Saving Detroit buildings

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These Michigan architects like saving buildings

The Birmingham-based firm McIntosh Poris Architects, is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and has completed hundreds of commissions in Michigan for a wide variety of projects, including designs for newly constructed apartment buildings, rehabs, adaptive reuse, private residences and restaurants.

Many of the projects have been in Detroit and involved historic restoration, writes JC Reindl. One of the latest was the design architecture for a new multilevel sports bar in downtown Detroit, Gilly's, at 1550 Woodward, which was conceived by Nick Gilbert, the late son of businessman Dan Gilbert, and is set to open April 5 for the Tigers opening day.

Here's more on the firm, and the architects behind it that like to make an impact in Michigan.

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