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Trendspotting: Welcome to the Ever-Trending World of Mass Timber

April 16, 2018December 27, 2018 School News 481 Views Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Mackey Mitchell Architects, MODUS Studio, OLIN, trendspotting, University of Arkansas

Mass timber is the wood du jour for projects like the 708-bed residence halls at the University of Arkansas, now under construction in Fayetteville.

University of Arkansas Uses Mass Timber for “Cabin in the Woods” Residence Halls Project

December 4, 2017December 28, 2018 School News 764 Views CLT, Leers Weinzapfel Associates, mass timber, University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas project utilized CLT for its wooden columns, beams and cross-bracing, which are all visible in the interior.

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Bi-coastal Media Institute Wins Interior Design Award

March 26, 2015 498 Views CalRecycle, Chet Widom, Eastern U.S., Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business, Student-Athlete Success Center, University of Arkansas, VCC, WD&D

NEW YORK — The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media, a first-of-its-kind facility for media innovation, received an American Institute of Architecture New York Chapter 2015 design award in the Interior Design category in March. Designed by LTL Architects of New York, the institute serves as an incubator for new platforms of digital journalism, creating a new space for engagement, collaboration and discourse.