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Detroit The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture Eric J. Hill, FAIA John Gallagher Principal photographer: Balthazar Korab |
With its sleek look and easy-to-use layout, this completely new guide to Detroit architecture provides a fresh, in-depth look at the city of Detroit itself as well as a number of distinctive environments outside the city proper. Like its predecessor, Detroit Architecture: AIA Guide, AIA Detroit is an authoritative yet highly readable account of a wide range of structures and urban spaces. Organized as a series of walking (or driving) tours beginning with the Downtown area, the guide moves north, west, and east to explore the city's many districts and neighborhoods, and then takes a look at the special environments of the Grosse Pointe Lakeshore, the Cranbrook educational community, the GM Technical Center, and Ford's Dearborn. Photographs of each site and numerous useful maps throughout help readers visualize the locales. AIA Detroit serves as a much-needed tool in uncovering and navigating the city's rich architectural heritage for citizens, tourists, and architecture students alike. | "Detroit
possesses an architectural heritage that is under appreciated, even unknown,
locally and nationally. The stock of pre-World War II high-rise buildings,
for instance, is probably the fourth finest in the country, and is the downtown’s
greatest asset as it redevelops. This comprehensive, carefully-crafted guide
will increase appreciation of Detroit’s architecture from high to
low, from cherished to forgotten, and from quotidian to exotic." — Douglas Kelbaugh, University of Michigan, Dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan |
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| $36.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-3120-3 376 pages / 5 x 10 411 illustrations 2002 |
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