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 Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2011 Gulf States Regional AIA Merit Award 2010 Architect Magazine Design Review Honor Award 2010 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Fallingwater Cottages, Bear Run, Pennsylvania [2010] 2011 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture + Design Awards 2011 Custom Home Grand Award [Unbuilt] 2010 Arkansas AIA Merit Award [Unbuilt]
Green River Community Center, Green River, Utah [2009] 2011 Arkansas AIA Citation Award
Porchdog House [Tyler Residence] Biloxi, Mississippi [2009] 2010 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2010 Architectural Review Housing Award [Citation] 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards Finalist 2007 Arkansas AIA Honor Award [Unbuilt]
Blair Garage and House Addition, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2008] MARLON BLACKWELL
7 2010 Arkansas AIA Merit Award
Fulbright Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2007] 2009 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2009 Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Award for Best Renovation 2008 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Gentry Public Library, Gentry, Arkansas [2007] 2009 National AIA/ALA Design Award 2009 Remodeling Magazine Grand Design Award 2009 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2009 Metropolitan Home 100 Best Designs [#27] 2008 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
L-Stack House, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2006] 2010 Residential Architect Grand Award 2008 National AIA Housing Award 2008 Custom Home Magazine Merit Award 2008 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2007 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Blessings Golf Clubhouse, Johnson, Arkansas [2005] 2009 Copper in Architecture Award 2008 Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture - Top 100 Buildings 2007 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2006 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Ferrous Park: Constructing Urbanism [Housing Competition] Kansas City, Missouri [2005] 2006 Central States Region AIA Honor Award 2006 Kansas City AIA Honor Award [Unbuilt]
Srygley Office Building, Johnson, Arkansas [2004] 2006 Gulf States Regional AIA Citation Award 2005 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Fred and Mary Smith Razorback Golf Center, Johnson, Arkansas [2004] 2005 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2004 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Arkansas House, Johnson, Arkansas [2004] 2007 Residential Architect Merit Award 2007 Custom Home Merit Award 2006 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 2005 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Masons on the Creeks, Rogers, Arkansas [2003] MARLON BLACKWELL
8 2004 Arkansas AIA Merit Award
Keenan TowerHouse, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2000] Dwell Top 100 Houses We Love 2000-2010 2001 Arkansas AIA Honor Award 2001 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award
Tyson-Combs Gun Club, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2000] 2001 Arkansas AIA Honor Award [Unbuilt]
Masons on the Square, Fayetteville, Arkansas [2000] 2001 Arkansas AIA Merit Award
Moore HoneyHouse, Cashiers, North Carolina [1998] 2003 ar + d prize winner 2000 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 1999 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
McIlroy Loft, Fayetteville, Arkansas [1998] 2001 Arkansas AIA Honor Award [Unbuilt]
Farah Residence [2Square House] Fayetteville, Arkansas [1998] 2000 Arkansas AIA Merit Award
Terminella Office Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas [1998] 2000 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 1999 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Cozart Office Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas [1996] 1999 Gulf States Regional AIA Honor Award 1998 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Flynn-Schmitt BarnHouse, Fayetteville, Arkansas [1994] 1999 Gulf States Regional AIA Merit Award 1998 Arkansas AIA Honor Award
Moore Residence, Cashiers, North Carolina [1990] 1991 Architectural Record Award of Excellence 1991 Southern Living Home of the Year
INVITED LECTURES [ACADEMIC]
2020 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
2019 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma MARLON BLACKWELL
9 Cooper Union, New York City, New York Iowa State University Substance Design Forum, Ames, Iowa Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston, 30th Anniversary Panel Speaker University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan
2018 Indiana University, Columbus, Indiana Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas American University in Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2017 Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble, France University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Auburn University Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
2016 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2015 Auburn University Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Drury University, Springfield, Missouri Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, Georgia University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2014 MARLON BLACKWELL
10 Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Harry Weese Symposium, Indiana University, Columbus, Indiana RPI Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, New York, New York Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
2013 University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Rural Studio, Auburn University, Newbern, Alabama University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
2012 UT Austin ACS Administration Conference Panel Speaker, Austin, Texas University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri Cornell University, Ithaca, New York University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
2011 Rural Studio, Auburn University, Newbern, Alabama Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia University de San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador
