Faces of FAY: Lori Yazwinski Santa-Rita
By Shawnya MeyersWhen did you become interested in architecture and why?Architecture was first introduced to me as a profession in the eighth grade. An English teacher of mine was impressed by the scaled models I had crafted of scenes from “To Kill a Mockingbird” and...
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Faces of FAY: Selwyn Bachus II
By Shawnya Meyers When did you become interested in architecture and why? I became interested in architecture when I was in middle school, mostly by the prompting of my mother. I always loved to draw and paint and make things. As funny as it is, when she asked me...
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Interior Design Alumna Amanda Collen Part of Maine Design-Build Project Team
By Shawnya Meyers Fay Jones School alumna Amanda Collen (B.I.D. ’18) headed to Maine in August 2018 to take part in a nine-day design-build project. Collen, who now works at DLR Group|Staffelbach in Dallas, was one of 10 students from around the country chosen for...
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Design Camp students explore landscape design at Garvan Woodland Gardens
By Shawnya Meyers In June, several high school students headed to Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs to spend a week at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design’s summer Design Camp. There are four Design Camps held in different parts of the...
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Missouri student shares his experience at Design Camp
By Chase Reavis One student in the Fay Jones School’s summer 2018 Design Camp spent his last night in studio with his friends working on an architectural model that he hoped would make his family proud. Jack Carswell, 18, who’s going into his senior year...
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Design Camp students learn about urban design at state’s capital
By Shawnya Meyers Each summer, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design hosts Design Camps in several cities across the state to engage youth in the design professions. While each of the four camps in Fayetteville, Little Rock, Hot Springs and Wilson teaches...
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Judy Brittenum retires from teaching after 27 years at U of A
By Lauren Randall Judy Brittenum retired from the University of Arkansas in May 2016, after a 27-year teaching career here. She left campus as an associate professor in the department of landscape architecture. Her guidance, passion for...
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Isaac Boroughs wins national interior design award
By Lauren Randall Design is a part of everyday life, from the comfort of one’s living room sofa to the structure of a downtown building. While the goal of interior design is to create an object, space or environment that is aesthetically...
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Professors win 2016 Emerging Voices Award from Architectural League of New York
By Lauren Randall As winners of the 2016 Emerging Voices Award, Frank Jacobus and Marc Manack spoke in the Architectural League of New York’s lecture series in April. The portfolio they had submitted for the award highlighted work they’d...
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A collaboration in a Fayetteville walnut grove for Earth Day 2016
By Lauren Randall Faculty and students collaborated to create a landscape installation inspired by a walnut grove that once belonged to Noah Drake. The project was conceptualized and designed as a collaboration between three professors and...
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