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Toyota Lecture Series: Michael Ford | Detroit Month Design
Toyota Lecture Series: Michael Ford | Detroit Month Design
Detroit Remix the Palette Workshop
Detroit Remix the Palette Workshop
Designing Together Contest - AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2024
Designing Together Contest - AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2024
Apply For The Michael Ford Hip Hop Architecture Fellowship
Apply For The Michael Ford Hip Hop Architecture Fellowship
Register for The AIA Conference on Architecture & Design
Register for The AIA Conference on Architecture & Design
The AIA Conference on Architecture & Design® 2026 (AIA26)—the architecture and design event of the year—is happening in San Diego June 10–13, 2026.
The TODAY Show
The TODAY Show
Educators are often faced with getting students interested in new subjects at school, but that’s exactly what one program is doing through music. TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones takes a look at how one free after-school program is teaching design, urban planning and economic development with hip-hop.
Rollingstone Magazine
Rollingstone Magazine
Mike Ford enlisted rappers like Chino XL to help use hip-hop to introduce kids to architecture.
Mike Ford x Herman Miller
Mike Ford x Herman Miller
The collaboration between the Hip Hop Architecture Camp founder and the global furniture manufacturer will spearhead the newly launched "Conversations for Change" fundraising campaign.
TEDx - Hip Hop As Modernism’s Post Occupancy Evaluation
TEDx - Hip Hop As Modernism’s Post Occupancy Evaluation
NPR: Here & Now
NPR: Here & Now
CBC Radio
CBC Radio
This month, Wisconsin-based architect Michael Ford, also known as the 'Hip Hop Architect,' spent a week in Toronto teaching kids to imagine city design through rap lyrics.
Architectural Record
Architectural Record
A free program founded by architectural designer Michael Ford invites young people to understand music as commentary on the built environment, then gives them the tools to respond architecturally.
Architectural Digest
Architectural Digest
The Hip Hop Architecture Camp is introducing underrepresented kids to the design profession, one lyric at a time
Azure Magazine
Azure Magazine
Michael Ford, the self-described Hip Hop Architect explains how beats and rhymes can help build a more diverse industry.
Vibe Magazine
Vibe Magazine
The untold story of the relationship between hip-hop and architecture.
How the Universal Hip Hop Museum Could Lead a Bronx Renaissance
How the Universal Hip Hop Museum Could Lead a Bronx Renaissance
Bloomberg - Designing The Universal Hip Hop Museum
Bloomberg - Designing The Universal Hip Hop Museum
As work on the museum progresses, its architects and designers must find ways to work a raucous history into a very staid building.
The Hip Hop Architecture Movement
The Hip Hop Architecture Movement
Hospitality Design Magazine
Hospitality Design Magazine
Based in Wisconsin, Ford channels music as a modern critique of the built environment, lifting up youth and professionals along the way.
The Intersection of Hip Hop and Planning with Michael Ford
The Intersection of Hip Hop and Planning with Michael Ford
New York Times
New York Times
Interior Design Magazine
Interior Design Magazine
Michael Ford - Architect of The Year Award
Michael Ford - Architect of The Year Award
Architect Magazine
Architect Magazine
Wallpaper Magazine
Wallpaper Magazine
Bronx Point Affordable Housing Project Brings Hip Hop Home
Bronx Point Affordable Housing Project Brings Hip Hop Home
The Lupe and Royce Show: Episode 19 – Aquamistic
The Lupe and Royce Show: Episode 19 – Aquamistic
Clever Ep. 141: Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford
Clever Ep. 141: Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford
$10K Scholarship for High School Seniors
$10K Scholarship for High School Seniors
Donate to The Hip Hop Architecture Camp
Donate to The Hip Hop Architecture Camp
Book me to speak at your event.
Book me to speak at your event.
Need an architect? Let’s work together!
Need an architect? Let’s work together!
Shop The Hip Hop Architecture Canp
Shop The Hip Hop Architecture Canp
Award: Top Innovator” in Race and Social Equity
Award: Top Innovator” in Race and Social Equity
Bring The Hip Hop Architecture Camp to your city
Bring The Hip Hop Architecture Camp to your city
Feature: Oprah Winfrey Network
Feature: Oprah Winfrey Network
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