Sanford Bond

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Sanford Bond received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His body of work is a reflection of pieces in relation to space and architecture.

Sanford Bond

Education

1966
Bachelor of Arts With Distinction, University of Virginia

1970
Master of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Registration

Registered Architect in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Massachusetts.
NCARB Certified

Professional & Civic Activities

Past President, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Chairman, Design Awards Committee, James River Chapter, American
Institute of Architects
Chairman, Editorial Committee, INFORM Magazine
Board of Directors, Virginia Society American Institute of Architects
Past Chairman, Communications Committee, Virginia Society
American Institute of Architects
Planning Commission, City of Richmond, 1982-1988
Urban Design Committee, City of Richmond, 1982-1988
Past Board of Directors, Richmond Children’s Museum
Past Board of Directors, Theatre IV, Inc.
Past Board of Directors, Fan District Association
Board of Directors, Philadelphia Quarry Corporation
Advisory Board, “Revitalization News”, VCU Dept. of Urban Studies
Advisory Board, Richmond Children’s Museum
Trustee, Virginia Foundation for Architecture
Trustee, Historic Richmond Foundation
Trustee, Theatre Virginia
Member, State Council of Higher Education SHEV Review Committee
Leadership Metro Richmond, Class of 1986

Awards & Honors
Awards

2014
Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award,

2012
Richmond AIA Honor Award, Try-Me, Richmond, VA

2011
ASID IDEA Awards for Excellence in Interior Design, Richmond, VA
AIA Richmond Honor Award, The Greater Richmond ARC, Richmond, VA

2010
AIA Richmond Merit Award, Gloucester, VA

2009
National Preservation Honor Award, Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford, PA
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects

2006
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, Virginia Society, American Institue of Architects

2004
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects

2001
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, Virginia Society, American Institue of Architects

1998
Marcellus Wright, Jr. Award, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects

1997
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, Virginia Society, American Institue of Architects

1996
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects

1994
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, Virginia Society, American Institue of Architects

1992
Distinguished Service Award, Virginia Society, American Institute of Architects

1988
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, Virginia Society, American Institue of Architects

1986
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects

1985
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, Virginia Society, American Institue of Architects

1984
Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture, James River Chapter, American Institute of Architects

Representative Project

Try-Me Art Facility, Richmond, Virginia
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Virginia
Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Corrugated Box Adaptive Re-use, Richmond Virginia
YWCA Renovation and Restoration, Richmond, VA.
Dominion Resources Trading Floor, Richmond, VA.
Richmond Ballet and Center for Dance, Richmond, VA
Maymont Nature and Visitor Center, Richmond, VA
Collegiate Lower School Expansion, Richmond, VA
Grymes Memorial School Master Plan, Orange, VA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Lobby Renovation, Richmond, VA
Theatre IV, Renovation of Empire Theatre Complex, Richmond, VA
Theatre IV Experimental Theatre, Richmond, VA

PLACE = SPACE + MATERIAL

My career has focused on creating places by defining space with various materials. Primarily as an architect, I focus on places for human habitation using a palette of different materials to define discreet regions of space accommodating various human endeavors. Every material possesses a unique set of characteristics rendering it different from any other. These innate qualities may be used to generate unique and different places enabling a range of use and meaning differing with the person.
The material of my sculpture is structural steel, a common building materiel that is very hard, heavy, strong and uniquely may be joined by welding producing a joint as strong as the material itself.  The long, thin, cantilevered shapes cannot be replicated in wood or concrete. The actual manufacture of steel imparts a unique texture and the rugged visceral feel of the material. Fabrication results in welding beads at the joints acknowledging, at once, the separate pieces and the continuity of material without loss of strength.

The sculpture is spatial exploration done in the abstract rather than focused on particular uses. As analogs to reality, they have no actual scale rather the viewer supplies his own perception of the reality within the piece. By intensifying definition, place is suggested subject to the experience of the viewer. At once they are cities of tall buildings or verdant forests one might wonder through depending on one’s feeling at the time and limited only by the imagination.