by Cromwell Architects Engineers Arkansas woke up on Monday, May 27, 2019, to reports of record flooding on the Arkansas River. At noon on the same day the website www.tornadopaths.org showed 89 tornadoes in the United States over the previous 48 hours from Idaho to Ohio. Climate change seems to...
by Cromwell Architects Engineers In Central Arkansas, there are seas of surface parking lots all around us and nowhere to park. As a community, we need to rethink the need for parking minimums because they limit the development and sustainability of dense, walkable neighborhoods and encourage...
by Cromwell Architects Engineers As we age, so do the dynamics of the way we live, and designers must understand and account for changes that occur in order to incorporate appropriate solutions. The term “design for the aging” encompasses a huge realm of ideas. Everything from Independent...
by Cromwell Architects Engineers Great neighborhoods help drive economic development. Central Arkansas neighborhoods like Argenta, River Market, Creative Corridor, and East Village are showing us how. New companies flock to places that provide quality of life, talent, and proximity to like-minded...
by Cromwell Architects Engineers In Arkansas, sustainable development in our built environment is gaining broader appeal and wider acceptance. Over the last 20 years, numerous communities, organizations, institutions and individuals have championed the cause of sustainability, energy conservation...
by Cromwell Architects Engineers Over the last 70 years, segregated housing patterns and automobile-driven decision making have created suburban monstrosities that have left damaging and long-lasting issues with our cities and public transportation. After World War II, radical changes in the...
by Cromwell Architects Engineers Public spaces, when carefully planned, lead to improved economic growth and spur both investment and social cohesion. These are plazas, parks, city squares and the spaces in between. Examples like Italy’s Roman Forum, Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz and London’s...