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Cranbrook Educational Community

July 18, 2008 Oakland County
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data:
Year Built: 1930 – present
Architect:  Various

history:
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 [...]

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