Desai Chia's Michigan Lake House features a roof that cantilevers over a patio
New York firm Desai Chia Architects has built a home on Lake Michigan with blackened timber walls and a roof that extends out to shelter an outdoor seating area. More
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen reveals plans for Monroe Blocks development in downtown Detroit
Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has released visuals of its first US project: a mixed-use development in Detroit, Michigan, bound by two glazed towers overlooking the city's historic theatre district. More
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Higgins Lake House by Jeff Jordan Architects sleeps up to 20 guests
Sited by Michigan's Higgins Lake, this long wooden residence by Jeff Jordan Architects can accommodate up to 20 people despite its restricted footprint. More
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Haworth's new Leadership Community Space is designed to "attract and retain top talent"
Office furniture brand Haworth has created an experimental workspace for its leadership team, which shows how offices can be designed to help companies retain talented staff and be more innovative. More
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SHoP Architects' plans for Hudson's Detroit site move forward
Detroit has approved the timeline for SHoP Architects' replacement for the historic Hudson's department store, which will begin construction in December and become the city's tallest building. More
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Carbon-fibre orb marks entrance to Detroit academic building by Morphosis
US studio Morphosis has completed a science, design and engineering facility in Michigan, which features a scrim made of ETFE plastic and an entrance stairwell contained within a black orb made of carbon fibre. More
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Richard Meier's Douglas House joins America's historic places list
These new photographs show American architect Richard Meier's Douglas House perched above Lake Michigan, which has been added to the USA's National Register of Historic Places (+ slideshow). More
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"After decades of Detroit ruin porn, America's Biennale exhibition runs riot"
Opinion: the imaginative but unrealistic proposals for Detroit on show at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale have left Aaron Betsky wondering if there is hope for architectural projects among the city's ruins. More
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Jewellery exhibition focuses on early work by Harry Bertoia
An exhibition at the Cranbrook Museum of Art outside Detroit examines the jewellery of the mid-century American sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia (+ slideshow). More
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The Mothership by Akoaki is a mobile DJ booth for playing funk on the streets of Detroit
Architecture studio Akoaki has created an angular aluminium pod called The Mothership, which contains a DJ booth for staging pop-up events and funk concerts in Detroit's North End neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
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Arcus Center was designed to embody the idea of social justice, says Jeanne Gang
In this exclusive movie, the founder of Studio Gang Architects explains how her design for the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in Michigan was intended to bring human rights issues out of "invisible places" and into public consciousness (+ movie). More
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Cedar-clad field station by Go Logic houses University of Chicago laboratory
This energy-efficient laboratory by architecture office Go Logic is clad in pale cedar to reference agricultural buildings found close to its site in a remote forest clearing in Michigan (+ slideshow). More
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Wooden logs form the concave facades of Studio Gang's Michigan college building
Logs are set into the concave walls of this Michigan college campus building, designed by Studio Gang to accommodate human rights and social justice studies (+ slideshow). More
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The SOL Dome by Loop.pH
London studio Loop.pH mimicked the molecular structures of carbon atoms to generate the form of this illuminated wiry dome (+ movie). More
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Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects
A museum of contemporary art designed by Zaha Hadid for Michigan State University opened to the public this weekend (+ slideshow). More
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First photographs of Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum by Zaha Hadid unveiled
News: Michigan State University has unveiled the first photographs of its Zaha Hadid-designed museum of contemporary art, which opens to the public next month. More