2010 University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma [Goff Lecture] Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island UNCC Critical Mass, Charlotte, North Carolina UT Austin, Austin, Texas Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Drury University, Springfield, Missouri
2009 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan University of Houston, Houston, Texas Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Taliesin School of Architecture, Scottsdale, Arizona University of Miami (Ohio), Miami, Ohio University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota MARLON BLACKWELL
11 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Massachusetts institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas Rural Studio, Auburn University, Newbern, Alabama [also 2006 & 1999]
2007 Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ISAD University, Chihuahua, Mexico University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho University of North Carolina Charlotte Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia Harvard GSD, StudioScope Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee,
2006 Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, Georgia University of Utah School of Architecture, Salt Lake City, Utah [also 2005] University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas [also 2003] University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas [also 2000] Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2005 Dalhousie University and the Ghost Studio, Halifax, Nova Scotia [also 2001] American University in Sharjah School of Architecture, Sharjah, UAE
2004 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Florida International University, Miami, Florida RomaTre University, Rome, Italy
2003 University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, [also 2002] Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Bruce Goff Chair
2002 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Lawrence Tech University, Detroit, Michigan Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mississippi State University, Jackson, Mississippi Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama MARLON BLACKWELL
12 2001 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Harvard GSD Career Discovery, Cambridge, Massachusetts Massachusetts institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Monterrey Tec University - Queretaro , Queretaro, Mexico University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (Re)Viewing the Tectonic, ACSA East Regional
1999 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
1990 University of Miami, Miami, Florida
INVITED LECTURES [PROFESSIONAL]
2020 City as Living Laboratory, New York City, New York
2019 Architectural Record Innovation Conference, New York City, New York Cocktails and Conversations, AIA New York, New York City, New York Institute of Architects Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2018 Spokane AIA, Spokane, Washington AIA Conference on Architecture Speaker, New York City, New York Mary Atkins Lecture, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 Cleveland AIA, Cleveland, Ohio Archmarathon, Miami, Florida Brickworks International Speaker Series, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, Australia AIA Conference on Architecture Speaker, Orlando, Florida CSI Memphis BUILD/IT Conference, Memphis, Tennessee Dallas Architecture Forum, Dallas, Texas Adjoin: Masters of a Generation, San Diego, California
2016 Grand Rapids AIA, Grand Rapids, Michigan National Building Museum, Washington, DC Sarasota Center for Architecture, Sarasota, Florida Meeting in the Mountains, Billings, Montana Architalx, Portland, Maine South Dakota AIA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota MARLON BLACKWELL
13 2015 LATI7UDES Symposium, Santiago, Chile DATUM:KL Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia AIA National Convention Speaker, Atlanta, Georgia IDS (Interior Design Show) Trade Show, Toronto, Canada
2014 Puerto Rico AIA, San Juan, Puerto Rico Architects Newspaper Facades Conference, Dallas, Texas Architectural Record Innovations Conference, New York, New York Iowa State AIA, Des Moines, Iowa Toledo AIA, Toledo, Ohio Utah AIA, Salt Lake City, Utah Wilmington AIA, Wilmington, North Carolina Vermont Immersion Master Class Studio, Woodstock, Vermont Charleston Civic Design Center, Charleston, South Carolina Texas Design Conference, Austin, Texas
2013 Monterey Design Festival Speaker, Monterey, California Indiana | Kentucky | Ohio AIA Convention Speaker Tennessee State AIA Convention Speaker, Nashville, Tennessee North Carolina State AIA convention Speaker, Asheville, North Carolina Celebrate Architecture, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Omaha AIA, Convention Speaker, Omaha, Nebraska
2012 Colorado AIA Convention Speaker, Keystone, Colorado Oklahoma AIA Convention Speaker, Tulsa, Oklahoma Ft Worth AIA, Ft Worth, Texas Philadelphia AIA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas Mississippi AIA Convention Speaker, Sandestin, Florida Gulf States Emerging Professionals Symposium Keynote Speaker, Memphis, Tennessee San Antonio AIA Lecture Series, San Antonio, Texas Portal to the Point Symposium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Indianapolis AIA, Indianapolis, Indiana
2011 Residential Architect Leadership Awards Panel speaker Wyoming AIA Convention Keynote Speaker Ghost 13 Symposium, featured speaker, Upper Kingsburg, Nova Scotia
2010 MARLON BLACKWELL
14 North Texas Sustainable Showcase [featured speaker], Dallas, Texas
2009 Arkansas AIA Convention [featured speaker], Hot Springs, Arkansas Florida AIA Convention [featured speaker], Tampa, Florida Mississippi AIA, Jackson, Mississippi Sonoma County AIA, Santa Rosa, California
2008 Minnesota AIA Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota Tampa Bay AIA, Tampa, Florida Tulsa AIA, Tulsa, Oklahoma Tennessee AIA Convention, Nashville, Tennessee Space.City Lecture, Seattle, Washington Wisconsin AIA Convention, Madison, Wisconsin Richmond Center for Architecture, Richmond, Virginia
2007 Gould Evans Design Review Lecture, Kansas City, Missouri Art4D Designers Lecture, Bangkok, Thailand Louisiana AIA Convention, Lafayette, Louisiana
