Category Archives: Michigan

This auxiliary church building was built in 1968 and designed by Nathan Johnson who also designed the Detroit People Mover stations, like the one directly across the street from this building. He designed homes and this incredible commercial building that … Continue reading →

Here we have another mundane take on Yamasaki (and to a lesser extent Albert Kahn Associates) which shows the prevalent use of formalism throughout Detroit during the mid-century. Part of Wayne State, the Skillman Center for Children building dates from 1965 … Continue reading →

Besides being built in 1972, not a lot of information is available on this complex in Elmwood Park. But through research I did discover an awesome recent photo essay on modernist churches of Detroit. Enjoy that here!

A lesser known design by the firm that built Detroit, the Life Sciences Building was constructed in 1959 by Albert Kahn Associates. At this point Kahn had been dead for 17 years and yet the firm continued on designing numerous … Continue reading →

This quirky little commercial building is located on a curve of Third Avenue as it winds its way through New Center. The building was renovated in 2013 so it’s unclear what materials are original, but the overall design feels distinctly … Continue reading →

Detroit has a good number of turn of the century, high-style churches, close to a dozen lining Woodward Avenue at intervals leading out of downtown. St. Paul’s is one of several done in the Gothic Revival style, this one by … Continue reading →

Located on Woodward Avenue, one of Detroit’s main thoroughfares, the Arts League Building is a mid-rise mid-century corporate office tower. Originally constructed in 1915, the building had a mid-century facade added in 1960. The front facade includes blue tiles and … Continue reading →