Michael Ford, AIA, known globally as The Hip-Hop Architect, has been named one of three “Young Architects of the Year” by the American Institute of Architects Wisconsin Chapter.
The announcement was made at the organization’s annual conference at Monona Terrace Wednesday. The other two honorees are Matthew Clapper, AIA and Brandon Reinke, AIA. Ford was nominated by Walter Wilson, AIA and Stacey Keller, AIA.
“To me, it means a lot,” Ford said of the honor. “One, it’s
recognition of the work that I’ve been doing not just this past year,
but since I came to Madison in 2010, working to expose more people to
the profession of architecture. To me, this is an acknowledgement of
that work by our institute. And then the second thing that means to me
is for the very few licensed Black architects that we have in the state.
It’s eight of us. And I am the youngest of that group who have their
license. It’s a very small number of us. This award is not just an award
for me, it’s an award for all of the people that I use hip hop to
introduce architecture to.”...
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