Michael Ford

Michael Ford, NOMA, Assoc. AIA, also known as The Hip Hop Architect, explores architecture and urban planning through the lens of hip hop culture. Ford is the founder of The Hip Hop Architecture Camp, an international, award-winning youth camp that positions hip hop culture as a catalyst to help youth underrepresented in design to understand, critique, and generate architecture. Ford’s work has been featured in a variety of media, including The Oprah Winfrey Network, the Today show, Rolling Stone, ESPN’s The Undefeated, Vibe, and the Hulu documentary Design For All. Ford is also a highly regarded speaker who has given keynotes at The American Institute of Architects, Interior Design Show, SXSW, and a TEDx titled “Hip Hop Architecture as Modernism’s Post Occupancy Evaluation.” Currently, Ford is the director of design at The Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx, N.Y.