Marlon Blackwell to receive 2020 AIA Gold Medal

Arkansas architect and educator Marlon Blackwell has been named the winner of the highest accolade awarded by the American Institute of Architects in recognition of his work in the country's South.
Projects by Blackwell's eponymous Arkansas firm in the southern state include a pediatric clinic with a vivid red facade, the addition of a design centre to the University of Arkansas and an orthodox church.
"The Gold Medal honours an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influen