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MARLON BLACKWELL Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, Is an American MARLON BLACKWELL Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, is an American architect whose distinct and original voice has produced iconic and award-winning designs, recognized with the 2020 AIA Gold Medal. He is also an important educator, administrator, and critic, receiving the SEC 2020 Professor of the Year award in recognition of his outstanding teaching and leadership. He has served as a visiting professor and critic at numerous schools, and has lectured extensively on the work of his practice, Marlon Blackwell Architects, both nationally and internationally. MARLON BLACKWELL 2 TEACHING AREA Architectural Design, Design Detailing, Building Technology Integration, The American Private House EDUCATION Masters of Architecture II, Syracuse University in Florence, Italy, 1991 Bachelors of Architecture and Environmental Design, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 1980 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE University of Arkansas, Department of Architecture [tenured], 1992 – present Department head 2009-2015 E Fay Jones Distinguished Professor, 2015 - present Yale University, Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design, Spring 2021 University of Texas at Austin, McDermott Visiting Professor, Spring 2016 Cornell University, George Baird Professor, Fall 2012 University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson Professor, Spring 2011 University of Michigan, Eliel Saarinen Professor, Fall 2009 University of Florida, Ivan Smith Distinguished Professor, Spring 2009 Auburn University, Paul Rudolph Visiting Professor, Spring 2008 Middlebury College, Cameron Visiting Professor, Fall 2007 Washington University in St. Louis, Ruth and Norman Moore Professor, Spring 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Associate Professor, Spring 2001 & 2002 Lawrence Technological Institute, Masters Studio Seminar, Fall 2002 Syracuse University, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1991-1992 Boston Architectural Center, Fall 1995 & 1996 PROFESSIONAL American Institute of Architects 30156459 Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia NCARB Certificate HONORS American Academy of Arts and Letters Member, Architecture Department, 2021 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, 2020 SEC Professor of The Year, 2020 SEC Faculty Achievement Award, University of Arkansas, 2020 AN Interior Top 50 Interior Design Firms, 2020 MARLON BLACKWELL 3 William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome, 2018-19 National Academy of Design, Inducted 2018 E. Fay Jones Gold Medal (Arkansas), 2017 National Design Award in Architecture, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2016 #1 Design Firm Ranking by the 2016 Architect 50 Selected as one of DesignIntelligence “30 Most Admired Educators,” 2015 US Artists Ford Fellow, 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Prize, 2012 Residential Architect Magazine Firm of the Year, 2011 Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 2009 Selected as one of ID Forty Unsung Heroes, International Design Magazine, 2006 Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal, School of Architecture, University of Arkansas, 2003 Emerging Voices, New York Architecture League, 1998 Selected as one of 40 top designers under 40, 1995 DESIGN AWARDS Thaden School, Bentonville, Arkansas [2020] Bike Barn 2020 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award Reels Building 2020 Arkansas AIA Honor Award COOP Ramen, Bentonville, Arkansas [2019] 2020 Architectural Record Interiors Design Award 2020 AIA Gulf States Merit Award Lamplighter School, Dallas, Texas [2017] 2020 AIA Educational Facility Design Award 2020 The Plan Award Winner (Education) 2020 AIA Gulf States Honor Citation Award 2019 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2019 Copper in Architecture Award 2019 The Plan Award Finalist (Education) 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Nomination Flyrite North, Austin, Texas [2017] 2018 AIA Austin Design Award Harvey Pediatric Clinic, Rogers, Arkansas [2016] 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Nomination 2017 National AIA/AAH Healthcare Design Award 2017 World Architecture Festival Finalist (Healthcare) 2017 The Plan Award (Health) MARLON BLACKWELL 4 2017 Archmarathon Award Shortlist 2017 Gulf States Regional AIA Merit Award 2017 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2017 Metal Architecture Design Award (Ribbed Metal Wall Panel Category) 2017 Arkansas AIA Merit Award Shelby Farms Park, Memphis, Tennessee [2016] 2019 AIA National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design 2019 Memphis Business Journal’s Building Memphis Award (LEED Award) [Visitor Center] 2018 World Architecture Festival Finalist (Civic and Community) 2018 Gulf States Honor Award 2018 The Plan Award (Landscape) 2018 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards 2018 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2017 Metal Architecture Design Award (Grand Award) [Visitor Center] 2017 Memphis Business Journal Best New