Architecture or Entomology
THE OZARK MOUNTAINS are an old and diminished range, mostly within Missouri and Arkansas and just beyond the normal reach of Oklahoma’s tornado alley to the west. Topping out short of what most would accept as mountains, these hills and their thin rocky s
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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, of real constructed ugliness. This land of disparate
conditions is not just a setting for my work—it is part of the work. In these conditions
I do not see a negative, but instead, a source of deep possibilities.”
An Architecture of the Ozarks The Works of Marlon Blackwell
Essays by David Buege Dan Hoffman Juhani Pallasmaa
G R A H A M F O U N D AT I O N F O R A DVA N C E D S T U D I E S I N T H E F I N E A R T S , C H I CA G O P R I N C E T O N A R C H I T E C T U R A L P R E S S , N E W YO R K
Graham Foundation/Princeton Architectural Press NEW VOICES IN ARCHITECTURE presents first monographs on emerging designers from around the world Also available in this series: Rick Joy: Desert Works 1-56898-366-0 ARO: Architecture Research Office Stephen Cassell and Adam Yarinsky 1-56898-367-0 Julie Snow Architects 1-56898-487-1
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blackwell, Marlon, 1956— An architecture of the Ozarks : the works of Marlon Blackwell / essays by David Buege, Dan Hoffman, Juhani Pallasmaa. p. cm.—(New voices in architecture) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-56898-488-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Blackwell, Marlon, 1956– 2. Architecture —Ozark Mountains Region— 20th century. I. Buege, David. II. Hoffman, Dan, 1951– III. Pallasmaa, Juhani. IV. Title. V. Series. NA737.B545A4 2005 728'.092—dc22
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Contents
Architecture or Entomology by David Buege
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The World Is My Imagination: A Drive with Marlon Blackwell by Dan Hoffman
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Place and Image by Juhani Pallasmaa
29
June Moore House
41
BarnHouse
53
2Square House (Farah Residence)
65
Prototypes: Roadside Houses for the New American Landscape BullFrog House, DragonFly House, HouseBoat-BoatHouse
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Moore HoneyHouse
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Keenan TowerHouse
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Ark
