Wilcox Group Architects Inc.'s commitment to mentoring was recently recognized with one of the top awards given by the national Intern Development Program Advisory Committee

Arkansas Business, June 1, 2009 by John Henry

Wilcox Group Architects Inc.'s commitment to mentoring was recently recognized with one of the top awards given by the national Intern Development Program Advisory Committee.

The Little Rock firm is one of only two firms in the nation to receive the 2008-09 Intern Development Program Outstanding Firm Award. The award recognizes firms that have gone beyond the baseline criteria for an Intern Development Program. In addition, Marion Blackwell, a professor at the University of Arkansas' Fay Jones School of Architecture, has won two honor awards from the Gulf States Regional division of the American Institute of Architects.

He won top honors for reinventing the Fulbright Building, a mid-century modern landmark in Fayetteville, and for transforming a historic hardware store into the Gentry Public Library.

Blackwell has won 38 state, regional, national and international design awards since 1998.

By John Henry

jhenry@abpg.com