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Traverwood Library

Detroit Public Television will air “Up from Ashes,” at 8 p.m. this Thursday (June 11) on channel 56. Viewers can relive how the building came into existence and find out how developers harvested hundreds of ash trees that were devastated by the emerald ash borer, and used the trees to build what is arguably one [...]

ALOeTERRA Not Bureaucracy Proof

The city of Troy now owns ALOeTERRA, LTU’s entry in the 2007 Solar Decathlon and learned how not to take care of it this past winter. Apparently, water pipes froze and water did some significant damage to the interior finishes. Exactly why they froze is a point of contention. Unfortunately, if you were planning on [...]

Tiera

I attended a residential green building seminar last week and was pleased to see some thought provoking projects presented during the day. One project in particular called Tiera caught my attention.

MOCAD : considering Architecture

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) hosted an architecture related exhibit from May10th thru July 28th that seems to have “flown under the radar.” In fact, the only reference I could find besides the MOCAD site was an even smaller article at Model D. Once again I’m dismayed that the local press does little to promote [...]

Container Housing

The last couple months, the local newspapers have highlighted some green architecture initiatives. We previously reported a couple of firsts for Michigan in LEED certified projects. This one is more focused on reuse and recycling of existing shipping containers. Keep your eyes on the southeast corner of Rosa Parks and Warren as this project starts to [...]

Green Michigan Firsts

The Coliseum at the Michigan State Fairgrounds

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