Heifer International Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

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	Heifer International Center
Designer	Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects, Ltd., Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Location	Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Date	2006
Building Type	office building
Construction System	concrete structure; glazed facades
Climate	temperate
Context	urban riverfront
Builder	CDI Contractors, LLC, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Green Certification	LEED Platinum Certified
Green Certification Score	52
Street Address	1 World Avenue Walk Score
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Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 2.1 Project Credits 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Links

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Building Details
Client	Heifer International, Corporation
Cost	$17.9 Million US Dollars
Area	94,000 sq. feet (8,730 sq. meters)
Height	4 stories
Width	62'
Site	22 acres (8.9 hectares); Brownfield site.
Program	Corporate Office, Conference,
Awards	Recipient: National AIA Institute Honor Award 2008; Recipient, AIA COTE Top Ten Award, 2007.; 2007 American Architecture Award - The Chicago Athenaeum; American Institute of Steel Construction 2007 IDEAS2 National Winner Award 2009 Urban Land Institute Award of Excellence - The Americas; 2007 AIA Gulf States Honor Award 2006 AIA Arkansas Honor Award 2006 AIA Arkansas Member Honor Award 2006 EPA 2006 Phoenix Award University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture Alumni Design Award 2008, First Place U.S. Green Building Council LEED Level: Platinum Recipient, 2011 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards.
Other Details	First of a four-stage development plan to rehabilitate a brownfield site.

"An organization dedicated to alleviating world hunger, Heifer International begins its interaction with communities by delivering one animal to one family. Like a drop of water generates ripples flowing outward from the impact point, the gift of an animal creates concentric rings of influence radiating through a village, allowing sustainable methods taught to the original family to be passed to others as the animal's offspring are gifted.

"The project team's goal was to design a environmentally responsible headquarters that would exemplify Heifer's mission and green attributes for educational purposes and allow all employees to work as equals." – http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=781

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• Architect and Interior Designer: Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects, Ltd., Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
• Engineers: Cromwell Architects Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; McClelland Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
• Landscape Architect: Larson Burns Smith, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
• Consultant: Elements: BNIM; Sustainable Design Consultants, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Photo Credit: Timothy Hursley, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
• General Contractor: CDI Contractors, LLC, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

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• "AIA Honor Awards 2008" by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 369, 2008.0220, p N1.1.
• "Big Ripples", by Michael Cockram, ArchitectureWeek No. 328, 2007.0404, pE1.1.
• LEED Scoresheet, United States Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.1002 http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=3263
• [http://www.polkstanleywilcox.com/ at Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Web site.
• [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se26Vj_IsXI/ interview with Heifer International's Katy Starnes and Design Architect Reese Rowland AIA
• Heifer International Headquarters at BNIM Web site.

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