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SILO @loghavenartistresidency ! We are grateful for the time and space to reflect, create, and make.

Marc had a blast this week @tamuarchschool presenting "HOW WE BUILD THIS HOUSE" the story of our practice told through a project. The talk ranged from ownership, authorship, contracts, precedent, loans, DIY, permits, (failed) inspections, a

Steel Louise in the latest @resdesignmag. Thank you @s.claireconroy for the feature @quinnschreiber for the great drawings and @keithisaacsphoto for the pics!

SILO is the architecture, research, and design practice of Marc Manack and Frank Jacobus. We operate out of Charlotte North Carolina, working on residential and institutional projects across the United States, completing projects for a variety of clients and communities, much of which has been recognized for its design and execution.

SILO’s work has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Architect, the Architect's Newspaper, Wallpaper, Slate, Dwell, and Fast Company among many others. SILO has been recognized with numerous publications, exhibitions, and design awards including as an Emerging Voice by The Architectural League of New York (2016), a Next Progessive in Architect Magazine (2018), and AN Interior Top 50 American Architects by the Architect’s Newspaper (2021). In 2022, SILO was chosen by the Walton Family Foundation for inclusion in its Design Excellence Program.

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Marc Manack, AIA is founding Principal of SILO and Associate Professor in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Architecture. Marc taught previously at the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design, and Ohio State University’s Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture from where he is also a graduate. He is co-editor of the book Out of Scale (ORO).

Frank Jacobus, AIA is Principal of SILO, and is incoming Professor, Department Head of Architecture, and Chair of Integrative Design in the Stuckeman School at Penn State University. He recently served as Associate Professor and Associate Department Head in the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas where he was 21st Century Chair of Building Technologies.Frank taught previously at the University of Idaho. He has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Cooper Union and an MArch II from the University of Texas. Frank is author of Archigraphic: An Infographic Look at Architecture (Laurence King); The Visual Biography of Color (ORO); The Making of Things: Modeling Processes and Effects in Architecture (Routledge); Architectonics and Parametric Thinking (Routledge); “Artificial.Intelligent.Architecture” (ORO, forthcoming)

We WORK with awesome people. NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT YOU!

SILO Collaborators and Team Members Since 2012

Charles Chambers, Kurt Weaver, Joe Weishaar, Thomas Geeslin, Ethan Werkmesister, Kelley Reed, Shane Maloney, Paul Mosely, Daniel Matthews, Jared Wierman, Carla Chang Claire Shue, Kyle Hefner, Kyle Marsh, Colby Ritter, Juan Martinez, Andrew Shalk, Anna Morris, Paulina Timchenko, Jay Williams, Katie Brewer, Austin Magruder, Daniel Hill, Seth Spradlin, Bradford Hoerth, Thomas Boyster, Jonathan Warner, Jason Craft, Drake Cecil, Cameron Day, Whitni Irving, , Abby Anderson, Sheryith Cain, Michael Miles, Ryan Tillotson, Nicholas Sturm, Amelia Gates, Sophia Bullock, Jake Froning, Francisco Ceron - Maza, Quinn Schreiber, Kelly Carnahan