Heifer International World Headquarters

A non-profit organization dedicated to relieving global hunger and poverty, Heifer International provides livestock and plants, as well as education in sustainable agriculture, to financially disadvantaged families around the world. Based in Little Rock, Arkansas, the organization was faced with the need for larger headquarters, but wanted the project to remain true to the earth’s resources. Heifer identified a longabandoned railroad yard in the city’s old warehouse district,an environmentally dirty site, known as a brownfield, and made the decision to transform it – the “green” way. One of the first of its kind in the area, the project was designed with careful consideration for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)certification standards.

Architect:
Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects, Ltd.

Glazing Contractor:
ACE Glass Company, Inc.

Photography: ©Timothy Hursley

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