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Architect Michael Ford, founder of BrandNu Design, looks over marble panels that are part of an installation he designed for the Madison lobby of National Guardian Life. Ford, 39, is one of three winners of Wisconsin's Young Architect of the Year award from the American Institute of Architects Wisconsin Chapter.
This rendering shows how panels, which will include hieroglyphics created by architect Michael Ford, will create what Ford is calling a Text: Tile Wall that communicates the diversity, equity and inclusion statement for National Guardian Life Insurance. The project is scheduled to be installed by the end of May.
Architect Michael Ford examines a test panel that had been sandblasted at Quarra Stone Co. Panels like these will make up a wall in the lobby of National Guardian Life Insurance.
Architect Michael Ford, founder of BrandNu Design in Madison, has designed the Bronzeville Center for the Arts planned for Milwaukee's north side.
Harvey Rodriguez helps guide racks of stone tiles into a sandblasting booth at Quarra Stone Co. The round circles represent the letter "S" and will come out lighter after they are sandblasted. The area covered by the templates are protected from the sand will remain shiny.
Oswaldo Delavega, left, and Hector Espada prepare marble tiles for sandblasting for a project by Madison architect Michael Ford.
Michael Ford watches as a series of marble panels are sandblasted in a booth at Quarra Stone Co.
Photos: The work of Madison architect Michael Ford
Ford has been named one of Wisconsin's Young Architects of The Year by the American Institute of Architects Wisconsin chapter.
Michael Ford, a local architect looks over a granite tile that was just sandblasted, with Rene Moreno, at left, for a current project of his at National Guardian Life, at Quarra Stone in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
