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Message from the President

Wow!  2012 is nearing its end.  In just a few short weeks, we will be eating turkey, unwrapping gifts and celebrating the beginning of a new year.  

CONVENTION 2012

If you did not have a chance to join us in Hot Springs this year, we had another successful convention.  I would again like to give a special thanks to Mark Cahoon, Convention Chair, all of the Convention Committee members and of course, Brent Stevenson, Joie Ketcham and the BSA staff.  This year there were 550 registrants; over 300 were architects, associates & affiliate members. In addition, there were 207 allied members registered and 41 guests.  Everyone liked the new CEU scanners, it made the flow much smoother into the lecture halls.  It was one of the best slate of speakers we've had and somehow the speakers just seem to get better each year.  Congratulations to my friend, Tim Maddox, on receiving the 2012 Emerging Professional Award, as well as, all of the Design Award winners!  If you missed us, there is a link to all of the convention photos below!

TEAM BARACK or TEAM MITT?

View a slideshow of photos from the

2012 AIA Arkansas State Convention

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2012 AIA Arkansas Chapter Awards

Award of Merit Recipient

George Wildgen, Hon. AIA was posthumously presented the 2012 Award of Merit at the state convention held in Hot Springs.  The award was accepted by his wife Mary Wildgen.  This award is given in recognition of an individual, public official, member of any allied profession, public agency or company that through interest, activity and concern with the profession of architecture, shall have advanced the cause of good planning and design and/or contributed to the dignity and value of the architectural profession.  

Wildgen began his career with the chambers of Hot Springs and North Little Rock and moved on to head Little Rock's Urban Progress Association.  Later he simultaneously assumed the positions of executive director of AIA Arkansas and the Arkansas State Board of Architects where he served for 18 and 25 years respectively.
 
His AIA and state board positions provided him the opportunity to be of valuable assistance to the UA School of Architecture.  He served on the School of Architecture Professional Advisory Board for 10 years.  He was a periodic guest lecturer on design services marketing and twice provided the school's commencement address.
 
A skilled communicator, he was effective in elevating public awareness of good design and of the architects that make it happen.  His articles were published in several professional journals and an essay, "The Politics of Urban Design," was published internationally.
 
In recognition of his service to the profession, George Wildgen was elected to national honorary membership in the American Institute of Architects-the highest recognition the profession can bestow on a non-architect.

AIA Arkansas is proud to announce George Wildgen, Hon. AIA as the recipient of the 2012 Award of Merit.
 

Emerging Professional Recipient

Tim Maddox, AIA of Fayetteville, received the 2012 Emerging Professional Award. This award recognizes a new professional, practicing for less than 10 years, who has expanded the role of the architect through civic participation and professional mentorship.  
 

Maddox is a Principal Architect of the Fayetteville, Arkansas-based firm, deMx architecture, which he co-founded in 2008.  He and his firm have appeared in numerous publications for their work.  He has received multiple design awards and has had a project included in the Emerging Professional Annual Exhibition installed at the AIA National headquarters in Washington, DC.  He was recently included in the Arkansas Business Journal, Forty Under 40 list of young talent in the field of architecture.  
 

Maddox has been involved with AIA Arkansas for many years and is currently serving on the Board of Directors as the Northwest Arkansas Section Chairperson.  He will begin his elected, five-year tenure on the Executive committee in January of 2013.  He has served on the State Convention committee in different capacities, as well as the REALgreen Conference committee.  
 

Maddox participates heavily in activities and organizations in the arena of community involvement.  He is a member of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, serving on its Construction and Developer's committee, as well as the Creative Economy committee.  He also serves on the Board of Adjustments and Appeals for the City of Fayetteville.
 

His civic participation extends into the non-profit arena.  He has participated in Big Brothers Big Sisters since 2009, and currently volunteers as the Chair for the Northwest Advisory Council for the United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas.
 

Because of the energy and enthusiasm he contributes to designing inspiring, livable buildings, involvement with city government and volunteering with non-profits, AIA Arkansas is proud to present Tim Maddox, AIA as the recipient of the 2012 Emerging Professional Award.

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2012 AIA Arkansas Design Awards 

Honor Awards presented to:

Fay Jones School of Architecture Design Build 10/11

Cantilever House

Little  Rock, AR

Photographer: Timothy Hursley

The Cantilever House is a pre-fabricated, affordable residence designed and built in Fayetteville, AR, by students, and installed in the Pettaway Park Neighborhood in Little Rock, AR. It is composed of two modules stacked perpendicularly to each other, and the top module cantilevers to create the front and back porches.

