WER Architects/Planners Architect Receives AIA Designation
Little Rock, Arkansas (May 10, 2021) - WER Architects/Planners is pleased to announce that Brandon Bibby in our Little Rock Arkansas office, has received his AIA designation from the State of Arkansas and is now a registered architect.
Brandon Bibby AIA, NOMA, NCARB joined WER Architects in 2014 as an intern architect and now serves as a project architect. In 2021, he joined the list of only nine other African American architects to hold an active license to practice architecture in the state of Arkansas. A native Arkansan, he received his Bachelor of Architecture from the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas in 2014. An award-winning professional for his leadership and community engagement, he is a recipient of the Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal and was named to the Arkansas Business' 20 in their 20s New Influential 2019 Class.
Since joining WER, Brandon has worked on a mix of project types, from historic preservation to adaptive reuse and new construction. His diverse portfolio includes design, programming, and project management on over 100 arts, educational, commercial, and healthcare projects. His experience includes work for clients such as eStem Public Charter Schools, Baptist Health Medical Center, and the University of Arkansas. Notable projects include the eStem Public Charter Schools East Village Elementary and Junior High School, the Windgate Center of Art + Design at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and the new Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Central Arkansas that is scheduled to open in 2022.
Brandon embodies the citizen architect movement and advocates for quality design and spaces through his active community engagement. In 2018, Brandon served as Co-Chair for PopUp in the Rock Stifft Station, which demonstrated a new vision for a pedestrian-safe commercial corridor in the historic Little Rock neighborhood at the intersection of Markham Street and Kavanaugh Boulevard. And in 2020, Brandon spearhead the Building Momentum mentorship program at WER Architects. This outreach program is reaching underrepresented minorities in the architecture and interior design field through their high school counselors.
“Brandon is an integral part of the design team at WER and we are thrilled that he is now officially moving into a leadership role as a project architect,” said John Greer, WER Architects Vice President.
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We believe quality architecture creates better places. This strong 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 both 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 High School Campus, University of Arkansas Baseball Development Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Women’s Midtown Clinic, Delta Dental of Arkansas Corporate Campus, Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse and many other 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.