Art deco buildings don't just dot the downtown skyline; they're dispersed around metro Detroit, too. When it comes to art deco architecture in Detroit, everyone knows the Fisher Building, the ...

Art deco buildings don't just dot the downtown skyline; they're dispersed around metro Detroit, too. When it comes to art deco architecture in Detroit, everyone knows the Fisher Building, the ...

At the top of the 13-story Art Deco Macomb County Building, you’ll see eight 5-foot tall granite faces that Detroit sculpture Louis Sielaff was commissioned to create.

The birthplace of Motown and the Model T car, this industrious Michigan city has gone from boom to bust and back. Today, it’s carving a niche for inclusive music and art.

At the top of the 13-story Art Deco Macomb County Building, you’ll see eight 5-foot tall granite faces that Detroit sculpture Louis Sielaff was commissioned to create.

Tara Povey visits the once-thriving centre of Motown and motors, which is going through a rebirth and celebrating its ...

I still recall the doubt a real estate man expressed over my enthusiasm for downtown Detroit’s classic Art Deco skyscrapers. “It looks old,” he said of the city’s skyline. “Old.” That ...

Detroit has long had architectural clout, being home to some of the most dazzling art deco buildings in the US, which were built in the 1920s and 1930s when the city’s car industry boomed.

The solution was to build a dedicated studio building at 600 West Lafayette Boulevard, directly across from the News building. Cost, it appears, was not an object. A five-story Art Deco ...