Resources available to students include our DesignShop, DesignFab Lab, Smart Media
Center and Advising Center, as well as the University of Arkansas Community Design
Center and Garvan Woodland Gardens.
Digital Fabrication Lab
Utilize a 3D printer; a MakerBot; and a custom-made machine that does computer numerically
controlled plasma cutting and five-axis milling.
DesignShop
Transform software files into three-dimensional designs and support construction projects,
through the use of a CNC router, table saws, and more.
Smart Media Center
Providing content and support to faculty and students, through an extensive digital
image database, as well as cameras and imaging software.
Advising
The information source on academic programs, degree requirements, applications & financial
aid, courses, scholarships, job and internship opportunities.
Community Design Center
Providing award-winning, innovative planning to communities and organizations throughout
Arkansas, since 1995.
Garvan Woodland Gardens
Design & work in this beautiful “living laboratory” — a 210-acre woodland habitat
botanical garden, located near Hot Springs National Park.
Why FAY?
The University of Arkansas Community Design Center has received more than 200 design awards since 1995.
The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design was ranked 19th in the nation overall – and eighth among public universities – for 2013 in the annual survey of “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools" published in the November/December 2012 issue of DesignIntelligence.
The project that renovated Vol Walker Hall and added the Steven L. Anderson Design Center was awarded LEED Gold certification and won a 2018 AIA Honor Award for Architecture.
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120 Vol Walker Hall University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas72701