Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, is a practicing architect in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and serves as the E. Fay Jones Distinguished Professor in Architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. He served as Department Head from 2009 – 2015. He was named among the “30 Most Admired Educators” by DesignIntelligence in 2015.
Spectrum Lighting represents a comprehensive list of quality lighting manufacturers and lighting controls. The agency’s team of well-trained lighting professionals assist students as they develop innovative solutions for lighting applications related to their studio projects.
This technical oriented studio is focused on the design of a network of coworking spaces for the Austin Music Hub in collaboration with the City of Austin’s Public Works and Economic Development Department’s Music & Entertainment Division.
Laura Grenard, M.Arch '12, led a hands-on workshop on the art of felting, which converts loose wool fibers into a non-woven textile through simple mechanical processes. We had a great time learning to wet felt by hand with wool roving and batts supplied by Living Felt in Austin. The workshop included a presentation by Laura on the origins of felt and its applications in architecture and art. Heather Sutherland talked a bit about her ongoing research with Claudia Rodriguez on natural dyes at the Materials Lab.
This is a two hour workshop which consists of two halves. The first half focuses on the fundamentals of photography and technical aspects pertaining to digital SLR and controlling the basic parameters in a DSLR to get the desired result.
On Friday, March 25, the Center for American Architecture and Design hosted Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series.
Roughly every other Friday during the fall and spring semesters, the Center hosts the Friday Lunch Forum Series. The aim of the series is for faculty, staff, and students to meet in an informal atmosphere to debate topics and to share ideas about history, practice, theory, and new directions for architecture. Recordings of each forum will be posted as they become available.
We toured two local fabrication shops in South Austin, Honea Woodworks and Steel House MFG.
Please join Gensler for a portfolio review and meet & greet on Wednesday, March 23. The event will be held at the firm's Austin office at 212 Lavaca Street, Suite 390, from 6:30 to 8:30pm.
Film screening with special guest Heriberto Duverger, one of the film's consultants and commentators.
“Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.” —Fidel Castro (1961)
Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece.