Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.
September 8, 2023
The complex has a personal connection for architect Michael Poris, AIA, co-founding principal of McIntosh Poris Architects: “This project means a lot to me because Carl Koch—now considered the grandfather of prefab—was the architect of the 1955 prefabricated Techbuilt home […]
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August 22, 2023
McIntosh Poris Architects recently broke ground on Siena Lake, a 600-unit workforce housing community in Vail Valley, Colorado. “Development ROI on new housing in high-property-value regions of the country presents multiple design challenges,” says Michael Poris, AIA, principal of McIntosh […]
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June 30, 2023
McIntosh Poris Associates has designed the redevelopment plan. The plan includes creating three atriums inside the third through sixth floors, allowing exterior views and natural light for interior spaces. The 2-acre roof will have a quarter-mile walking track, a lounge, […]
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March 21, 2023
Bombshell Treat Bar got its start in 2020 by offering contactless delivery. With Bombshell’s Big Dipper ice cream cart, the owners did pop-ups, making appearances in metro Detroit from setting up at the University of Michigan football stadium to Neiman […]
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February 28, 2023
“Ruin porn,” the popular images of decaying sites that have drawn tourists to Detroit, inspired city leaders to increase efforts to remediate the city’s commercial blight. Hosey, the Fisher Body No. 21 redeveloper, said his own project is working its […]
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January 5, 2023
The newly unveiled design for the Arbour on Main apartment development on Ann Arbor’s Main Street, just down the street from the University of Michigan’s Big House, which inspired the design by McIntosh Poris Associates with consulting architect J Bradley […]
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December 16, 2022
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December 12, 2022
Michael Poris in The Detroit Jewish News. Mazel tov to these December – Here’s the Jewish community members for their various success stories! Follow the Link>>
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McIntosh Poris designed this ground-up new mixed-use multifamily building on three vacant lots in Midtown Detroit. This new building adds much needed workforce housing and missing middle density to the existing neighborhood fabric. A new four-story apartment building has been […]
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October 19, 2022
For the third consecutive time, The Detroit Athletic Club has been named the No. 1 Athletic Club in the country! The DAC’s rating tied with Augusta National Golf Club and the Union League of Philadelphia for No. 1 in all […]
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