Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects

What Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects does

Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects (RPPY) is a privately held architecture firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, founded in 1961. The firm provides full architectural services — design, construction administration, master planning, and LEED-certified sustainable design — across six primary sectors: civic, commercial, corporate, healthcare, educational, and religious. Since inception, RPPY has completed over 1,700 projects and now operates as a small practice of approximately 11-50 employees, led by principals David Perry (LEED AP) and Timothy Yelvington (AIA).

RPPY's business model is project-based fee-for-service, with no standardized pricing publicly disclosed. The firm acquires clients through direct relationships, referrals, public-sector RFQ/RFP processes, and design competitions, with principals directly involved in business development and project delivery. Notable projects include the LEED Gold-certified Camp Aldersgate Commons Building (Arkansas's first USGBC LEED Gold), the 82,000 sqft North Little Rock Justice Center, the Arkansas Foodbank Distribution Center, the Philander Smith College Library, and a $24 million Caddo Mountain Spring Water bottling facility (2022). The firm is a founding member of the Arkansas Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.

RPPY serves a diversified client base across the Arkansas and mid-south region, including enterprise healthcare systems (UAMS, Baptist Health), regional banks (First Community Bank, Farmers Bank & Trust), higher education institutions (Lyon College, Philander Smith College), municipalities (North Little Rock and Little Rock Police Departments), religious congregations (St. James United Methodist Church, Christ the King Catholic Church), and commercial/restaurant SMBs (Waldo's Chicken and Beer, Taziki's Mediterranean Café). The firm has no proprietary technology platform, no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, no funding rounds, and no parent company, operating as a traditional partnership-based architecture practice anchored by long-tenure client relationships and community reputation.

Name

Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects

Legal name

Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects

Website

https://rppyarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RPPY Architects is a privately held Little Rock, Arkansas architecture firm founded in 1961, providing design, master planning, and LEED-certified sustainable architecture across civic, healthcare, educational, religious, corporate, and commercial sectors, serving institutional and regional clients throughout Arkansas and the mid-south.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: RPPY generates revenue through fee-based architectural design and construction administration services. Revenue is project-based, derived from new construction, renovation, and master planning engagements across civic, commercial, corporate, healthcare, educational, and religious sectors. Project types include new build, adaptive reuse, and phased expansions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects (RPPY) is a private architecture firm offering comprehensive architectural design, interior design, master planning, and construction administration services across civic, commercial, corporate, healthcare, educational, and religious sectors. The firm specializes in new construction, adaptive reuse, renovation, and phased expansion projects, with particular expertise in LEED-certified sustainable design.

Product overview

Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects (RPPY) is an architecture firm offering comprehensive design services across six primary project categories: Civic, Commercial, Corporate, Healthcare, Educational, and Religious architecture. The firm, established in 1961 and based in Little Rock, Arkansas, has completed over 1,700 projects. RPPY provides full architectural services from design through construction administration, with specialized expertise in LEED-certified sustainable design. The firm's portfolio includes notable projects such as the Arkansas Foodbank, North Little Rock Police Department, Lyon College Campus Center, and multiple healthcare facilities. As a founding member of the Arkansas Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, the firm demonstrates commitment to sustainable and environmentally responsible design practices.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civic Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,700 projects completed since 1961
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers46 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Caddo Mountain Spring WatermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022RPPY was selected as architecture firm for a $24 million premium water bottling facility in the Caddo Mountains of Arkansas. The project incorporates solar array farm-generated electricity and eco-friendly sustainability features. Sustainability and environmental stewardship were key selection criteria.
• Hoefer WelkercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRPPY served as construction administrator for design architects Hoefer Welker on the North Little Rock Police Department Justice Center project (82,000 sq ft, $150K annual electric savings). Collaboration combined Hoefer Welker's design with RPPY's local expertise and construction administration.
• Polk Stanley WilcoxcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative design partnership on the Camp Aldersgate Commons Building (LEED Gold certified). The project was constructed of stone, glass, and laminated wood timbers with a central 'hall of trees' circulation and gathering space.
• Arkansas Chapter of the U.S. Green Building CouncilcoreOthersRPPY was one of 5 founding firms of the Arkansas Chapter of the US Green Building Council, demonstrating long-standing commitment to sustainable design and LEED certification since the organization's inception.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hoefer Welker: Architecture firm specializing in healthcare, civic, and justice design. RPPY served as construction administrator for Hoefer Welker on the North Little Rock Justice Center — directly comparable practice that competes for the same healthcare and civic commissions.
• Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects: Little Rock, Arkansas-based architecture firm with a similar multi-sector practice (education, civic, healthcare, religious) across the same regional market. RPPY has directly collaborated with this firm on the Camp Aldersgate Commons Building, and they compete for many of the same Arkansas institutional clients.
• Witsell Evans Rasco Architects/Planners PA: Regional architecture firm with similar practice areas (civic, education, healthcare) serving clients in the mid-south. Comparable firm profile to RPPY with institutional and government clients in overlapping geographies.
• Taggart Architects: Arkansas-based architecture firm with civic, educational, and commercial practices competing in the same Little Rock market as RPPY. Similar regional concentration and institutional client focus.
• Cromwell Architects Engineers: Arkansas-headquartered full-service architecture and engineering firm with comparable civic, healthcare, and educational work in the same mid-south region. Similar size, multi-vertical approach, and local institutional client base make it one of RPPY's closest competitors.
• Hickingbotham Architects: Arkansas-based architecture firm with multi-sector practice across healthcare, education, and commercial work in the same regional market as RPPY.
• Allison Architecture: Arkansas architecture firm serving healthcare, education, and civic markets. Directly comparable practice size and geographic focus to RPPY within the Little Rock market.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture firm with extensive healthcare, civic, and education practices. As a broader incumbent, it competes for the same institutional clients and large-scale projects that RPPY pursues in Arkansas, and has the scale to encroach on regional markets.
• HKS Architects: Major architecture firm with strong healthcare and civic/government practices. Competes for the same healthcare and justice-center commissions that RPPY has won (e.g., North Little Rock Justice Center).
• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with corporate, commercial, and healthcare practices. A larger incumbent whose presence in mid-south and corporate market work overlaps with RPPY's corporate and commercial portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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