Radical practice : the work of Marlon Blackwell Architects /

"Radical Practice celebrates the extraordinary, award-winning designs of Marlon Blackwell Architects, an Arkansas-based firm with a focus on public and civic projects that are located outside of the established centers of architectural culture. The distinct and original work of Marlon Blackwell...

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Corporate Authors: Marlon Blackwell Architect.
Group Author: MacKeith, Peter B., 1959- (Editor); Boelkins, Jonathan (Editor); Blackwell, Marlon, 1956-
Published: Princeton Architectural Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "Radical Practice celebrates the extraordinary, award-winning designs of Marlon Blackwell Architects, an Arkansas-based firm with a focus on public and civic projects that are located outside of the established centers of architectural culture. The distinct and original work of Marlon Blackwell Architects has produced iconic and award-winning designs across building types, scales, and budgets. Located in Arkansas, the firm merges the universal language of architecture and the particulars of place, a process that has resulted in a distinguished body of work, from schools to parks and beyond. Celebrating thirty years of practice by the 2020 AIA Gold Medal-winning architect Marlon Blackwell, this survey of more than a dozen buildings pairs detailed drawings and the vivid photographs of renowned photographer Timothy Hursley with essays by leading designers, planners, and artists. Contributors include Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, architects of the Obama Presidential Center; Maurice Cox, Chicago's city planning director; Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne, James Corner, landscape architect of the High Line, and environmental artist Mary Miss among many others--all of whom attest to Blackwell's reputation as a leading voice of his generation."--Publisher's webpage.
Item Description: In title, "Radical" appears in mirrored text.
Carrier Form: 509 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781616898953
161689895X
Index Number: NA737
CLC: TU-867.12
Call Number: TU-867.12/R129
Contents: Foreword: ordinary/extraordinary / Andrew Feear -- Editor's notes: radical practice / Peter MacKeith -- Editor's notes: a conditional manifesto / Jonathan Boelkins -- In the midst of the Ozarks / Thom Mayne -- The unknown, the unbuilt, and the possible -- Resonances / Tim Hursley -- A few have legs, some have wings / David Buege -- wunderkammer / David Buege and Marlon Blackwell -- Afterword: the heart of the matter / Tod Williams and Billie Tsien -- Foundations and principles: notes on an expanded practice / Marlon Blackwell.
Being There /
Blessings Golf Clubhouse --
Refreshing Authenticity /
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design --
The Shapeliness of Place /
Porchdog --
The Gospel According to Marlon /
Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church --
On Being Rooted in Place / Within a Culture of Mobility /
Gentry Public Library --
Regionalism and Its Discontents /
Crystal Bridges Museum Store --
Resistances /
CO-OP Ramen --
Generosity: Working with Marlon Blackwell /
Structures of Design /
Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion --
Objects in the Landscape /
Shelby Farms Park --
Seeing Red Three Ways /
Harvey Pediatric Clinic --
Where's the Front of the Building? /
Lamplighter School Innovation Lab --
Making Boxes /
Rural / Urban /
Marygrove Early Education Center --
A Campus with Roots and Wings /
Thaden School.