Faculty + Staff

Mark

Farlow

Adjunct Faculty

Architecture
Architecture and Design

Professional Background

Mark Farlow is the Principal of Design, Emeritus with Hamilton Anderson Associates (HAA) in Detroit; he retired from practice in 2024. HAA was the 2019 AIA-MI Architecture Firm of the Year. For over 22-years, he was Principal with Victor Saroki & Associates (currently Saroki Architecture). Victor Saroki & Associates was the 2007 AIA-MI Architecture Firm of the Year.

His architectural design work in both firms has been recognized with awards from CNU, AIA-MI, AIA-Detroit, APA, NOMA, ASLA, MIM (M-Award), CAM, MIDEA, Detroit Design-139, and the Choice Neighborhood Initiative (HUD). He holds three separate architecture degrees from LTU and pursued his Master of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati.

Professor Farlow has taught and lectured at several architecture schools aside from LTU including the University of Cincinnati (1982-1984); Mississippi State University (1984-1988); Plymouth Polytechnic, currently the University of Plymouth, UK (1988); University of Detroit Mercy (1999-2012); and, Ferris State University (2017). Professor Farlow has also reviewed graduate-level and undergraduate-level work at Bowling Green State University; Cranbrook Academy of Art; University of Cincinnati; Georgia Institute of Technology; Michigan State University; University of Maryland; The University of Michigan; University of Oklahoma; and Virginia Polytechnic.

Professor Farlow’s affiliations with LTU include:

  • 1977-1978, student resident / docent, Affleck House (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright);
  • 1977-1980, Co-editor / Founder of Architext (student-published design newsletter);
  • 1981, Recipient, Masonry Institute of Michigan Scholarship;
  • 1992-present, Guest studio critic (every semester);
  • 1995-present, Adjunct Professor of Architecture;
  • 2009 and 2010, Chairperson, CoAD Architectural Alumni Cabinet;
  • 2009, 2010, 2018, Keynote Speaker, CoAD Graduation Honors Convocation;
  • 2013, Recipient Teaching & Learning Using Technology (TLT) Award;
  • 2016, Recipient, Distinguished Architectural Alumni Award;
  • 2016, Recipient, Henry B. & Barbara J. Horldt Teaching in Excellence Award;
  • 2017, Recipient, The Ray Alumni Award;
  • 2021-2024, Professional Advisor of CoAD NOMAS Chapter.

Professor Farlow’s teaching assignments at LTU have included:

  • 3rd Year Integrated Design Studio-4 (on campus)
  • 2nd Year Integrated Design Studio-1 (on campus)
  • Architectural Foundation Studio-3 (online)
  • Architectural Foundation Studio-2 (online)
  • Comprehensive Design Studio (online)
  • Advanced Design Studio 1 & 2 (online and on-campus)
  • Architectural Thesis 1, 2, & 3 (online)
  • Independent Study (online)
  • Practice Portfolio (online)
  • Architecture Since 1966: The Challenge of Recent History (on campus)
  • 4th Year Architectural Design-5 (on campus)

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