Edward Ford in the News
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor of Architecture Edward Ford is the author of a third book published by the Princeton Architectural Press. "Five Houses Ten Details" is an exploration of the five designs Ford created for his own house, one of which he selected as the final design. The book follows his highly acclaimed "Details of Modern Architecture," in two volumes, and according to the publisher, seeks to address two previously unanswered questions posed by his earlier work: "What is a detail?" and "What is a good detail?"
Prof. Ford spent six years designing his house, and each of the five designs is carefully explored, with particular attention to the details.
As the publisher relates: "Detail for Ford is not an accessory to architecture but its essence. Each design in Five Houses, Ten Details explores and articulates one aspect—site, structure, material, joinery, or furniture—at the expense of the others. Each architectural exploration leads to a larger understanding of construction and a larger understanding of how details communicate. Woven throughout with historical references and specific examples of his design process, Five Houses, Ten Details is an accessible and at times personal account of one man's exploration of architectural detail."
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
[Cville Weekly, by Erika Howsare]
The house of Edward and Jane Ford is nothing if not carefully planned.
Sitting on an oddly-shaped lot in North Downtown, the building embodies currents of thought that Edward has explored for decades through his architectural practice and his teaching (he’s been a professor at UVA’s School of Architecture since 1986). In fact, he’s written an entire book about the design process for this home. Five Houses, Ten Details will be published in August.
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Professor of Architecture Edward Ford has authored an article in the Oxford American Magazine featuring Professor W.G. Clark's house, of his own design, as one of the "Best Modern Homes of the New South." Prof Ford writes, "W.G. Clark was born in Virginia, educated at Jefferson's University of Virginia, where he now teaches, and lives within a mile of Monticello. But the small house he built for himself is not about Virginia architecture as a Romantic ideal. Rather, it's a response to the reality of a place. It's not about being in Virginia: it's about being in this particular, all too typical location in Virginia. ... as Clark once wrote, 'There is a difference between buildings that merely look Jeffersonian as opposed to the infinitely more difficult task of being Jeffersonian.' Clark's house, imbued with Jeffersonian spirit, does just that: It looks beyond Virginia while responding to what is actually there, quietly defying the architecture of the familiar, of the nostalgic." For the complete article, see the Oxford American Magazine (not available online in full).
Sunday, October 3, 2004
Three new endowed professorships have been announced by Dean Van Lengen. The Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professorship has been given to Professor of Architecture Edward R. Ford. The William Stone Weedon Professorship in Asian Architecture has been given to Professor of Landscape Architecture Reuben Rainey. Professor and Chair of Urban and Environmental Planning Daphne Spain is the recipient of the James M. Page Professorship.
