485 West Milwaukee Street, New Center Detroit MI United States
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1928
Finished
1930
Floor Count
11
Building Uses
- mixed use
- education
- residential
- retail
- industrial
- university
Structural Types
- highrise
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Roof
185 ft
Orton Development
to elevator tower
Main roof
140 ft
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
to main roof deck
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Description • Architect: Albert Kahn Associates Inc.
• Once the former laboratory building for the General Motors Corporation, the Argonaut Building was renovated into an educational facility and dormitory for the College of Creative Studies between 2008-2009.
• The building contains all of the undergraduate Design programs of the College of Creative Studies, and all of the graduate programs of the college. It also contains the Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies high school, a watch factory and bicycle workshop and corporate office for Shinola, and Design Core Detroit, a design-oriented incubator. Finally, it contains a 300-unit dormitory for the college.
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