Art + Design District: Sculpture Studio
The new sculpture studio facility for the University of Arkansas Art Department is the first and defining building for a new remote district of campus appropriately located in a 3.8-acre raw industrial brownfield block in south Fayetteville. In a design partnership with el dorado inc, an existing warehouse structure is transformed and expanded into a stark […]
Manzeum
It’s okay. The Manzeum is not intended as social commentary. It is a structure focused on play, art, and good times. The proverbial ‘napkin sketch’ becomes reality in this collaborative design, fabrication, and construction project where the artistic metalworks of the owner and modern designs of the architect merge seamlessly into an evolved Ozark aesthetic. […]
Second Ugliest House on the Mountain
Project Narrative [from owner/architect, Chris Baribeau] When investing in your own future, and that of your family, you are investing in a place. If you are an architect, particularly absurd and obsessive questions about where you shall call home become paramount. So, it is a daunting state of affairs when you decide to reside in […]
Dogwoodtrot House
The Dogwoodtrot House is aptly named as a synthesis of the strong vernacular typology of a dogtrot house and the woodland hillside site to create a modern model for a suburban home located within Dogwood Canyon in northwest Fayetteville, Arkansas. The home denies the common McMansion typology of the surrounding context and instead creates useful, […]
15 Church Avenue + 200 Center Street
Crafted from the “old bones” of a former electrical warehouse turned television news studio turned office building, the property at 15 N. Church Avenue has now been transformed into a series of modern and sustainable offices with a second level apartment. Housing the headquarters of modus studio + shop, Specialized Real Estate Group, and Crown […]
Fayettechill Basecamp
The new Fayettechill Basecamp is an inventive renovation of 4000+ SF of commercial retail space formerly home to Nightbird Books in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A reimagined checkout area, changing room, coffee bar, and operable interior wall allow the Fayettechill team to share the space comfortably with Puritan Brew Co. during the week and divide as needed […]
Uptown Apartments + Shops
Uptown Apartments + Shops, as its name suggests, sits in a typical southern/midwestern city “uptown” suburban district, hardly a worthy counterpoint to the beloved downtown and devoid of any real placemaking assets. This mixed-use project creates a decisively new living model by utilizing the most basic and abundant suburban multifamily building block—the garden style walk-up […]
112 West Center
112 West Center, formerly known as E.J. Ball Plaza, is also the former headquarters of modus studio. We spent the majority of our first five years on the fifth floor of this 7-story, international-style tower designed by renowned Fayetteville architect Warren Segraves. We’re thrilled to have been a part of its significant improvements lead by […]
Vault
Crafted in a raw yet warm palette of concrete, wood, steel, and leather, Vault is a straightforward bar concept drawing basic inspiration from the idea of distillation; the designers and clients sought to extract the essential meaning of each carefully chosen material for the space in service to joining people with amazing whiskeys and delicious […]
Ozark Natural Foods Co-Op
The Ozark Natural Foods Co-Op is a reimagined location in a former IGA grocery store building on College Avenue in the heart of Fayetteville, Arkansas. This project exemplifies a sustainable and resilient approach to save an existing building and eliminate a food desert within the community with an option for local, healthy, organic foods and […]