The building is a geometic response to the Buell Building to which it is attached. The large curved glass atrium reinforces the west edge of the university’s new quadrangleas as well as acting as the public image of the university. The building incorporates a vegetated roof, geothermal energy, and a bioswale for stormwater management among [...]
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The Cranbrook Educational Community, a unique 300 acre campus begun in the 1930s, was envisioned as an artistic community that would help students insert the fundamentals of good design back into everyday life. Cranbrook developed out of a collaboration between Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen and Detroit News owners George and Helen Booth. All three disliked [...]
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