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Detroit Medical Center
April 19, 2017
In an effort to bring attention to some lesser known buildings, I thought I’d pay a visit to the Detroit Medical Center this week. DMC is an award-wining hospital system in Midtown occupying a cluster of buildings from a plethora of eras. I was pleasantly surprised to discover a couple Brutal-esque buildings, giving me hope that there […]
College of Education
March 23, 2016
It is no secret that Detroit public schools are in need of improvement. We’ve seen images of mushrooms growing in damp corners of classrooms, gymnasium floors look like a scene from Tremors, and broken furnaces forcing children and teachers to wear winter coats inside. However, when it comes to institutions of higher education, Wayne State University […]
New Formalism
March 3, 2016
Since its inception, “Modern” architecture has held a reputation for cold and sterile designs among its critics. Regardless of the validity of this argument, a number of great architects sought to soften the perception of the era’s most in vogue style; one of those great architects was Minoru Yamasaki. Around the time he started his own […]