Marlon Blackwell Architect  

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,

Museum Store

Bentonville, AR

Photographer: Timothy Hursley

The museum store is an insertion to an existing 3,040 square foot curved concrete space providing a retail destination for art patrons that acts as an extension of the Crystal Bridges Museum experience.

Maurice Jennings + Walter Jennings Architects, PLLC

Rio Roca Chapel was designed by the Fayetteville Architecture firm of Maurice Jennings + Walter Jennings Architects, PLLC and is located along the Brazos River in Texas. The 1080 square foot chapel seats approximately 50 people for private services, performances, and weddings.   The chapel is constructed of stone, glass, steel, wood, and utilizes tension bars with turnbuckles at each of the bars providing bracing for the wall and copper roof.

Eco Modern Flats

Fayetteville, AR

Photographer: Timothy Hursley

Eco Modern Flats is a sustainable modern design renovation of an existing 96 unit apartment complex. This project is the first LEED for Homes Multifamily Platinum project in the state of Arkansas. This project rediscovers spaces in a palette of steel and cedar to breathe new life into an otherwise banal, layered construction system.

Birdeye, AR

Photographer: Ken West Photography

The Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery atBirdeye, Arkansas is located along Crowley's Ridge National Scenic Byway.  The architectural spaces of the cemetery, including the administration building and committal shelter, were designed to enhance the historic ecology of the site while honoring the lives, service, and integrity of the Veterans.

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Newly Licensed Architects 

• Clint Bailey, AIA
• Julian Bickell
   

2012 Milestone Recipients

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Gery will be responsible for Low Slope Roofing for the entire state of Arkansas, based out of CertainTeed's largest commercial roofing plant, located in Little Rock.  He will be working closely with the CertainTeed Residential TM, Rob Carpenter, who also covers the state.  Please feel free to contact Gery or Rob for any information on CertainTeed products or systems.

Gery Keith                                          Rob Carpenter
901-409-6073                                      501-765-0274
Gery.w.keith@saint-gobain.com   Robert.a.carpenter@saint-gobain.com

Jeff Shannon, AIA; James Vo; Elizabeth Stinnett and Bob Kohler, AIA

Wittenberg Deloney & Davidson (Little Rock and Fayetteville) will work with Heery International, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) on the design of the Student-Athlete Success center. VCC (Little Rock) will be the construction manager and general contractor.

MAHG Architecture (Fort Smith) and Populous (Kansas City, Mo.) will lead the design team on the basketball practice facility while CDI Constructors (Fayetteville and Little Rock) will serve as the general contractor.

Witsell Evans Rasco (Little Rock) will work in conjunction with HKS (Dallas, Texas) on the design of the baseball and track indoor training facility. Kinco Constructors (Little Rock, Springdale) will be the general contractor on the project. 

POINTS OF INTEREST
 

Needing help with AIA Contract Documents®?  Did you know that AIA National provides a helpline?  Contact them at 800-242-3837, option 1.   There are staff members available to help answer questions specifically related to these documents.

Congratulations Mark Wilcken for taking home, count 'em, THREE Emmys for "Clean Lines, Open Spaces"; a film that AIA Arkansas helped underwrite. 

Read the Press Release 

Haven't had a chance to watch the documentary yet?  Watch it now on YouTube.  

An exhibit exploring the architecture of E. Fay Jones, titled "Outside the Pale," will open Friday, Sept. 14, at the Clinton House Museum in Fayetteville.  The exhibit will be available until Dec. 15.  for more information click here.   

"Edward Durell Stone: Modernism's Populist Architect"
By Mary Anne Hunting
The anticipated book from architectural historian Mary Anne Hunting, set to release in November, explores the life, times and work of one of America's most influential celebrity architects.

For more information read the press release or view the author's page on Facebook. 

Prepare for Election Day with AIA 
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AIA Firm Survey

At the recent Clinton Global Health Initiative Conference, Robert Ivy, FAIA, announced a ten-year commitment by the AIA to develop design and technology solutions for cities that address challenges faced on public health, sustainability, and resiliency to natural disasters. Watch the announcement from the Conference for full information.

After a four-month skid, billings at U.S. architecture firms edged up very modestly in August. The Architectural Billings Index (ABI) in August was 50.2, indicating minor growth in design billings. Inquiries for new project activity also improved, showing its strongest gain since the first quarter of the year. Read more.
 

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