In this week's episode, Rex talks with Peter MacKeith, Dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas' Fayetteville campus, about the development of Arkansas' forest economy in building material sustainability and the programs the university is implementing to increase that sustainability.

The episode also addresses the benefit that the school of architecture can provide to the state through outreach, research and collaboration with other schools within the scope of architectural development.

Rex also talks with Peter about the role that architecture plays in the affordable housing arena and how students are encouraged to think in terms of viability through low-cost products such as wood laminate and other economic solutions to traditional building materials.

By implementing these products in thoughtful ways, Peter says, architecture can benefit not only the economic interests of the state but also impact the lives of Arkansans by using the state's readily available natural resources to accelerate the rate of new construction, which helps rural communities by providing low-cost and sustainable housing.

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