MBA is excited to be part of the team "PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity" team for the 2025 Venice Biennale! The pavilion, co-commissioned by Peter MacKeith, dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas, Susan Chin, founder of Design Connects, and Rod Bigelow of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, will delve into the iconic American porch, exploring its role as a social, environmental and architectural space. Established in 1895, the Venice Biennale is considered the most prestigious international art and architecture exhibition in the world, introducing hundreds of thousands of visitors to exciting new architecture every two years. The 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, which will run from May 10 to Nov. 23, 2025. https://lnkd.in/gH3TecWq
Marlon Blackwell Architects
Architecture and Planning
Fayetteville, Arkansas 2,150 followers
Architecture that’s thick, slow, and implicit.
About us
Since 1992, Marlon Blackwell Architects has designed for its clients award-winning, environmentally responsive projects. Our belief that architecture can happen anywhere, at any scale, at any budget - for anyone - drives us to challenge the conventions and models that often obscure other possibilities. We use an economy of means to deliver a maximum of meaning in places where architecture is often not expected to be found. As an agile, full service design firm, we advocate a participatory, collaborative design process between the client, contractors, and architect, where all voices are heard from conceptualization to the realization of each project. In every instance, we strive to express the richness of the places we work and the ideals of the people and institutions we serve.
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http://www.marlonblackwell.com/
External link for Marlon Blackwell Architects
- Industry
- Architecture and Planning
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1990
- Specialties
- commercial, residential, public, and cultural
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Primary
42 E Center St
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, US
Employees at Marlon Blackwell Architects
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Once built, Marlon Blackwell Architect’s air traffic control tower will extend the town’s reputation as an unlikely American capital of great modern architecture. Thanks to Bloomberg for a story about "How a Tiny Midwestern Town Became a Mecca for Modern Architecture". https://lnkd.in/gNHz34gX
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Just like how copper ages gracefully in the built environment, so does posting about it's recognition. This summer the Ledger building in Bentonville, AR received a 2024 North American Copper in Architecture Award. This award recognizes projects for their outstanding use of architectural copper, highlighting craftsmanship, attention to detail and vision.
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“The coolest air traffic control tower we have ever seen” “Hibernating transformer” “One of the country’s most forward thinking firms” Our Columbus, Indiana FAA tower has been featured in a SURFACE story. You can read more at their website. https://lnkd.in/gm76p4f9
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Most people don’t associate air traffic control towers with high-design. Now, a new design by Marlon Blackwell Architects for a regional airport in Columbus, Indiana, bucks this trend and makes a monument out of the utilitarian typology. https://ow.ly/9A7K50Sq5pW
Marlon Blackwell Architects unveils design for new air traffic control tower in Columbus, Indiana
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We were able to unveil the new Columbus, Indiana FAA tower yesterday to a great group of local residents and state leadership. The estimated $11.5 million project will bring their airport up to current FAA safety standards while opening the larger site for non-aviation related public use. Thanks to the rest of our team for helping us design a new regional landmark. This includes Woolpert, Guy Nordenson Associates, Thornton Tomasetti and Threshold Acoustics. You can read more about this project at Architectural Record.
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Marlon Blackwell Architects is thrilled to receive one of the AIA Architecture Awards with the Thaden School Performance Center. As stated by the AIA, "these stunning projects show the world the range of outstanding work architects create and highlight the many ways buildings and spaces can improve our lives." We are committed to improving the lives of current, as well as future, generations of students. A big thank you to Thaden School for trusting MBA with the majority of their new buildings. https://lnkd.in/gsfztcXw
Thaden School Performing Arts Center
aia.org
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Does the word "park" mainly refer to driving your car, or to a space you visit that's relaxing? Maybe it could be both. The Crystal Bridges Museum Art Park Garage is coming to completion. It's designed as a space that provides ample new parking for the museum along with a place to enjoy some of the native elements of Northwest Arkansas. The garage part is now open with one of the retail spaces opening soon.
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