Program

Marlon Blackwell will discuss his architecture and design process, emphasizing projects in the public and civic realm, emerging from outside the established centers of architectural culture. His firm’s award-winning designs span across typologies, scales, and budgets, and merge the universal language of architecture with the particulars of place. The title of his talk (and of a new monograph) speaks to a core principle at the heart of the practice, radical in its fundamental simplicity: a constant focus on the authentic in the making of buildings and places.

In presenting several current projects, Ingels will explore what he likes to call “hedonistic sustainability” and giving form to the future

It is a particular challenge to adapt and apply fundamental principles as one evolves as an architect. From a school in a rural environment to a cityscape-defining parliament house – Francis Kéré’s work now spans not only continents but also project scale. And yet there are architectural principles that remain the same—in design approach as well as the decision-making process in the planning and construction phases. During his talk at Record’s Innovation Conference he will explore this very aspect of architecture, in the design and making of his own buildings.