2006 Virginia State AIA Convention, Richmond, Virginia Batesville Women’s Club, Batesville, Arkansas Jacksonville AIA, Jacksonville, Florida Expocasa Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Alabama AIA Convention, Asheville, North Carolina Pennsylvania AIA Convention, York, Pennsylvania Baltimore AIA, Baltimore, Maryland The Banff Sessions 2006, Banff, Canada Young Architects Forum, Kansas City, Missouri Alaska Design Forum, Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska
2005 Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock, Arkansas
2004 AIA Kansas Convention, Kansas City, Missouri Staten Island AIA, New York, New York
2003 Alabama AIA, Auburn, Alabama Harvard University Continuing Education Seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts Royal Institute of British Architects, London, England
2002 MARLON BLACKWELL
15 Harvard University Continuing Education Seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2001 Dallas Architecture Forum, Dallas, Texas CBT Architects, Boston, Massachusetts
1999 Memphis AIA, Memphis, Tennessee
1998 Little Rock AIA, Little Rock, Arkansas The Architectural League of New York, New York City, New York
1996 Miami Design Alliance, Miami, Florida
1995 Arkansas State AIA Convention, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
1992 Miami Design Alliance, Miami, Florida
SERVICE AND JURIES [PROFESSIONAL]
National and State AIA member, 1998-Present Founder’s Circle of the Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation, member General Services Administration National Register of Peer Professionals, 2004-Present Industry Advisory Group for Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, US State Department, 2012-2018
2020 New York AIA Design Awards Jury
2019 OPN Firm Retreat and Review Pennsylvania AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair] Arcasia Awards for Architecture Award Jury Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) Healthcare Design Awards Jury
2018 Miller Hull YES Panelist Minnesota AIA Design Awards Jury Western Mountain Region AIA Design Awards Jury Housing Northwest Arkansas Professional Design Competition Jury New York AIA Design Awards Jury Design Center in a Box, Competition Jury
2017 Cleveland AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair] MARLON BLACKWELL
16 Santa Barbara AIA Design Awards Jury
2016 South Dakota AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair] Ohio AIA Design Awards Jury California AIA Design Awards Jury North Carolina Triangle AIA Design Awards Jury
2015 Los Angeles AIA Design Awards Jury
2013 Rome Prize Jury New York AIA Design Awards Jury Alabama AIA Design Awards Jury
2012 Philadelphia AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair] Ft Worth AIA Design Awards Jury West Texas AIA Design Awards Jury Detroit AIA Design Awards Jury Mississippi AIA Design Awards Jury George Matsutomo Prize Jury
2011 Texas AIA Unbuilt Design Awards Jury Chicago AIA Interior Design Awards Jury Residential Architect Design Awards Jury National AIA Library Awards Jury [Chair] Play for All International Design Competition Jury
2010 Kansas City AIA Design Awards Jury Contract Magazine Design Awards Jury South Carolina AIA Design Awards Jury Wisconsin AIA Design Awards Jury Austin, TX Design Awards Jury
2009 Dallas AIA Design Awards Jury Toledo AIA Design Awards Jury
2008 Alabama AIA Design Awards Jury Ohio AIA Design Awards Jury Portland, Oregon AIA Design Awards Jury MARLON BLACKWELL
17 Tennessee AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair]
2007 Gould Evans Design Metrics Review Louisiana AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair]
2006 Virginia AIA Design Awards Jury, [Chair]
2005 Columbus, Ohio AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair]
2004 St. Louis AIA Design Awards Jury [Chair]
2003 Dallas AIA Design Awards Jury
2001 New Orleans AIA Design Awards Jury Kansas City AIA Allied Arts and Crafts Awards Jury
1993 Portland, Oregon AIA Design Awards Jury
SERVICE + JURIES [ACADEMIC]
2020 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
2019 Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Iowa State University, Substance Design Forum Jury Auburn University, Rural Studio
2018 Auburn University, Rural Studio Georgia Tech University, Portman Prize Jury Texas Tech University, Design Awards Jury
2017 Auburn University, Rural Studio Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016 Auburn University, Rural Studio Harvard Graduate School of Design University of Pennsylvania MARLON BLACKWELL
18 Washington University in St. Louis
2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rice University University of Oklahoma
AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES
2020 Blackwell, Marlon. “On Tonal Space.” Metropolis Noteworthy, Edited by Avinash Rajagopal, 2020, pp.120. Blackwell, Marlon. “The Smartest Dumbest Thing.” The Philosophy of Dumbness, Joseph Choma, 2020, pp.104-105.
2017 Blackwell, Marlon and Boelkins, Jonathan. “Heart of the Park Architecture.” Shelby Farms Park: Elevating a City, Edited by Tom Jones, Susan Schadt Press, 2017, pp. 148-163. Blackwell, Marlon and Shafique, Tanzil. “Contexts.” New Essentialism: Material Architecture. Gail Peter Borden, ORO Editions / Applied Research & Design, 2017, pp. 12-13 [Gentry Public Library, Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church, Ruth Lilly Visitor Pavilion, Moore HoneyHouse, Shelby Farms Park, Harvey Pediatric Clinic, Steven L. Anderson Design Center and Renovation of Vol Walker Hall, Keenan TowerHouse]
2015 Blackwell, Marlon and Buege, David. “The Present Situation.” OZ Journal, Volume 37, Edited by Jay Chenault and Lauren Harness, Kansas State University, 2015, pp. 4-9. [Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church, Fayetteville Montessori Elementary School, Fayetteville Montessori Primary School]
2009 Blackwell, Marlon. “Architecture in a Landscape of Unholy Unions.” Journal of Architectural Education, Volume 63, Issue 1, Edited by David Buege, 2009, pp. 90-95. [Dragonfly House, the Bullfrog House, the Moore HoneyHouse, the Blessings Gatehouse, the Keenan TowerHouse, the Porchdog House, and the Srygley Office Building]
2006 Blackwell, Marlon. “Faith and Possibility.” Archipelago: Essays on Architecture, Edited by Peter MacKeith, Rakennustieto, 2006, pp.194-199.
