An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell

by Marlon Blackwell, David Buege, Dan Hoffman, et al.

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156898488X
• ISBN13: 9781568984889
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary