maurice Jennings was partner of E. Fay Jones for 25 years), an incredible piece of architecture.
Awards during the convention include local architect Charles Witsell, Jr (FAIA, founding partner and senior, Witsell, Evans & Rasco, Architects/Planners), recipient of the Fay Jones Gold Medal Award, and the Arkansas Chapter of the USGBC, recipient of the Award of Merit.
The 2011 Design Awards, announced last Friday, are a good snapshot of the current state of architecture in the southern state.
After the break, the list of the awarded projects. Some of them are already featured in AD, the rest will be here soon!
Honor Award
Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion, Honor Award - photo © Timothy Hursley
Firm: Marlon Blackwell Architect
Contactor: Geupel DeMars Hagerman
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Merit Award
Garland Center
Firm: Amirmoez Foster Hailey Johnson
Contractor: Baldwin & Shell Construction Co.
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Merit Award
Green Forest Middle School
Firm: Modus Studio
Contractor: CDI Contractors
Location: Green Forest, Arkansas
Merit Award
University of Arkansas Leflar Law School Addition
Firm: Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.
Contractor: Nabholz Construction Corp.
Location: Fayyeteville, Arkansas
Merit Award
© Bradley Edwards
The Polypod
Firm: Bradley Edwards, AIA
Contractor: David McElyea
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Citation Award
Green River Community Center
Firm: Marlon Blackwell Architect
Location: Green River, Utah
AIA Arkansas 2011 Convention originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 20 Sep 2011.
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