Matt Hickman is Senior News/Digital Editor at Architectural Record. Previously, he served as Senior Editor at The Architect’s Newspaper and has over a decade of experience as a freelance writer and editor specializing in historic preservation, public space, and the intersection of the natural world and built environment. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Matt holds an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from The New School.
Clad in aluminum and steel, the 129-foot-structure will rise as one of the latest architecturally significant civic commissions in the Midwestern city.
RECORD-featured buildings by Studio Gang, TenBerke, NADAAA, and others were recognized with project awards across a range of categories earlier this month.
It’s business as usual at the AIA’s big annual gathering, although talk of dysfunction at the top of the national leadership chain has dampened the mood.
For the fifth consecutive year, Gensler and Perkins&Will remain fixed at the highest positions on Architectural Record’s annual ranking of the Top 300 U.S. architecture firms by revenue.
The complex unites several once-scattered municipal entities, including a district court and city council chambers, at a single site near the heart of a fast-growing Northwest Arkansas community.
The namesake architectural feature of LightBAR, a courtyard-style residential development designed by REGroup, acts as neighborhood beacon—and projection screen for movie nights.
Amid a flurry of residential development on Yerba Buena Island, Panorama Park and Signal Point offer a respite from the hustle-bustle of the City by the Bay.