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Renaissance Center
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LOCATION |
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North America |
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Detroit |
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E. Jefferson Ave.
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for offices and professional practises
Offices
Buildings for travel and tourism
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ARCHITECTURE | Commercial buildings
Restaurants
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1970 - 1971
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1973 - 1981 |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez |
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| Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi |
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| Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky |
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| Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Josef Sommer, Tom Mardirosian, Mark Margolis, Anita Barone, Jack White |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Liliana McGuire, "Renaissance Center a Detroit. Basta seguire il sentiero colorato/Detroit: Renaissance Center. Just follow the "Yellow Brick Road"", Materia 6, 1° quadrimestre/four months 1991 [Lo spazio sacro/Sacred Space], pp. 60-66 |
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| "Renaissance Center a Detroit", Casabella 457/458, aprile-maggio/april-may 1980 [Grattacielo: casa dello specchio], pp. 36-39 |
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ADDITIONS AND DIGRESSIONS |
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 Eminem, Recovery, Aftermath, Interscope, Shady, Web Entertainment, USA 2010 |
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CLIENT |
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Ford Motor Company
Renaissance Center Partnership |
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antenna spire m. 230 (ft. 750)
roof m. 222 (ft. 727)
top floor m. 212 (ft. 696) |
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73 (1 tower)
39 (4 towers)
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| central tower m. 57 (ft. 188) |
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| sq.m. 515,800 (sq.ft. 5,552,000) |
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STRUCTURES |
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| URS/John A. Blume & Associates |
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STAFF |
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| Mechanical engineer |
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| Britt Aldermann & Associates |
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| Morris E. Harrison & Associates |
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| Stoll, Evans & Associates |
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| Tishman Construction Corp. |
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ANNOTATIONS |
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| Renovated in 2004 by SOM Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
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