Marlon Blackwell Professor B.Arch.. Auburn University M.Arch., : Syracuse University Visit Marlon's web site mblackwe@uark.edu 479/575-5019

Marlon Blackwell has received national and international recognition for his design work. The recipient of numerous AIA design awards and the ar + d prize from Architectural Review, Blackwell’s work has been documented in An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005) and the Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture. His work has been featured in publications such as Architecture, Arquine, Details, Dwell, Southern Living, Summa+ and Architectural Record (with the honor of having the Keenan TowerHouse featured on the cover of the February 2001 issue).

His residential projects are featured in design books including Private Towers, House: American Houses for the New Century, The New American House 3, The New American Cottage, and 40 Under 40. Blackwell was selected by a national jury as one of the top 40 designers under 40 years old in 1995. In 1998, the Architectural League of New York recognized him as an “Emerging Voice” in architecture. He has been invited to give lectures on his work at many institutions, and has been a visiting professor at MIT, Syracuse University, Washington University and the University of Texas at Austin.

Blackwell teaches fifth year design studio, technology, and design detailing at the University of Arkansas, and has co-taught design studios there with Peter Eisenman (1997 & 1998) and Christopher Risher (2000). He co-founded the University of Arkansas Mexico Summer Urban Studio and has taught in the program at the Casa Luis Barragan in Mexico City since 1994.