| One Woodward Avenue | |
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| Location | Detroit, USA |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | 1962 |
| Use | office |
| Floor count | 26 |
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| Architect | Minoru Yamasaki |
It overlooks Hart Plaza, Cobo Hall, and the Detroit River. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an Organization with specific duties attached was an American Architect best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2 SmithGroup ranks as the United States' 7th largest Architecture and engineering firm ( Building Design & Construction, July 2006 and employs 800 __NOEDITSECTION__ The Detroit International Riverfront is an area so designated by the nonprofit city sponsored managing entity the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy incorporated as a Cobo Hall, officially Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center, is a Convention center situated in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system about 32 miles (51 km long and 0 It is connected directly to the Guardian Building by an enclosed walkway over W. The Guardian Building, designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, is a skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan Larned Street. Architect Minoru Yamasaki designed One Woodward Avenue. was an American Architect best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2 His design for McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University is also highly regarded by architects. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center. [1] Yamasaki commissioned Giacomo Manzù, an Italian sculptor with important liturgical commissions in St. Giacomo Manzù ( December 22, 1908 - January 17, 1991 was the best known Italian Sculptor of the 20th century The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Peter's in Rome, to craft Detroit's Passo di Danza (step of dance) at the One Woodward Avenue building. [2]
One Woodward Avenue (1962) contains 29 stories (28 floors with one basement level), and reaches a height of 430 feet (131 m). Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minoru Yamasaki used it to formulate his design for the now-destroyed World Trade Center in New York City. was an American Architect best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2 The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan The City of New York
At night, the large "cube" at the top is lit up with large floodlights, color-coded with seasonal events. Near Christmas, it is lit green, red, and white; in the summer, around the U. S. Independence Day and Canada Day, it is red, white and blue; and it is silver-gold prior to the U. In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July (or the Fourth) is a Federal holiday commemorating the adoption Canada Day (Fête du Canada formerly Dominion Day, is Canada 's national day, a federal statutory holiday, celebrating the anniversary of the S. Thanksgiving celebration in November. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival.
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Photo gallery
 View from Fort Street. |
 Skywalk connects to the Guardian Building |
 Giacomo Manzù sculpture is placed within the garden. The Guardian Building, designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, is a skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan Giacomo Manzù ( December 22, 1908 - January 17, 1991 was the best known Italian Sculptor of the 20th century |
Notes
- ^ AIA Detroit Urban Priorities Committee, (1-10-2006). Top 10 Detroit InteriorsModel D Media
- ^ Zacharias, Pat (compiled). Monuments of Detroit Rearview Mirror, Detroit News. Retrieved on June 14, 2007.
References
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture of America, unpublished manuscript
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C. P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A. I. A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A. I. A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
- Sharoff, Robert (2005). Robert Sharoff is an architectural writer for the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Magazine. American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.
External links
- Google Maps Location of One Woodward Avenue
- One Woodward Avenue at Emporis.com
- SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on One Woodward Avenue
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