diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index fbb6828..5d19981 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Add" />
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Remove" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index d3ae3a4..9661a3a 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
     testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-core:1.9.5"
 
     compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.3.0'
+    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.3.0'
+    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.3.0'
     compile 'com.android.support:design:23.3.0'
+    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.3.0'
     compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:7.0.1'
     compile 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.1.2'
     compile 'io.realm:realm-android:0.84.1'
-    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.3.0'
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/LargeArticleCard.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/LargeArticleCard.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18253cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/LargeArticleCard.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards;
+
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.RecyclerItem;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.R;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class LargeArticleCard extends RecyclerItem {
+
+    public static final int LARGE_ARTICLE = R.layout.card_article_large;
+
+    String title;
+
+    public LargeArticleCard() {
+        super(LARGE_ARTICLE);
+        title = "This is a Large Article";
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/LargeArticleHolder.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/LargeArticleHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a35e659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/LargeArticleHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import butterknife.Bind;
+import butterknife.ButterKnife;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.RecyclerViewHolder;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.R;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class LargeArticleHolder extends RecyclerViewHolder<LargeArticleCard> {
+
+    @Bind(R.id.tv_article_title)
+    TextView title;
+
+    public LargeArticleHolder(View itemView) {
+        super(itemView);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void bindView(LargeArticleCard largeArticleCard, Activity activity) {
+        ButterKnife.bind(activity);
+
+        title.setText(largeArticleCard.title);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/SmallArticleCard.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/SmallArticleCard.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc4c7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/SmallArticleCard.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards;
+
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.RecyclerItem;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.R;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class SmallArticleCard extends RecyclerItem {
+
+    public static final int SMALL_ARTICLE = R.layout.card_article_small;
+    String title;
+
+    public SmallArticleCard() {
+        super(SMALL_ARTICLE);
+        title = "This is a Small Article";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/SmallArticleHolder.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/SmallArticleHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42c8de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/Cards/SmallArticleHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import butterknife.Bind;
+import butterknife.ButterKnife;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.RecyclerViewHolder;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.R;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class SmallArticleHolder extends RecyclerViewHolder<SmallArticleCard> {
+    @Bind(R.id.tv_article_title)
+    TextView title;
+
+    public SmallArticleHolder(View itemView) {
+        super(itemView);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void bindView(SmallArticleCard smallArticleCard, Activity activity) {
+        ButterKnife.bind(activity);
+
+        title.setText(smallArticleCard.title);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/MainRecyclerViewAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/MainRecyclerViewAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ef15a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/MainRecyclerViewAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
+import android.view.LayoutInflater;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards.LargeArticleCard;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards.LargeArticleHolder;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards.SmallArticleCard;
+import edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers.Cards.SmallArticleHolder;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class MainRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerViewHolder> {
+
+    private List<RecyclerItem> data;
+    private Activity activity;
+
+    public MainRecyclerViewAdapter(Activity activity) {
+        this.data = new ArrayList<>();
+        this.activity = activity;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the data for the recycler view
+     *
+     * @param data a list of recycler items that will populate the recycler view
+     */
+    public void setData(List<RecyclerItem> data) {
+        this.data = data;
+        notifyDataSetChanged();
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public RecyclerViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
+        LayoutInflater li = activity.getLayoutInflater();
+        RecyclerViewHolder holder;
+        switch (viewType) {
+            case SmallArticleCard.SMALL_ARTICLE:
+                holder = new SmallArticleHolder(li.inflate(SmallArticleCard.SMALL_ARTICLE, parent));
+                break;
+            case LargeArticleCard.LARGE_ARTICLE:
+                holder = new LargeArticleHolder(li.inflate(LargeArticleCard.LARGE_ARTICLE, parent));
+                break;
+            default:
+                holder = null;
+        }
+        return holder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerViewHolder holder, int position) {
+        holder.bindView(data.get(position), activity);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getItemCount() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
+        return data.get(position).getViewType();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/RecyclerItem.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/RecyclerItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c05dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/RecyclerItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class RecyclerItem {
+
+    private int viewType;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     *
+     * @param layoutId the integer identifier for the view type.
+     *                 Use the resource id of the layout as the view type.
+     */
+    public RecyclerItem(int layoutId) {
+        this.viewType = layoutId;
+
+    }
+
+    public int getViewType() {
+        return viewType;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/RecyclerViewHolder.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/RecyclerViewHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad32814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/grinnell/grinnell_publications_android/Controllers/RecyclerViewHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package edu.grinnell.grinnell_publications_android.Controllers;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
+import android.view.View;
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class RecyclerViewHolder<T extends RecyclerItem> extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{
+
+
+    public RecyclerViewHolder(View itemView) {
+        super(itemView);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for the itemView from the super class
+     * @return the itemView for the recycler item
+     */
+    public View getItemView() {
+        return super.itemView;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param recyclerItem
+     * @param activity
+     */
+    public abstract void bindView(T recyclerItem, Activity activity);
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_article_large.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_article_large.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0611c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_article_large.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:id="@+id/card_view"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    android:orientation="vertical">
+
+    <LinearLayout
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+        android:orientation="vertical">
+
+        <ImageView
+            android:id="@+id/iv_article"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="200dp"
+            android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />
+
+        <LinearLayout
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:padding="@dimen/card_inner_padding">
+
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/tv_article_title"
+                style="@style/card_article_title"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:text="Article Title" />
+        </LinearLayout>
+    </LinearLayout>
+</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_article_small.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_article_small.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8014b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_article_small.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:id="@+id/card_view"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    android:orientation="vertical">
+
+    <RelativeLayout
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+        android:padding="@dimen/card_inner_padding">
+
+        <LinearLayout
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_toStartOf="@id/iv_article">
+
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/tv_article_title"
+                style="@style/card_article_title"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:text="Article Title" />
+        </LinearLayout>
+
+        <ImageView
+            android:id="@+id/iv_article"
+            android:layout_width="100dp"
+            android:layout_height="100dp"
+            android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
+            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
+            android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />
+
+
+    </RelativeLayout>
+</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-w820dp/dimens.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-w820dp/dimens.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 63fc816..0000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-w820dp/dimens.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<resources>
-    <!-- Example customization of dimensions originally defined in res/values/dimens.xml
-         (such as screen margins) for screens with more than 820dp of available width. This
-         would include 7" and 10" devices in landscape (~960dp and ~1280dp respectively). -->
-    <dimen name="activity_horizontal_margin">64dp</dimen>
-</resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
index eb10e23..fd659ee 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
     <dimen name="circular_img_view_height">76dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="circular_img_view_width">76dp</dimen>
 
+    <dimen name="card_inner_padding">12dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="card_article_title_font_size">16sp</dimen>
+
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 379ac96..f90ecdc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -12,5 +12,12 @@
     </style>
 
 
+    <!-- Style for the article title in cards -->
+    <style name="card_article_title">
+        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/card_article_title_font_size</item>
+        <item name="android:fontFamily">serif</item>
+        <item name="android:textColor">@color/black</item>
+    </style>
+
 
 </resources>