There’s Only One Greenfield Village

Air Date
April 15, 2021
Curator Donna Braden has spent decades researching and interpreting buildings in Greenfield Village, but it was only when she authored 'The Henry Ford's Official Guidebook' that she truly realized how unique it is. In this partly serious, partly humorous virtual program, she reveals her top 10 favorite stories, little-known facts and interconnections from the village.
Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

Why She Innovates

As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

Toshiko Mori Interview Highlights Transcript

Toshiko Mori

I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

  • Curator Donna Braden has spent decades researching and interpreting buildings in Greenfield Village, but it was only when she authored 'The Henry Ford's Official Guidebook' that she truly realized how unique it is. In this partly serious, partly humorous virtual program, she reveals her top 10 favorite stories, little-known facts and interconnections from the village.
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There’s Only One Greenfield Village

5 Feb, 11:08 AM
Curator Donna Braden has spent decades researching and interpreting buildings in Greenfield Village, but it was only when she authored 'The Henry Ford's Official Guidebook' that she truly realized how unique it is. In this partly serious, partly humorous virtual program, she reveals her top 10 favorite stories, little-known facts and interconnections from the village.