Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.
July 15, 2019 - Detroit Eater
McIntosh Poris working with the Owner, Jeremy Sasson of Prime + Proper and Townhouse Detroit projects for unique dining experiences in Detroit. The metro area offers plenty of year-round patios such as Townhouse Detroit designed by MPA that give patrons […]
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July 5, 2019 - Curbed Detroit
“The space was smartly designed by Mcintosh Poris. Doors can slide open or closed to provide a sense of openness or privacy as needed. Walls double as white boards. Many of the rooms are wired for projectors and screens. There’s […]
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July 2, 2019 - Archinect News
McIntosh Poris is honored and humbled to receive the Jury Comments: “It takes full advantage of the location—of being in Detroit. | It’s statement making it telegraphs opulence and decadence. | It is almost like being in a gallery”. Follow […]
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June 28, 2019 - AIA Los Angeles
McIntosh Poris is honored to accept a Restaurant Honor Award and The People’s Choice Award for Prime + Proper. The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles chapter (AIA|LA) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 AIA|LA Restaurant Design […]
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June 25, 2019 - Forbes
New buzz-worthy hotels are rockin’ to this city’s revitalized rhythm. A dazzler: Detroit Foundation Hotel, which defines cool vibes. This hotspot gathering haven is warmly welcoming, too. Follow the link to Forbes>>
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June 12, 2019 - Curbed Detroit
The 1.2-mile non-motorized trail connecting pedestrians and cyclists from the Riverwalk to Vernor, is about to get another Greenway! The goal of the plan is to transform the blighted waterfront where the city began, which was developed as an industrial […]
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June 4, 2019 - Crain's Detroit
McIntosh Poris was hired by Bedrock Detroit to transform a former dry goods and wholesaler’s building in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit. The 4-story masonry building overlooking the river including a fifth-floor residential penthouse addition with 50 below-grade parking spaces, […]
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April 22, 2019 - Detroit Eater
Renovated Como’s Restaurant Aims to Bring Detroit-Style Pizza to Ferndale This Spring. MPA chose to remove the restaurant’s red awnings in favor of an updated brick facade with sawed off brick ends used to outline the Como’s name on the exterior. […]
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April 3, 2019 - Crain's Detroit
“When you adapt a building it’s important to weave together its history and program to create a place that’s fitting for today,” Michael Poris said in a statement. “We’ve created a design to cohesively reflect the past, present, and future […]
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March 27, 2019 - Restaurant Development+Design
Ten years ago, we weren’t thinking as much about what the experience should be and about making things unique as we were about creating really cool designs — something you might see in a glossy magazine spread but that could […]
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