In this virtual studio visit, Marlon Blackwell Architects walks us through their firm’s Arkansas office.
Marlon Blackwell Architects is a design firm based in northwest Arkansas. Since 1992, the practice has completed projects which range from major education and cultural centers to sustainable housing prototypes, united by the studio’s formally distinctive yet deeply contextual vision of contemporary design and grounding in the American southeast. In the firm’s own words: “We deliver a maximum of meaning in places where architecture is often not expected to be found.” The designer of the U.S. Pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale, Marlon Blackwell Architects has achieved international recognition through numerous publications and honors such as the 2016 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award and the 2020 AIA Gold Medal, awarded to Marlon Blackwell.
The event was moderated by author, editor, and columnist Matt Shaw. Shaw recently completed the book American Modern: Architecture, Community, Columbus, Indiana, and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, PIN-UP, Artforum, Spike, The Architectural Review, and Domus. He teaches critical writing and media studies at the University of Pennsylvania, The Cooper Union, and SCI-Arc.
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