Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.
September 17, 2014
We are pleased to announce that both Woodward Garden Theater and Brizola have received 2014 AIA Detroit Honor Awards! Please visit the AIA Detroit website here for acknowledgement and brief comments from jury.
Read more
July 29, 2014
DuCharme Place, a residential development planned for Lafayette Park, looks ready to leap from rendering to reality after a decade on the back burner. Featuring four contemporary residential buildings, DuCharme is slated for the site once home to Rochdale Court […]
Read more
July 17, 2014
What started as a community of town homes nearly ten years ago has morphed into a four-building, 185-unit apartment development on the edge of downtown. Keeping the original name DuCharme Place, architects McIntosh Poris Associates and long-time Detroit developer Walter […]
Read more
June 30, 2014
Saturday night in Midtown. Orchestra Hall is hosting Canada-born pianist Louis Lortie, who is playing Chopin. The Majestic Theatre boasts English electronic music producer James Blake. The Grille Midtown restaurant is nearly packed. The food is great; drinks are flowing; […]
Read more
June 4, 2014
WHAT// A West Coast native finds a metro Detroit home swimming with familiar style By Judith Harris Solomon THE BACKSTORY Not long after moving to the Detroit area, Julia and Richard Slatcher purchased a 1960 home in Beverly Hills. When […]
Read more
June 3, 2014
Crains Detroit Business Originally Published: May 11, 2014 8:00 AM Modified: May 14, 2014 9:29 PM George Stewart recalls a thriving cultural scene in Detroit when he moved here from Baton Rouge, La., more than a half-century ago to pursue […]
Read more
May 29, 2014
DETROIT, MI – The official opening Thursday of the Woodward Garden Apartments marks the beginning of the end for a four-phase project that began transforming the Woodward Avenue block between Selden and Alexandrine with the arrival of Great Lakes Coffee, […]
Read more
Civic leaders in Detroit’s hot Midtown district last week were celebrating the latest additions to the neighborhood’s stock of residential and retail space. Last week, a funders recognition ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Woodward Garden Apartments project […]
Read more
May 2, 2014
Detroit— A 15-year effort to revive a derelict block of Woodward Avenue entered its final phase Thursday with the formal opening of 61 rental apartments, 45 of which have already been leased. The Woodward Garden Apartments is the last piece […]
Read more
In their Spring 2014 issue, Detroit Home again hosted their 10th annual Design Awards. We’re pleased to say we took home some gold (and a little silver). McIntosh Poris took Interior Design gold for the categories of: Contemporary Living Room, Contemporary […]
Read more