Ford Architects is honored to have Creating the Regenerative School featured in Texas Architect magazine’s “Generation Next” review by Lisa Casey. The article engages with the book’s core message that regenerative school design is both achievable and essential to the future of education.

The Citywide Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to develop long term business relationships between established prime contractors, certified small firms and city agencies. This program is driven by the overarching mission of encouraging the city’s utilization of certified small firms on city professional services, construction, good and service projects.

We’re excited to share that our book Creating the Regenerative School was featured in Architectural Record’s Summer Book Roundup!

In early spring of this year, when discussing how Ford Architects wanted to participate in recognition of Pride Month, a question was posited: was everyone within the firm aware of Pride Month’s origins? This one question sparked a journey of education and discovery to help the firm learn about and better understand the LGBTQIA+ community.

Join Alan Ford, Kate Mraw, and Betsy del Monte at the AIA 2025 Conference Bookstore in Boston for a signing of our book, Creating the Regenerative School —
Friday, June 6th
2:30 PM

Friday, May 2, 2025

4:30 - 5:30 PM for a talk about Early Childhood Education Design.

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221 E. Main Street, Aspen, CO 81611

There was a building-wide power outage at the office yesterday and the Ford team spent the time doing some upgrade to our clerestory windows!

The Ford Architects team sat down with Acelab, a trusted resource for digitally cataloging materials.

Have you read Alan’s article, Creating the Regenerative School, in the fall issue of Learning by Design?

How Ford Architects approach sustainable and resilient design

From classroom to practice: Emma Meriwether’s unique journey with Lumion

Alan joined his fellow co-authors, Betsy del Monte and Kate Mraw, at the Oro Editions booth at AIA24 in Washington, DC, for their first official book signing together.

Pre-order your copy of Creating the Regenerative School by Alan Ford, Kate Mraw, and Betsy del Monte.

Starting today, the company has officially rebranded to Ford Architects to better reflect the firm composition and its leadership as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE). The new brand identity plays homage to the firm’s founder, Alan Ford, without tying it to a single individual.

Ford Architects worked with Denver Public Schools to design the Glenbrook Greenhouse

We applaud DPS and DSA for their leadership on prioritizing students and creating welcoming and progressive learning environments! Students learn better when they feel comfortable and valued!