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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Wass wins Donghia Foundation competition with Phoenix hotel design
By Alex Gladden Christine Wass sat on a bench in between two buildings, rocks crunching beneath her feet. She pushed a dark strand of hair behind her ear and was transported back to Phoenix. Wass, a fourth-year interior design student in the...
Baker wins Donghia Foundation competition with Cleveland hotel design
By Alex Gladden This past summer was a whirlwind for Jessica Baker, a Fay Jones School student who won the Angelo Donghia Foundation 2016 Senior Student Scholarship Award. Baker, now a fourth-year interior design student, and a fellow interior...
Overnight option added for Design Camp students
By Alex Gladden For the first time, students in the Fay Jones School’s Design Camp in Fayetteville this summer had the option to stay at the camp overnight. Out of the 54 students who attended Design Camp this year June 13-17, 23 of them...
Design I students gain basic experience at Design Camp
By Alex Gladden For each of the past three summers, students attending Design Camp in the Fay Jones School have designed an outdoor classroom project. This year, the students who met on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville were...
Design Camp students take field trip, observe architecture
By Alex Gladden During the weeklong Design Camp session held on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville last week, students and their instructors took one day for a field trip. They visited both Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel and...