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Purple Cow North Little Rock Groundbreaking

Yesterday Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects broke ground for the new The Purple Cow Restaurant opening this fall in North Little Rock. We were able to beat the heat with their famous purple ice cream prepared by Yarnell’s Ice Cream. The Arkansas-based restaurant will be located just southeast of McCain Mall in the Dillard’s parking lot. This is…

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Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects’ Design of the Riggs CAT Corporate Headquarters Building Wins National Design Award

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) in Chicago has announced that Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects’ design of the Riggs CAT Corporate Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas has been honored in its prestigious annual awards. The winning project and respective team members will be recognized at the 2018 NASCC: The Steel Conference, April 11-13 in Baltimore. In…

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Arkansas Arts Center Future Transformation Revealed

Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects is the associate architect working with national design firm Studio Gang on the reimagined Arkansas Arts Center. The new design embraces MacArthur Park with new public plazas, gardens, and other outdoor amenities. The original 1937 Museum of Fine Arts façade will remain, creating a new north entrance. Second floor galleries, expanded art studios, an…

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Governor Hutchinson Appoints Wesley Walls to Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects & Interior Designers

Principal Wesley Walls, AIA has been appointed by Governor Asa Hutchinson to the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers (ASBALAID),  a multi-profession regulatory agency that oversees the examination, registration, and professional regulation of architects, landscape architects and interior designers for the state of Arkansas. With more than 25 years of experience,…

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Construction Begins on New Southwest Little Rock High School

Polk Stanley Wilcox is honored to be working with the Little Rock School District to design the new high school located on 55 acres in Southwest Little Rock. This will be the district’s first high school to be built in over 50 years, and will be the new flagship high school for the state’s capitol…

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Patty Opitz, AIA Arkansas Emerging Professional

Congratulations to our own Patty Opitz for her AIA Arkansas Emerging Professional Award, which was presented at the AIA State Convention Honor Awards Banquet on Friday night! The award “recognizes a professional who has expanded the role of the architect through civic participation and professional mentorship”. A graduate from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Patty Opitz…

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Reese Rowland, FAIA Receives Governor’s Arts Award

PSW Principal Reese Rowland,FAIA is a recipient of the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards – Individual Artist Award sponsored by the Arkansas Arts Council. The annual awards program recognizes individuals and corporations for their outstanding contributions to the arts in Arkansas. Reese is being honored with the “Individual Artist Award – an artist active in the field of architecture,…

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Wesley Walls’ Private Residence Featured in Dezeen Magazine

Dezeen, one the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design magazine, features PSW Principal Wesley Walls‘ family home. Negotiating an extremely steep site with panoramic views of the river and park below, this three-level modern home was designed to comfortably accommodate a growing family while accommodating the periodic need to entertain. Limiting the material palette to…

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