2005 Blackwell, Marlon. An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell, Edited by Linda Lee, Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. [The book is a monograph on my work and features (9) built residential and commercial projects and (3) residential prototypes. The book includes essays by Juhani Pallasmaa, Dan Hoffman, and David Buege.]
2004 Blackwell, Marlon and Buege, David. “Dragonflies and Tumbleweeds.” Batture: Critical Regionalism, vol. 1, no. 1, Edited by Ursula McClure, The LSU School of Architecture Journal 2004, pp. 24 –31. [Moore HoneyHouse, the Bullfrog Villa, and the DragonFly House]
2003 Blackwell, Marlon. “A House in the Trees: The TowerHouse.” OZ Journal, Volume 25, Edited by Ray Streeter, Kansas State University, 2003, pp. 66-69. [Keenan TowerHouse]
2000 MARLON BLACKWELL
19 Blackwell, Marlon. “Articulating the Everyday.” (Re)Viewing the Tectonic: Architecture-Technology-Production, ACSA East Regional Conference, University of Michigan, 2000. Blackwell, Marlon. “At the Frame, In the Edge”, OZ Journal, Volume 22, May 2000, Kansas State University, Ray Streeter, editor, (pg.52-59), features the Moore Residence and HoneyHouse, Cashiers, North Carolina.
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS FEATURING BUILT WORK
2019 Cramer, James P. and Simpson, Scott. “Firm Profiles: Marlon Blackwell Architects.” Small Firm Success: How Small Firms Can Thrive in an Age of Acceleration, Wren Editions, 2019, pp. 97-113. Jenkins, Hannah. “Graphic House.” 100 Houses: Nature and Nurture, Images Publishing Group, 2019, pp. 100-101. Mutlow, John. “Perfect Balance.” Architects at Home, Images Publishing Group, 2019, pp. 20-27. [L-Stack House] Kramer, Sibylle. “Fayetteville Montessori Elementary School.” Building to Educate: School Architecture & Design, Braun, 2018, pp. 58-61. Kramer, Sibylle. “Fayetteville High School.” Building to Educate: School Architecture & Design, Braun, 2018, pp. 98-101.
2018 Red: Architecture in Monochrome, Phaidon Press, 2018. [Harvey Pediatric Clinic]
2017 Jones, Tom. Shelby Farms Park: Elevating a City: The Improbable Journey of America’s Great 21st Century Urban Park, Susan Schadt Press, 2017. Collective. I-Hospital and Welfare, Edited by Kim, Ji-young, and Jin-ah Lee, Archiworld Co. Ltd., 2018. [Harvey Pediatric Clinic] Cary, John. “Buildings That Heal.” Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone, Island Press, 2017, pp. 78- 85. [Free Health Center] “Marlon Blackwell Architects.” Architecture Today: Houses, Edited by Manel Gutierrez, Loft Publications, 2017, pp. 188- 795. [Graphic House] “The L-Stack House.” Architects’ Homes, Edited by Bethany Patch, Images Publishing Group, 2017, pp. 92-98.
2016 Nordenson, Guy. “Simply Supported: Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion.” Reading Structures: 39 Projects and Built Works, Lars Muller Publishers, 2016, pp. 241-247.
2015 Welton, Michael J. “Marlon Blackwell: The Thinking Drawing.” Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand, Routledge, 2015, pp. 26-33. [Steven L. Anderson Design Center] American Institute of Architects. “Adaptive Reuse and Interiors: St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church.” Out of Scale: Small Project Awards, Edited by Manack, Marc and Reeder, Linda, ORO Editions, 2015, pp. 130, 134, 170. Kacmar, Donna. “Variant Two: Focused Dwellings: Keenan TowerHouse.” Big Little House: Small Houses Designed by Architects, Routledge, 2015, pp. 96-101.
2014 MacKay-Lyons, Brian. “Marlon Blackwell Architect.” Local Architecture: Building Place, Craft, and Community, Edited by McCarter, Robert, Princeton Architectural Press, 2015, pp. 56-61. [Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion, HoneyHouse, Keenan TowerHouse] Jodidio, Philip, et al. “Marlon Blackwell.” Small Architecture Now!, Taschen, 2014, pp. 72-75. [St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church] Van Uffelen, Chris. “Marlon Blackwell Architect: Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church.” Sacred Architecture + Design: MARLON BLACKWELL
