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An Architecture of the Ozarks : the Works of Marlon Blackwell. New Voices in Architecture by David Buege; Marlon Blackwell; David Buege; Dan Hoffman; Juhani Pallasmaa is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"I live, practice, teach, and build in northwest Arkansas, in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It's a place considered to be in the middle of nowhere, yet ironically close to everywhere. It is an environment of real natural beauty and, simultaneously, one of real constructed ugliness. Abandonment, exploitation, erasure and nostalgia are all aspects of this place and are conditions as authentic as its natural beauty and local form. This land of disparate conditions in not just a setting for my work -- it is part of the work. By choosing to live and work here -- to call it home -- I've been able to get beyond the surface of things, to turn over the rock and discover the complex and rich underbelly of my place -- its visceral presences and expressive character -- that so informs and sustains my efforts. I am working from the conviction that architecture is larger than the subject of architecture." --Marlon Blackwell Marlon Blackwell is a passionate polemicist. He's also a very gifted architect. The projects in this first monograph on the "radical ruralist," as touted by the Royal Institute of British Architects, offer a new architectural language that at once celebrate the vernac
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- Author
- David Buege; Marlon Blackwell; David Buege; Dan Hoffman; Juhani Pallasmaa
- Publisher
- Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts ; Princeton Architectural Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781280902048
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Architecture, History, Art
- Rating
- 4.33 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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