Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.
February 15, 2018
McIntosh Poris Associates is excited to be part of this project as architects of record for the redevelopment of 640 Temple. Previous plans for the Albert Kahn-designed building, which opened in 1920, included more than 100 apartments ranging from 850 […]
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January 26, 2018
Cass & York will have that quality that we haven’t seen in condos. The development will be six stories with 53 units, a “manageable amount of residences to test the market,” says Cummings. The units will average about 1,422 square […]
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January 9, 2018
The lofts sit above the high-end Prime + Proper steakhouse, designed by McIntosh Poris Architects, and the second-floor office spaces. Office tenants have not yet been announced. Capitol Park Lofts, a $30-million project that developer Richard Karp has been working […]
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December 29, 2017
McIntosh Poris Associates is looking back at 2017, grateful and excited that we had the opportunity to work on four of these great new restaurants listed in Crain’s Detroit. The Apparatus Room at Detroit Foundation Hotel, Prime + Proper, Kid […]
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December 26, 2017
Detroit Foundation Hotel has won 2017 Best Upscale Hotel in the 37th Annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. McIntosh Poris Associates worked with Aparium Hotel Group, Simeone Deary Design Group, and many local artists to create a […]
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December 9, 2017
Where poles, ladders, horse-drawn fire engines, stacks of gloves and rows of threequarter boots once were standard fixtures, now meeting planners delight in a chic hotel and restaurant that is considered one of the best Detroit renovations of 2017. And […]
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November 2, 2017
All of the new hotels opening in 2017 and 2018 are making Detroit a hot place to visit these days. This year’s opening of the Foundation Hotel certainly helps! Follow the link to Curbed Detroit>>
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October 3, 2017
Mixed-use developments are more ambitious and diverse than ever. McIntosh Poris Associates on Commercial Architecture Magazine: Mixed-use buildings and neighborhoods are not a new thing. In cities and small towns, retail has long been located on the ground floor while […]
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September 15, 2017
“Detroit is scrappy,” says Poris. “The people are scrappy. They’re tinkerers. And inventors. That’s how Motown and Ford happened here. That spirit—a big part of what’s happening in the city—is what we wanted to keep.” In 2012, the city of […]
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September 1, 2017
CCD has completed a renovation of its historic clubhouse, including the addition of a new fitness and bowling center as part of a long-range plan to offer current members a resort-like experience. The club was founded in 1897. “McIntosh Poris […]
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