20 Churches, Synagogues, Mosques, Braun, 2014, pp. 298-301.
2013 Williams, Tod, and Tsien, Billie. Wunderkammer, Yale University Press, 2013. Jodidio, Philip. Wood Architecture Now! vol 2, Taschen, 2011. [Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion] Meinhold, Bridgette. “5-4 Porchdog House.” Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Designs for a Changing World, WW Norton, 2013, pp. 218-225. Colegio de Arquitectura y Diseno Interior (CADI) and Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). “Marlon Blackwell.” XII Foro Internacional de Architectura: New Regionalism in North America, 2012, pp. 82-91. [Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion, Porchdog House, Slipshot, Bullfrog House Boat, Dragonfly House Boat]
2012 The American Institute of Architects. “Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion.” AIA 2010-2012: Designs for a New Decade, Design Media Publishing Limited, 2012, pp. 348 - 351. “Biloxi Model Home Program.” Design Like You Give a Damn [2]: Building Change from the Ground Up, Edited by Aaronson, Deborah and Architecture for Humanity, Abrams, 2012, pp. 108-115. [Porchdog House]
2010 McLeod, Virginia. “Marlon Blackwell Architect: L-Stack House.” Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture, Laurence King Publishing, 2010, pp. 35.
2008 “Blessings Golf Clubhouse: Marlon Blackwell.” The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. Phaidon Press, 2011, pp. 660.
2007 “Marlon Blackwell.” Masters of Light: Designing the Luminous House. Edited by Peter Hyatt, Images Publishing Group, 2007, pp. 60-72. [Arkansas House, HoneyHouse, June Moore Residence, Keenan TowerHouse] “Tyson House: Marlon Blackwell.” 100 Great Extensions and Renovations, Edited by Philip Jodidio, Images Publishing Group, 2007, pp. 284-287. Vrabelova, Renata. “Keenan TowerHouse.” Exceptional Houses: Alternative of Individual Housing. Architecture Center Exhibition Catalog, 2007, pp. 36-39. Chen, Yenna. Contemporary Design in Detail: Small Environments. Rockport Publishers, 2007. Richardson, Phyllis. “HoneyHouse.” XS: Small Structures, Green Architecture. Universe Publishing, 2007, pp. 174-177. “Apiario Moore.” Analogias Arquitectura Animal. Edited by By Alejandro Bahamon, Parramon Arquitectura y Diseno, 2007, pp. 136-141. [Moore HoneyHouse]
2006 “The Keenan TowerHouse.” Out of Town: Rural Houses. Edited by Peter Hyatt, Images Publishing Group, 2006, pp. 168-169.
2005 del Valle, Cristina. Compact Houses, Universe Publishing, 2005. del Valle, Cristina. “Casa Keenan Tower.” Mas pequenos espacios urbanos, H. Kliczkowski, 2005, pp. 346-353. Bradbury, Dominic. “Keenan TowerHouse.” New Country House. Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2007, pp. 74-79. Trulove, James. “HoneyHouse.” Rooms Outside the House, Grayson Publishing, 2005, pp. 160-171.
2004 “Moore Residence.” Case in Legno, Edited by Federico Motta, Motta Architettura, 2004, pp. 99-108. “Moore HoneyHouse.” Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Phaidon Press Limited, 2004, pp. 725.
2003 MARLON BLACKWELL
21 “Keenan TowerHouse.” Case nel Mondo, Federico Motta Editore, Motta Architettura, 2003, pp.24-31.
2002 Trulove, James G. and Kim, Il. “Keenan TowerHouse.” Private Towers, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2004, pp. 156 – 173. Trulove, G. James, and Kim, Il. “2Square House.” New American House 3: Innovations in Residential Design and Construction. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000, pp. 146-153. Lang Ho, Kathy and Barreneche, Raul. House: American Houses for the New Century. Rizzoli – Universe Publishing, 2001.
1999 Trulove, James G., and Kim, Il. “Moore House.” New American Cottage: Innovations in Small-Scale Residential Architecture, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999, pp. 124-131.
1998 Seehrich-Caldwell, Anja. Starterhauser. Karl-Kramer Verlag, 1998.
1995 Russell, Beverly. “Reading the Landscape.” Forty Under Forty: A Guide to New Young Talent with Seductive Ideas for Living Today, Vitae Publishers, 1995, pp. 29-31. [Moore Residence].
PUBLICATIONS: FEATURED IN ARTICLES + JOURNALS
2020 Friebele, Michael. “Periodic Evolution.” Texas Architects, November/December 2020, pp.80-83. [Lamplighter School] Welton, Michael J. “Mountain Majesty.” Dwell, September/October 2020 [Tanglewood Cabin] Broome, Beth. “Knock Wood.” Architectural Record, June 2020. [CO-OP Ramen] Keates, Nancy. “Second Thoughts After Covid.” Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2020.
2019 King, Chris. “Defining Innovation.” Roofing: The Industry’s Voice, Vol. 10, No. 5, September-October 2019, pp. 78-81. [Lamplighter School]. Smith, Jeremy. “Essay from America.” Architecture New Zealand, July-August 2019, pp. 42-46. [Shelby Farms] Mercier, Dominic. “An Urban Park for All.” Architect Magazine: The Awards Issue, May 2019. pp. 159. [Shelby Farms Park] Jacobs, Karrie. “The Walton Foundation Embraces Design Excellence.” Architect Magazine, March 2019, pp. 65-72. [Thaden School] Stephens, Suzanne. “Lamplighter School Innovation Lab and Barn by Marlon Blackwell Architects.” Architectural Record, January 2019.
