WER Architects Announce New Hires
WER Architects announces two new project architects – Ben Cruce in our Northwest Arkansas office and Sam McGuire in our Little Rock office.
Ben Cruce, AIA, NCARB, is a project architect in our Northwest Arkansas office. Ben earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas in 2011. In his studies Ben participated in the Camp Aldersgate Design-Build Studio which won the team the John A. White Faculty Student Collaboration Award. He studied abroad in Rome, Italy and was awarded the Hendak Bobo Group International Design Award for the work done in his Mexico City study abroad studio. After graduation, Ben joined a local architectural design firm for 10 years where he designed and managed a wide variety of project types including: single family residential, commercial office, retail, medical, higher education, food service, civic and industrial to name a few.
Sam McGuire, IV, AIA, is a project architect in the Little Rock office. Sam has two decades of experience in master planning, architecture, historic preservation and construction administration, with an emphasis on healthcare and laboratory design. Sam has provided world-class architectural solutions to many private and institutional clients in the Seattle and Washington, DC markets, before returning home to Little Rock to join the WER Architects team. Sam is proud to be the architect for such award-winning designs as the Paul G Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, and in Washington, DC, the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Surgical Pavilion and the historic restoration of the Federal-American National Bank, constructed in 1927. Sam received his Bachelor of Architecture, with a minor in Architectural History, from the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture. Sam brings a comprehensive working knowledge of building codes, a talent for integrating structural and building performance systems, and a deep understanding of diverse construction methodologies to the WER design team.
ABOUT WER ARCHITECTS
We believe quality architecture helps create a better world. This philosophy has been a driving force behind the work of WER Architects from the start. A start that began in Little Rock in 1978. Today, WER is one of the state’s larger and most recognized architectural firms with offices in Little Rock and Fayetteville. Its portfolio of high profile projects includes the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Windgate Center for Art + Design, Historic Cane Hill College Restoration, University of Arkansas Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences, Jacksonville and Conway High School Campuses, University of Arkansas J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Baseball Development Center, Premier Medical Plaza, Delta Dental of Arkansas Corporate Campus, Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse and numerous high profile higher education and K-12 projects across the state. For more information on WER Architects and to view its full portfolio visit werarch.com.