CARTER HORD

PRINCIPAL

Carter Hord is principal of Hord Architects.  The firm was founded in 1957 and Carter became principal in 1991.  Carter enjoys working with churches and brings to the firm a background in project design and master planning.  He is currently licensed to practice architecture in nineteen states.  Virginia is his original state of licensure.

Prior to joining Hord Architects, Mr. Hord was a staff architect with Keyes Condon Florance Architects of Washington, DC.  He was involved in a number of projects ranging from the 500,000 s.f. Smithsonian Institution Administrative Service Center to the 3 million s.f. Glenmont Metro Terminus urban design and master planning study in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Mr. Hord began his architectural training with his father Lawrence T. Hord, Architect in Memphis where he worked on many different projects during summers in architecture school and as an intern architect.

He is married to Lisa Elaine Hord, architect, and they have two children.

Education:

Cornell University – Master of Architecture, 1989

Auburn University – Bachelor of Architecture, 1987

Europe Study –  Undergraduate study of architecture in England, Scotland, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy

Honors:

        Awards

Building Memphis Awards – Award for Renovations/Conversions for Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Association of Builders and Contractors – Excellence in Construction Award for Germantown Presbyterian Church

Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas – Award for Excellence in Preservation Through Restoration for the Blytheville Historic Bus Station Project

Association of Builders and Contractors – Excellence in Construction Award for the Holy Rosary Parish Life Center

American Institute of Architects, Memphis Chapter – Award of Merit in Renovation/Restoration for St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Frederick Seventh-Day Adventist Church and School First Place in Design Competition

        Published Works

Traditional Building Magazine – Article on the role of light in the design of religious spaces

Traditional Building Magazine – Article/Profile on the firm in annual Religious Buildings issue

Nashville Business Journal – Church Specialist Article

Journal for the Institute for Sacred Architecture – Article on Building the Church for 2010, a conference on Catholic liturgical architecture at the Liturgical Institute at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary, IL.

Memphis Business Journal – Church Specialist Article

Cornell Journal of Architecture IV - Master’s Thesis

        Exhibited Works

Cornell Urban Design Studio Works, exhibited at Palazzo Massimo, Rome, Italy

        Honor Society

Tau Sigma Delta - National Architectural Honorary Society

Organizations and Activities:

AIA – American Institute of Architects – Past Board Member of Memphis Chapter

NCARB – Fully certified by the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards

Memphis and Shelby County Building Code Board Member – Vice Chairman 2007-2010

Institute of Classical Architecture and Art – West Tennessee, Past Chairman

Published Recommendations:

Listed by Michael Rose as “Recommended Architects and Artists in North America” in his best-selling book on church architecture entitled Ugly as Sin – Why They Changed our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces – and How We Can Change Them Back Again.