2018 Broome, Beth. “Shelby Farms Park by James Corner Field Operations and Marlon Blackwell Architects.” Architectural Record, August 2018.
2017 Conroy, S. Claire. “Graphic House.” Residential Design, Volume 3, 2017. Marro, Marcy. “A Visual Beacon.” Metal Architecture, July 2017. [Shelby Farms Park Visitor Center] Marro, Marcy. “A Landmark Building.” Metal Architecture, July 2017. [Harvey Pediatric Clinic] Minutillo, Josephine. “Beacon of Health.” Architectural Record, July 2017. [Harvey Pediatric Clinic] Brough, John Capen & Khalili, Parsa. “Marlon Blackwell Architects.” Project, Issue Six, Spring 2017, 112-123. MARLON BLACKWELL
22 Cockram, Michael. “Fayetteville High School in Arkansas.” Architectural Record, January, 2017.
2016 Wachs, Audrey. “The Memphis Movement.” The Architect’s Newspaper, February, 2016. [Shelby Farms Park] Messner, Matthew. “House: Srygley Pool House.” The Architect’s Newspaper, January, 2016. Lytle, Marisa. “Creative and Compassionate Care.” Celebrate Arkansas, November, 2016, pp. 52-56
2015 Sanchez, Kelly Vencill. “Divine Interventions.” Dwell, February 2015, pp. 60. [Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church]
2014 Pollock, Ben S. “The Ambassador.” Talk Business and Politics, September-October 2014, pp. 34-40. Sisson, Patrick. “Teachable Moment.” Design Bureau, Issue 28, July/August 2014, pp. 39-41. [Steven L. Anderson Design Center and renovation of Vol Walker Hall] Wolfe, Josh. “Blessed Design.” The Golf Sport, June- July 2014. [Blessings Golf Clubhouse] Cockram, Michael. “Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center.” Architectural Record, June, 2014, pp.198-201. Hanley, William. “Everything in its Place.” Architectural Record, January 2014, pp. 96-101. [Fayetteville Montessori Elementary]
2013 Hanley, William. “Object Lesson: Fay Jones School of Architecture” Architectural Record, November 2013, pp. 128-133. “Crystal Bridges Museum Store.” Designer & Designing Magazine, Issue 62, Spring 2013. Hooper, Emily. “Crystal Bridges Museum.” Contract Magazine: Interiors Awards, January- February 2013.
2012 Mays, Vernon. “Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion.” Architect Magazine, May 2012. D’Arcy, David. “Regionalism Now.” The Architect’s Newspaper, April 2012. Menking, Bill. “And the Winner Is.” The Architect’s Newspaper, November 2012. [Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church]
2011 Mays, Vernon. “Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion.” Architect Magazine: Annual Design Review, December 2011, pp.106-107. Amat, Maria. “Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion.” t18 Magazine, Winter 2011. Keates, Nancy, “Top Architects Go Local,” Wall Street Journal, December 2011. “Firm of the Year: Marlon Blackwell Architect.” Residential Architect, November-December 2011. “Finalists.” Azure Magazine: AZ International Design Awards, July 2011. [Porchdog House] Qi, Emily. “Blessings Golf Clubhouse and Guardhouse.” Golf People Magazine, May 2011. Kent, Cheryl. “Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion.” Architectural Record, May 2011. Sugarman, Joe. “Talk of the Town.” Architect Magazine, April 2011. [Porchdog House] Thom, Philipp. “Porchdog House von Marlon Blackwell Architect.” Studio 5555, March 2011. Tsao, Ines. “Marlon Blackwell Architect / L-Stack House.” Archicake Daily, May 4, 2011.
2010 Gerfen, Katie. “St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church.” Architect Magazine: Annual Design Review, November 2010. Betsky, Aaron. “100 Acres at the Indianopolis Museum of Art.” The Architect’s Newspaper, August 2010. “Extra Necessities.” Arkansas Life, July 2010. Gerfen, Katie. “St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church.” Architect Magazine, November 2010. MARLON BLACKWELL
23 Madryga, Dan. “Fallingwater On-Site Cottages Competition Winners Announced.” Competitions Magazine, September 2010. “Porchdog House by Marlon Blackwell, East Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.” Architectural Review. July 2010. “The Short List: 50 Architects We Love.” Residential Architect, November-December, 2010. Sokol, David. “New Art Parks Enliven Urban Centers.” Architectural Record, October 2010. [Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion] Spencer, Ingrid. “Porchdog [Tyler Residence].” Architectural Record, September 2010. Weber, Cheryl. “Marlon Blackwell Architect.” Residential Architect, November-December 2010.