Construction Project (Large Projects) Greers Ferry Water Garden, Greers Ferry, Arkansas (with UACDC) [2016] 2019 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2019 ASLA Central States Design Award 2019 The Plan Award (Landscape) 2018 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design (Unbuilt Landscape) 2017 World Architecture Festival Finalist (Master Planning) 2017 Arkansas AIA Citation Award Calder Plaza, Grand Rapids, Michigan (with Design Workshop) [2016] 2017 ASLA Colorado Merit Award 2017 ASLA Michigan Merit Award The Graphic House, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2015] 2017 National AIA Housing Award 2017 Gulf States Regional AIA Merit Award 2017 Arkansas AIA Honor Award Fayetteville Montessori Primary School, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2015] 2016 American Architecture Prize [Educational Buildings, Gold] 2016 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2016 Gulf States Regional AIA Merit Award 2016 Metal Architecture Design Award (Ribbed Metal Wall Panel Category) Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, Arkansas [Phase 1, 2012; Phase 2, 2015] 2017 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Citation Award 2016 AIA/CAE Educational Facility Design Award of Merit 2016 Metal Architecture Design Award (Renovations and Retrofit Category) 2014 Arkansas AIA Merit Award 2012 Fayetteville Chamber Building Block Award MARLON BLACKWELL 5 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Bentonville, Arkansas [2014] 2015 Arkansas AIA Citation Award Srygley Pool House, Springdale, Arkansas [2013] 2015 Arkansas AIA Merit Award Renwick Gallery Grand Salon, Washington, D.C. [2013] 2015 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture + Design Award [Citation] 2014 Arkansas AIA Citation Award Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2013] 2014 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Citation Award 2013 Arkansas AIA Merit Award Steven L. Anderson Design Center and Renovation of Vol Walker Hall University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, Fayetteville, AR [2013] 2018 AIA National Honor Award 2016 American Architecture Prize [Educational Buildings, Platinum] 2016 AIA/CAE Educational Facility Design Award of Excellence 2015 ASID South Central Chapter Commercial Design Project of the Year [Ovation] 2015 ASID South Central Chapter Excellence in Design Award [Gold] 2014 World Architecture Festival Awards Finalist (Higher Education and Research) 2014 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2014 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2014 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2014 AZ Award, Best Commercial/Institutional Architecture Over 1,000 Square Meters 2014 The Architects Newspaper Building of the Year 2014 Lumen Award for Excellence 2013 Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Contractors Construction & Developers Appreciation Vision Award 2012 American Institute of Architects Technology in Architectural Practice Building Information Modeling Award for Exemplary Use of BIM in a Small Firm Little Rock Creative Corridor, Little Rock, Arkansas (with UACDC) [2012] 2015 Florida AIA Unbuilt Design Honor Award 2014 AIA National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design 2014 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for Analysis and Planning 2013 World Architecture Festival Finalist 2013 Congress for a New Urbanism Charter Award 2013 Arkansas AIA Citation Award 2012 World Architecture News Awards Finalist (Urban Planning) Fayetteville Montessori Elementary School, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2012] 2016 American Architecture Prize [Educational Buildings, Gold] 2014 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2014 Gulf States Regional AIA Citation Award MARLON BLACKWELL 6 2013 Arkansas AIA Honor Award Crystal Bridges Museum Store, Bentonville, Arkansas [2011] 2015 AIA National Honor Award for Interior Architecture 2013 Contract Magazine Interior Design Award – Retail 2012 World Architecture Festival Finalist (Shopping) 2012 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award [Interior] 2012 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2011 Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Award for Best Interior Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion & 100 Acres Art and Nature Park, Indianapolis, Indiana [2010] 2012 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2012 AIA National Honor Award 2012 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2012 Indiana AIA High Honor Award 2011 World Architecture Festival Finalist 2011 Architect Magazine Design Review Honor Award 2011 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2010 Indianapolis Sustainability Awards [Land] Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, Springdale, Arkansas [2010] 2014 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Nomination 2013 Faith and Form Honor Award 2013 AIA National Honor Award 2012 AIA National Small Project Award 2012 Remodeling Magazine, Grand Award 2011 World Architecture Festival Best Civic and Community Building 2011 Chicago
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