Arkansas is full of dynamic duos, those couples and partners who’ve made lasting impacts on their communities. And they come in all shades and sizes, from community business leaders to those Arkansans making noise on a global stage. Here at…
Marlon Blackwell
Meryati and Marlon Blackwell are the principals for what is arguably the state’s most high-profile architecture firm, Marlon Blackwell Architects of Fayetteville, and in all likelihood, its most decorated. The Blackwell firm’s list of accolades includes being ranked No. 1…
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Blackwells Commit $120K Toward Scholarship for Arkansas Delta Students
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleA new scholarship at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design has been created with the aim of increasing diversity in the architecture and design professions. Marlon and Ati Blackwell, co-principals of the Fayetteville-based Marlon Blackwell Architects, have committed…
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U of A Professor Marlon Blackwell Named 2020 SEC Professor of the Year
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA University of Arkansas professor has been named the 2020 SEC Professor of the Year. Southeastern Conference (SEC) Commissioner Greg Sankey announced on Monday, April 20, that Marlon Blackwell, an architecture professor at the University of Arkansas, has received the…
University of Arkansas architecture professor Marlon Blackwell has received the 2020 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects. The AI presents the Gold Medal annually to architects whose work has had a lasting impact on architecture – both the…
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Blackwell Firm Receives National Award for Memphis Project
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Shelby Farms Park project in Memphis, Tennessee, a collaboration between Marlon Blackwell Architects and James Corner Field Operations, has earned a 2019 Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects – the highest national award given for architecture and…
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Marlon Blackwell Project Shortlisted for 2018 World Architecture Festival
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA project designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects has been chosen for final consideration in the 2018 World Architecture Festival Awards, the world’s largest architecture design awards program serving the global community. More than 530 projects from 57 countries were short-listed…
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Marlon Blackwell Named to National Academy of Design
by AMP Staffby AMP Staff(Fayetteville) Marlon Blackwell, a professor in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, has been recognized with two distinguished architecture and design honors, and his design firm has been selected among the top 50 in the United States for…
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Phones quit ringing in recession, so award-winning architect changed marketing philosophy
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelMarlon Blackwell’s Fayetteville-based firm recently became the first architectural firm in the South to receive the No.1 ranking in design in Architect Magazine’s annual national “Architect 50” honors.  This came months after Marlon Blackwell Architects had won the 2016 National Design Award from Cooper Hewitt,…