2009 Broome, Beth. “The Fulbright Building, Arkansas,” Architectural Record, June 2009, pp. 86 – 91.
2008 Carroll, Diane. “A Creek Runs Through It,” Metropolitan Home, October 2008, pp. 130 – 137. Kolleeny, Jane. “Civic Buildings, People First: Gentry Library,” Architectural Record, October 2008, pp. 138 – 143. Mays, Vernon. “On the Links,” Architect Magazine, July 2008, pp. 68 – 75. Fisher, Thomas. “Marlon Blackwell: Strangely Familiar,” Contract Magazine, July 2008, pp. 42 – 44. Broome, Beth. “The L-Stack House Bridges City, Nature and Home,” Architectural Record, July 2008, pp. 170 – 173. Richards, William. “The Instrumental and the Critical: Marlon Blackwell.” Inform: Architecture and Design in the Mid- Atlantic, number 2, June 2008. “Custom Home Design Awards.” Custom Home, May- June 2008, pp. 75. Dreuding, Meghan. “Rock Star.” Residential Architect, April 2008, pp. 23.
2007 Drueding, Meghan. “Residential Architect Design Awards.” Residential Architect, May 2007, pp. 93. Hutchins, Shelly. “2007 Custom Home Design Awards.” Custom Home, May- June 2007, pp. 111. Reyes, Paul. “Ozark Open,” Men’s Vogue, January-February 2007, pp. 80 – 81. Magers, Vince. “Ozark Vernacular Architecture: Then and Now,” Ozarks Magazine, March 2007, pp. 11 - 13, 15 – 16. Worrell, Carter. “After the Storm.” Garden and Gun, Fall 2007, pp. 125 – 127. Lemos, Peter. “A Bridge to the Future.” Plum, June 2007, pp. 180 – 186. Fortmeyer, Russell. “Toward a Cybernetic Site.” Architectural Record, July 2007, pp. 149 – 151.
2006 Booth, Joanna. “Up Front Out There: Stairway to Heaven.” Grand Designs, September 2006, pp. 23. Adria, Miquel, Editor. Arquine, Autumn 2006, pp. 48 – 55. Adria, Miquel, Editor. “An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell.” Arquine, Autumn 2006, pp. 23. Adria, Miquel, Editor. “Marlon Blackwell: Blessings Golf Club House, Razorback Golf Center.” Arquine, Autumn 2006, pp. 23. Abascal, Paula. Pasajes, June 2006, pp. 60 – 62. Hutchins, Shelly. “Last Detail: A Honey of a Wall.” Custom Home, August 2006, pp. 48. Booth, Joanna. “Up Front Out There: Stairway to Heaven.” Grand Designs Magazine, September 2006, pp. 23. McKee, Bradford. “Marlon Blackwell: At Work in the Ozark Outback.” I.D. International Design, January-February 2006, pp. 64. S.D.H. “Architect’s Choice.” Residential Architect, May 2007, pp. 93. “Building Attraction: Could the Clubhouse Hold the Key to Unlock Golf’s Future Potential?” Eat Golf! July-August 2006, pp. 53 – 57.
2005 Thomas, Angela. “Marlon Blackwell…Artist, Architect, Arkansan.” AY Magazine, August 2005, pp. 34 – 37. MARLON BLACKWELL
24 Craig, Julie. “Marlon Blackwell: An Award-Winning Fayetteville Architect is Building History One Structure at A Time.” At Home in Arkansas, January 2005, pp. 35. Oppenheimer Dean, Andrea. “An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell.” Architectural Record, October 2005, pp. 82 [Book Review] “An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell.” Dwell, October-November 2005, pp. 68. [Book Review]
2004 CitiScapes: Metro Monthly, August 2004, pp. 10 – 12. Amy, Thomas. “The Keenan TowerHouse.” City, Spring-Summer, 2004, pp. 59.
2003 Kitazawa, Ai. “The House.” A+U397, October 2003, pp. 86-91. Schittich, Christian. “HoneyHouse, in Cashiers.” Detail, June 2003, pp. 610 – 613. Anurakayawachon, Pirak. “Particular Privacy.” art4d, May 2003, pp. 70 – 74. Saywell, James. “Global Perspective: Marlon Blackwell.” Hinge, April 2003, pp. 58 – 60. Min Woo, Young. “TowerHouse in Arkansas.” Haute, April 2003, pp. 120 – 125.
2002 Davey, Peter. “A Taste of Honey.“ Architectural Review, December 2002, pp. 48 – 49. “Free Design.” Interior Digest, July 2002, pp. 100 – 111. “Structural Drama in the Ozarks.” Rural Arkansas, January 2002, pp. 11 – 14.
2001 Arief, Allison. “Mr. Keenan Builds his Tree House.” Dwell, August 2001, pp. 63 – 67. Dillon, David. “Marlon Blackwell’s Elegant and Poetic Style Uplifts the Arkansas Hills.” Architectural Record, February 200, pp, 93 – 101. Isenberg, Christopher. “Out on a Limb.” Details Magazine, September 2001, pp. 144.
2000 Adria, Miquel. “Casa Torre, Casa de la Miel.” Arquine, Autumn 2000, pp. 18 – 31. [Keenan TowerHouse, Moore HoneyHouse.] Mays, Vernon. “HoneyHouse.” Architecture Magazine, January 2000, pp. 102 – 103.
