Awards & Certifications

LEED Silver Certification

2024 – SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award

2023 – Chicago Athenaeum & Global Design News, Residential Award

2022 – Architizer A+, Architecture + Collaboration Finalist

2022 – Chicago Athenaeum Green Good Design Award

2021 – Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award

2021 – World Architecture Festival, Shortlist – Housing

2021 – World Architecture Festival, Shortlist – Best Use of Certified Timber

2021 – Boston Society of Architects, Sustainable Design Award

2021 – Boston Society of Architects, Housing Design Award

2021 – AIA Award – Specialized Housing

2021 – The Plan Awards, Finalist, Housing

2020 – Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award

2020 – World Architecture News (WAN) Awards, Gold – Wood in Architecture

2020 – AIA Arkansas, Honor Award – Architecture

2020 – AIA St. Louis, Honor Award – Architecture

2020 – AIA Gulf States Region, Merit Award – New Construction

2020 – WoodWorks Award – Multi-Family Wood Design

2020 – The Plan Award – Shortlisted, A Bold Demonstration of Sustainability

2020 – The Golden Pin Awards – Shortlisted

2020 – DNA Paris Award – Honorable Mention

2019 – AIA St. Louis, Distinguished Award – Unbuilt

2019 – Wood Design & Building Magazine, Honor Award

2019 – The Natural State Award, Construction + Developer Awards

Adohi Residence Hall

University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR

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SHELTER
Adohi Hall, meaning "coming into the forest" in Cherokee, is a first-of-its-kind mass timber residence hall built to enhance the student experience with emphasis on community, safety, living learning, technology, and sustainability. The university engaged Modus Studio in collaboration with Mackey Mitchell Architects, Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, and a broad team of engineering, landscape design, and sustainability experts to fulfill their vision. The new 202,000 SF, five-story building houses 708 freshmen and sophomores in a mix of community pod-style units and semi-suites with private bathrooms. Residents enjoy a state-of-the-art Living Learning facility complete with seminar rooms, recording studio, media lab, maker spaces, lounges, coffee bar, rehearsal space, and movement studio.
SHAPE
The university and design team explored numerous alternatives during a rigorous programming and master planning phase to determine what elements would most benefit students and complement the overall UA housing portfolio. The collaborative process included student engagement sessions as well as input from campus administration, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, and key faculty to outline the living learning components. As the design was honed, the university brought in a construction manager, Nabholz, to provide cost and scheduling guidance. The design was refined and streamlined at each phase to ensure overall project goals were met.
INSPIRE
The University of Arkansas not only set out to create an inspiring new home for students, they also saw this as an opportunity to invest in the long-term economic development of the state. Chancellor Joe Steinmetz committed to “use novel timber products in partnership with Arkansas’ timber industry in construction of a new residence hall”—the first in the country to use a mass timber structural system. The building will serve as a living laboratory for studying the practical benefits of advanced timber technology, and the exposed wooden features will enhance student well-being, adding natural warmth and comfort throughout their new home.

The combined talents of the Adohi Hall's design collaborative make this landmark project a vibrant learning environment for the University of Arkansas’s creative student communities.

- Peter MacKeith
Dean and Professor of Architecture, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

Team Members

Kyle Wagner,

Principal
Principal in Charge
Greg Frankenfeld,

Associate Principal, Project Manager
Project Manager
Merrilee Hertlein,

Principal
Interior Design & Furniture
John Burse,

Principal
Designer
Jordan Gatewood,

Principal
Programming & Planning
Caitlin Seim,

Senior Associate, Architect
Shelby Barker,

Associate, Interior Designer

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Adohi Residence Hall

University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR

SHELTER

SHAPE

INSPIRE

The combined talents of the Adohi Hall's design collaborative make this landmark project a vibrant learning environment for the University of Arkansas’s creative student communities.

Team Members

Kyle Wagner,

Principal

Greg Frankenfeld,

Associate Principal, Project Manager

Merrilee Hertlein,

Principal

John Burse,

Principal

Jordan Gatewood,

Principal

Caitlin Seim,

Senior Associate, Architect

Shelby Barker,

Associate, Interior Designer