Marlon Blackwell On Working in Arkansas and Why We Should "Recreate Strangeness" in Architecture

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In this video entitled Building Between, Marlon Blackwell advocates for a kind of regionalism which isn’t as divisive as “regionalism.” As a 24-year resident of Arkansas, he recalls his work and process in a place which he states is both “an environment of natural beauty and a place of real constructed ugliness”—showing the nuanced and self-critical awareness of place beyond the utopian glorification of genius loci which earlier this year earned him the 2016 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture.

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Most architecture isn’t very good, and most good architecture is good enough for most days, but there is some architecture which should rise above the everyday.

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Cite: Jan Doroteo. "Marlon Blackwell On Working in Arkansas and Why We Should "Recreate Strangeness" in Architecture" 04 Aug 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/792348/marlon-blackwell-on-working-in-arkansas-and-why-we-should-recreate-strangeness-in-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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