John Marx is Chief Artistic Officer of San Francisco-based Form4 Architecture, responsible for developing the firm’s design vision and language. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He advocates philosophy, art, and poetry in the thoughtful making of place through the compelling power of form, aware that architecture is a balancing act between self-expression and collaboration.
Marx is the author of "Études: The Poetry of Dreams + Other Fragments," a compilation of his watercolors and poetry, as well as "The Absurdity of Beauty", a treatise on 2nd-Century Modernism, and "Towards Abundance: The Delightful Paradoxes of Gender".
In 2017, John became a Laureate of the American Prize for Architecture. He also won the 2017 Upstart Award which honors the most innovative, disruptive, and creative business professionals throughout the SF Bay Area.
John Marx showed his work at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy in 2016, 2018, and 2021.
He advocates philosophy, art, and poetry in the thoughtful making of place through the compelling power of form, aware that architecture is a balancing act between self-expression and collaboration.
Marx is the author of "Études: The Poetry of Dreams + Other Fragments," a compilation of his watercolors and poetry, as well as "The Absurdity of Beauty", a treatise on 2nd-Century Modernism, and "Towards Abundance: The Delightful Paradoxes of Gender".
In 2017, John became a Laureate of the American Prize for Architecture. He also won the 2017 Upstart Award which honors the most innovative, disruptive, and creative business professionals throughout the SF Bay Area.
John Marx showed his work at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy in 2016, 2018, and 2021.
