Marlon Blackwell

Blackwell is the E. Fay Jones Chair in Architecture and a Distinguished Professor in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Marlon Blackwell studied at Auburn University. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is architecture. Employment is recorded with University of Arkansas. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Name — Marlon Blackwell • Born — 7 November 1956 • Birthplace — Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany • Education — Auburn University, Syracuse University in Florence, Italy • Occupation — Architect; principal-owner • Spouse — Meryati Johari Blackwell (married 1994–present). Principal and co-owner • Practice — Marlon Blackwell Architects • Awards — * AIA Gold Medal (2020) • United States Artists Ford Fellow (2014) • American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Prize (2012)

Marlon Blackwell was born November 7, 1956, in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany. He grew up near Air Force bases in the Philippines, Alabama, Florida, Colorado, and Montana. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University and a Master of Architecture II from Syracuse University (in Florence, Italy). During college, he spent five summers in the rural South as a Bible salesman for the Thomas Nelson Publishing Company. After completing his undergraduate degree, he practiced in firms in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Boston, Massachusetts. Following his graduate degree, he was a visiting professor at Syracuse University. He has taught at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville since 1992. He co-founded the University of Arkansas Mexico Summer Urban Studio at the Casa Luis Barragán in Mexico City and taught in the program for many years beginning in 1996. He served as head of the architecture department from 2009 to 2015. In 1992, he founded Marlon Blackwell Architects (originally Marlon Blackwell Architect). He authored the book An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell (Princeton Architectural Press, 2006). This monograph of his design work features nine built residential and commercial projects and three residential prototypes. The book includes essays by Juhani Pallasmaa, Dan Hoffman and David Buege. In 1994, he married Meryati Johari. They live in Fayetteville with their two children. Meryati Johari Blackwell is an architect, principal and co-owner at Marlon Blackwell Architects.

Blackwell has taught at the University of Arkansas since 1992, and he has also held visiting teaching positions at several universities. During his tenure at the University of Arkansas, he was named by DesignIntelligence magazine as one of the "30 Most Admired Educators" for 2015. He has co-taught design studios with Peter Eisenman (1997 and 1998), Christopher Risher (2000), and Julie Snow (2003). Other visiting academic appointments have included the McDermott Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin (2016), the George Baird Professor at Cornell University (2012), the Thomas Jefferson Professor at the University of Virginia (2011), the Elliel Saarinen Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan (2009), the Ivan Smith Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida (2009), the Paul Rudolph Visiting Professor at Auburn University (2008), the Cameron Visiting Professor at Middlebury College (2007), the Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor at Washington University in St. Louis (2003), and a visiting graduate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2001 and 2002).

• Graphic House, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2016) • Srygley Pool House, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2014) • L-Stack House, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2006) • Porchdog House Prototype, Biloxi, Mississippi (2009) • Arkansas House, Johnson, Arkansas (2004) • Keenan TowerHouse, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2000) • Moore HoneyHouse, Cashiers, North Carolina (1998)

• Crystal Bridges Museum Store, Bentonville, Arkansas (2011) • Harvey Pediatric Clinic, Rogers, Arkansas (2016) • The Fulbright Building renovation, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2007) • Blessings Golf Course Clubhouse, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2005) • Srygley Office Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2004)

• Thaden School (with EskewDumezRipple and Andropogon Associates), Bentonville, Arkansas (2019) • Fayetteville High School (Arkansas) (2014) • Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion, Indianapolis Museum of Art (2010) • Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, an Eastern Orthodox church in Springdale, Arkansas (2010) • Gentry Public Library, Gentry, Arkansas (2008) • Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2013) • All Saints Episcopal Church, Bentonville, Arkansas (in design development) • Montessori Elementary and Primary Schools, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2012, 2014) • Vol Walker Hall renovation, incorporating the Steven L. Anderson Design Center addition, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2013) • The Lamplighter School Innovation Lab and Barn, Dallas, Texas (2017)

• Creative Corridor (with University of Arkansas Community Design Center), Little Rock, Arkansas (2012) • Buildings at Shelby Farms Park (with James Corner Field Operations, landscape architect), Memphis, Tennessee (2016)