1998 Magis, Martha. “American Retreat.” Summa + 33, October 1998, pp. 94 – 101.
1995 Russell, Beverly. “Forty Under Forty.” Interiors, September 1995, pp. 58.
1991 Hawkins, John. “Paradox in Paradise.” North Carolina Homes, December 1991, pp. 19 – 25. Pearson, Clifford. “Moore Residence.” Nikkei Architecture, September 1991, pp. 278 – 281. Pearson, Clifford. “On the Edge.” Architectural Record: Record Homes Issue, April 1991, pp. 98 – 103. Hallam, Linda. “Designed for the Mountains.” Southern Living, May 1991, pp. 4, 55, 58.
1989 Nesmith, Lynn. “Evolving Landscape, Permanent Pavilion.” Architecture Magazine, October 1989, pp. 76 – 77. MARLON BLACKWELL
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26 PUBLICATIONS: OTHER
2018 Dinardo, Anne. “Kick Starters.” Healthcare Design, Vol. 18, No. 8, September 2018, pp. 31-36.
2017 Cook, Marty. “Marlon Blackwell.” Arkansas Business, Vol. 34, No. 34, August 2017, pp. 6-7. Gatling, Paul. “Up Close: Marlon Blackwell Shortlisted for World Architecture Festival.” Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, August 2017, pp. 6. [Harvey Pediatric Clinic] Perozek, Dave. “Thaden School of Bentonville Prepares for First Year.” Democrat Gazette, May 22, 2017, pp. 4A, 4C.
2012 Pearce, Rose Ann. “School Unveils Addition.” Northwest Arkansas Times, August 13, 2012, pp. A1, A3.
2011 Keates, Nancy. “Top Architects Go Local.” Wall Street Journal, December 2011.
2007 Arieff, Allison. “Design Steps Up in Disasters Wake.” New York Times, August 02, 2007.
2006 Paul, Steve. “Building on the Ozarks.” Kansas City Star, February 26, 2006, pp. G1. Calaway, Cassie Huffman. “Building Recognition.” Northwest Arkansas Times, February 19, 2006, pp. B1, B3.
2005 Paul, Steve. “Imagine These Visual Treats Under the Tree.” Kansas City Star, December 04, 2005, pp. H4. “UA professor wins award for design of Razorback Golf Center.” Northwest Arkansas Times, June 11, 2005, pp. A10. Branham, Chris. “Designed to Introduce the Designer.” Democrat Gazette, May 29, 2005, pp. 1B, 4B. “New Book Documents Blackwell’s Architectural Work in the Ozarks.” Northwest Arkansas Times, May 22, 2005, pp. B7 [Book Review] Johnson, Scott. “Monograph Builds Up UA Architect Blackwell’s Legacy.” Democrat Gazette, May 08, 2005, pp. 5H [Book Review] Isham, Kara. “Ozarks-Loving Architect.” Democrat Gazette, May 01, 2005, pp. 4D [Book Review] Brazzel, Kyle. “The Improviser.” Democrat Gazette, April 24, 2005, pp. 1E, 4E. Stambuck, Heidi. “Architecture of the Ozarks: Book Showcases Fayetteville Man’s Work.” Morning News, April 14, 2005, pp. 1E, 3E.
2004 Calaway, Cassie. “Northwest Arkansas Faces.” Northwest Arkansas Times, October 17, 2004, pp. B2.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Detroit Design: 139.” Detroit, Michigan [Marygrove Early Learning Center]
2018 “Design for Good: Architecture for Everyone.” Museum of Design Arts [MODA] Atlanta, Georgia. [Free Health Center] MARLON BLACKWELL
27 2017 “An Anatomy of Abstraction in a Landscape of Unholy Unions.” Amarillo 600, Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, Texas. [Harvey Pediatric Clinic]
2016 “Building:Community.” 2016 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. [Exhibition by the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design featuring work of Marlon Blackwell Architects and the University of Arkansas Community Design Center]
2012 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, New York “Portal to the Point: Design Ideas Symposium.” Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
2011 “World Architecture Festival.” Barcelona, Spain.
2010 “Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater.” Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. “Brit Insurance Design Awards.” New Design Museum, London, England. [Porchdog House]
2009 “Zodchestvo Exhibition.” Moscow, Russia.
2008 “Southern Architects.” Architecture+Design at the Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond, VA with W.G. Clark, Frank Harmon, Mack Scogin & Merrill Elam, Rural Studio, Lake Flato.
2007 “Exceptional Houses Exhibition.” Architecture Center, curated by Renata Vrabelova, Brno, Czech Republic.
2006 “(2) Single-Family Houses for Post-Katrina.” Tulane University and the Ogden Museum, New Orleans Exhibit., New Orleans, LA.
2005 “Architectural Record Exhibition Celebrating the 50th Issue of Record Houses.” Boston, MA. “Architectural Record Exhibition Celebrating the 50th Issue of Record Houses.” New York, NY. “Exhibition on Practice and Teaching.” American University in Sharjah School of Architecture, Sharjah, UAE.