WER Architects Receives Outstanding Project Award and National Recognition for the Jacksonville Elementary & Middle School

WER Architects has received an Outstanding Project Award in Learning By Design Magazine’s Spring 2023 Educational Facilities Awards Showcase. WER Architects’ design of the Jacksonville Elementary & Middle School, in Jacksonville, Arkansas, has been recognized as an award-winning benchmark facility for its incorporation of next generation learning space design and planning methodologies.

All awarded entries in the Spring 2023 awards edition of Learning By Design magazine (LBD) have been peer reviewed by a jury of endorsed AIA-CAE, A4LE and LBD education design professionals. All awards program entries such as the Jacksonville Elementary & Middle School are scored on six submission criteria: Innovation, Community Needs, Interiors, Sustainability, Planning and Functional Design, and Next Generation Learning. The judges determine each project’s worthiness, unique qualities, and the architectural design and planning concepts that were successfully implemented related to pedagogy and community wellbeing. Learning By Design’s jury of five education architectural design experts applauded WER Architects for its accomplishment in designing the Jacksonville Elementary & Middle School in exceeding the majority of the six submission criteria.

The Jury comments about this project included: “Kudos for listening to the community and taking the time to work through the needs and incorporate within your design. The Middle School stair at the window appears to be a pleasant place to circulate and see fellow students on two levels.”

“We are thrilled to share this standout project on a national level,” said Russell Fason, Principal, WER Architects. “All of the work WER has done with Jacksonville North Pulaski School District over the last few years has been incredibly meaningful to our entire design team and we know the community of Jacksonville.”

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ABOUT WER:

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 North Pulaski County School District, 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.

ABOUT LEARNING BY DESIGN:

The Jacksonville Elementary & Middle School will be featured in the print and digital version of the April 2023 edition of Learning By Design Magazine. The magazine reaches leaders at all levels of education and facility design—from early childhood and elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, combined grade-level schools, career-vocational Education centers, and two and four-year institutions of higher education throughout the United States. To access the digital edition, visit learningbydesignmagazine.com