On Wednesday, about 200 people convened at the French Institute/Alliance Française in Manhattan—with over a thousand more tuning in remotely–to learn about the future of design and urbanism from a robust line-up of architects speaking at RECORD’s annual Innovation Conference. Held in-person for the first time since 2019, the conference focused on the theme “Architecture and Its Alternatives.”
For architect Marlon Blackwell, who kicked off the day’s events with a talk titled “Radical Practice,” consideration of place and lived experience has always been essential to his design endeavors. Since founding his practice, Marlon Blackwell Architects, in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1992, his portfolio has been marked by dramatic forms that draw inspiration in color and materiality from their environments, at a variety of scales and budgets. Recent Blackwell projects he discussed include the the Thaden School in Bentonville Arkansas and the Marygrove Early Education Center in Detroit.
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