Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
Tony Patterson (B.Arch. ’00) is a founding partner at Patterhn Ives in St. Louis, Missouri. Raised in Kansas and Missouri, Patterson said it was an easy decision to attend the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. Following graduation, Patterson worked at Cromwell Architects Engineers and Marlon Blackwell Architects, both in Fayetteville. He completed graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Melissa Harlan, AIA, has worked on historic adaptive reuse projects at Kiku Obata & Company since 2019. She graduated with a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2008, a Bachelor of Architecture from Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in 2003, and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Arkansas State University in 1999. She has served on the Fay Jones School’s Professional Advisory Board for more than a decade. She has also been involved with the AIA since 2016.
Jenny Tredway (B.I.D. ’00) is an associate, registered interior designer at Looney & Associates. Her career has taken her across the United States, most recently to Hawaii. Tredway said stepping foot on the University of Arkansas campus felt like stepping into a new home. Although the interior design (now interior architecture and design) program wasn’t yet part of the Fay Jones School when she attended, she said she is honored to be considered an alumna of the school.
Jenny Burbidge (B.L.A. ’10) is the owner and principal landscape architect of Prism Design Studio LLC in Huntsville. Burbidge said that her career has been “love at first sight” and through all the transitions, her life right now is a dream come true.
Shaina Kay Armstrong (B.I.D. ’11) is the founder and director of design at SK Design Studio, Hospitality Architecture & Interiors. Armstrong said that her position in the industry is to bring diversity to design. In addition to working on a variety of project types, Armstrong has spoken at schools and colleges to encourage creative careers to underrepresented students.
Matt Mihalevich (B.L.A. ’01) is the active transportation manager at the City of Fayetteville. In his role, he is responsible for all aspects of the development of the trail system. Mihalevich said he used his design degree to help create Fayetteville’s first paved trails and in the development of Fayetteville’s 54-mile network of shared-use paved trails.