Shelby Farms Park Restaurant and Event Center
Shelby Farms Park, the largest urban park in the country, has implemented a master plan, developed by Field Operations (formerly James Corner Field Operations), to revitalize the Park into a unique, 21st century park. An ensemble of buildings and structures is located around the 80 acre Hyde Lake; together, the buildings, lake, and landscape are imaged as the “Heart of the Park.”
Marlon Blackwell Architects developed a unified architectural vision for the buildings, knitting the projects together across the broad park landscape with a shared material palette. Each building connects directly to the surrounding landscape and supports the rich experiences in Shelby Farms Park.
LOCATION / Memphis, Tennessee
BUILDING TYPE / Master Planning + New Construction
BUILDING SIZE / 4,500 acres + 20,680 GSF
COMPLETION DATE / August 2016
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH / Field Operations
AWARDS /
+ LEED Gold Certification
+ AIA National Honor Award for Regional & Urban Design [2019]
+ Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award [2018]
+ The Plan Award: Landscape [2018]
+ World Architecture Festival Finalist: Civic & Community [2018]
+ AIA Gulf States Honor Award [2018]
+ AIA Arkansas Honor Award [2018]
+ Metal Architecture Design Award [Grand Award] [2017]
+ Memphis Business Journal Best New Construction Project (Large Projects) [2017]
