To procure an architect for its new Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas, led by Dean Peter MacKeith, conducted an impressive competition process. (Its six shortlisted schemes are accessible in the competition report hosted on the school’s website.) In March 2020, as the world entered lockdown, a winner was announced: Grafton Architects, in partnership with modus studio. It was appropriate timing, as just weeks prior, Grafton’s cofounders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara were awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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