Arkansas has claimed its first bikeable structure ? a ramped office building in Bentonville designed by Michel Rojkind, Callaghan Horiuchi and Marlon Blackwell Architects.
Completed at the end of 2022, the 230,000-square foot (21,368-square metre) mixed-use office is known as The Ledger.
A collaboration between Mexican architect Michel Rojkind and Arkansas-based studios Callaghan Horiuchi and Marlon Blackwell Architects, the building was "designed to be community-centric".
The office was designed by Michel Rojkind, Callaghan Horiuchi and Marlon Blackwell Architects
The Ledger ? with its ziggurat-like form and its blocky neighbouring parking garage ? is one of the tallest structures in Bentonville and offers a diverse range of amenities for workers and locals. While the city is most famously known for being the birthplace of Walmart, it has dubbed itself the "mountain biking capital of the world," prompting the design team to integrate a 12-foot (3.5-metre) wide ramp into the side of each floor.
There is also a concrete parking garage
The paved concrete pathway ramps approximately 1,900 feet (580 metres) back and forth across the building's eastern facade.
"Blurring the lines of where the building begins and the sidewalk ends, pedestrian ramps extend up into the air, a continuous zig-zag of movement up the eastside of the building along Main Street, inviting the public up onto a series of stepping terraces, scaling the building to the surrounding con...