Randy Brown Architects. THE STREETER HOUSE. L-Stack House | Residential. Fayetteville, Arkansas Marlon Blackwell Architect By Beth Broome - This is an excerpt of an article from the July 2008 edition of Architectural Record. With one of his recent and, to date, most personal projects, Marlon Blackwell, AIA, brings new meaning to the term “starter house.” Having sworn he would never own a house he did not design, the architect became a first-time homeowner at the age of 50 when he built a place for himself and his family on a quiet street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Rate this project: Based on what you have seen and read about this project, how would you grade it?
Use the stars below to indicate your assessment, five stars being the highest rating. ----- Advertising ----- In 1992, before they were married, Blackwell and Meryati Johari-Blackwell, who trained as an architect, decided to call Fayetteville home when Blackwell was offered a position at the University of Arkansas. Lacaton & vassal. Lacaton & vassal. Materialicious: box house. Untitled Document. Building Review of Two Houses by Nick Murcutt, co-author Maryam. In the 76th issue of this publication, Gerard Reinmuth reviewed two early ‘shacks’ by Nick Murcutt – the ‘Box House’ (which was later to receive a commendation in the residential category of the RAIA Wilkinson Awards) and the Collopy House.
Reinmuth closed his lengthy review with a pointed question: ‘In the face of larger budgets, changing client expectations and, perhaps ironically, an increasing sophistication in his work, I wonder if Murcutt can retain the freshness and inventiveness of these earlier buildings. Or, will we see a suffocation of these qualities, just as the idea of ‘the shack’ has been suffocated within Australian architecture?’ The speculation is perceptive, and well stated. In light of developments in Murcutt’s oeuvre, and given that two of his recently completed works represent precisely the larger budgets, changing client expectations, and increased sophistication that Reinmuth predicted, it is timely to revisit the question.
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