John Jennifer Marx, AIA is the Chief Artistic Officer of San Francisco-based Form4 Architecture. In 2021 he was awarded the James Gates Percival International Prize for Literature, and in 2017 received the American Prize for Architecture.
Ultimately Marx’s intention is to create buildings that achieve an emotional resonance and clarity akin to that of poetry. This requires an emotional and formal richness matched with the rigour and discipline that poetry aspires to. Something all too often missing in architecture over the last 50 years.
He is a passionate advocate for changing the way Architects design buildings and seeks to return a sense of humanity to the design of architecture. In May of 2025, Marx launched the book “Second Century Modernism” with ORO Editions at the Vernissage at the Biennale.