Steven Hurd
Adjunct Instructor of Interior Design
Degrees: BArch University of Arkansas – Fayetteville
Class Schedule for Spring 2025:
Interior Design Workshop – Special Topics 4:00 – 6:30 M MAC 205
Bio:
A native of Central Arkansas, Hurd is a 1985 graduate of the University of Arkansas’s School of Architecture and is recently retired after thirty successful years as president of Hurd Long Architects. His love of architecture and woodworking started early in his life. He combined his love of playing with building blocks as a child (and adult) and his design skills to design architectural building blocks, word toys and other interesting pieces of wood craft including unique light fixtures. Hurd’s Cathedral Blocks and Castle Blocks have been sold world-wide and are on display in the Learning Museum of the Castle de Saint Fargeau, in France and Saint Canice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny Ireland. His Cathedral blocks, along with other toy designs, appeared in the annual Toys by Artist show at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art. His Crossword Cubed Puzzle Toy is now in the Museum’s permanent collection.
Inspired by his success in artisan toy-making, Hurd continues to develop his unique designs as many original pieces have been sold through the museum store at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and are currently for sale at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art.
Specialties:
Architecture, Historic preservation, Historic window restoration, Fine woodworking
