Archives for October 2008
Egyptian Scholars Visit University of Arkansas Community Design Center, Plan Little Rock Park
16 October 2008 | Uncategorized | No Responses
Two visiting scholars, Eman Abdel-Sabour and Hamoda Youssef, have come from Cairo via graduate studies in Italy to the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, where they have jumped right into a master planning study for Little Rock’s historic McArthur Park. (more…)
“Green” Habitat Neighborhood Wins Planning Award
1 October 2008 | Uncategorized | No Responses
A low-cost, low-impact neighborhood designed by university planners, engineers and architecture students for the Washington County chapter of Habitat for Humanity is raking in awards and serving as a model for sustainable development well before ground is broken on the first home. Designed by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center in partnership with the Ecological Engineering Group in the university’s department of biological and agricultural engineering, the city of Fayetteville and McClelland Consulting Engineers, the Porchscapes project has won a 2008 “Achievement in Urban Development Award” from the Arkansas Planning Association. This award follows a 2008 ASLA Honor Award in Planning and Analysis from the American Society of Landscape Architects for Porchscapes, announced last spring. (more…)