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smithgroup lobby, detroit
CHALLENGE In 1999, when full-service architectural engineering firm SmithGroup moved into the Guardian Building, it renovated the ground-floor lobby and inserted a glass and steel conference center pavilion within the elaborate three-story-high art deco vaulted space. Recently, when the building...
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Detroit Albert Kahn (original building, 1915) SmithGroup, Detroit Justin Maconochie, Ferndale, MI 56,000 square feet of illuminated façade 0.
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A|L Design Awards, Outstanding Achievement: Detroit Athletic Club
With downtown Detroit experiencing a rebirth, owing to the construction of two new athletic facilities (Tigers Park for baseball and Ford Field for football) and the city's hosting of Major League Baseball's 2005 All-Star Game and the 2006 Super Bowl, the Detroit Athletic Club called on SmithGroup...
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23 Annual GE Edison Awards
: Dennis Vogel, Keith Irtenkauf, and Sonia Noble for The Guardian Building Renovation, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Prototypes on Parade: LEDs Inspire New Products
Designed to foster communication and community in public spaces, the Digital Yurt, an experimental work environment from Michigan-based office systems manufacturer Steelcase, employs the unique controllability of LEDs to broadcast to those on the outside the activity inside.
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Q. We recently built a custom home in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; construction began in the fall. During the warming months of spring, when the homeowners moved in, they began noticing perfect 1/4-inch-diameter holes in the drywall, as if someone had
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GMACCH sold, renamed Capmark
Detroit GMAC Commercial Holding Corp. (GMACCH), which was recently acquired by an investor group, has changed its name to Capmark Financial Group, Inc.
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Analysts optimistic for Detroit Motor City apartment owners could use somegood news after being slammed with job losses and rising vacancies.
Detroit – Apartment vacancies here dropped to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2006, down from a peak of 7.3 percent at the end of 2005, according to a survey of the 206,474 apartments in the metropolitan area by Reis, Inc.
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GMACCH sold, renamed Capmark
Detroit – GMAC Commercial Holding Corp. (GMACCH), which was recently acquired by an investor group, has changed its name to Capmark Financial Group, Inc. The name change is being made effective in the second quarter of this year.
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Q. We built a custom home for a client in west Michigan a couple of years ago, and the home has had problems with ice ever since. It's a 1,450-square-foot ranch with cathedral ceilings and many can lights throughout. We used blown fiberglass insulation in the ceiling assemblies. From the beginning...