Cadillac Centre

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building_name=Cadillac Centre


caption=An artist's rendering of the planned Cadillac Centre
location=Campus Martius
Detroit, MichiganUSA
antenna_spire= TBA
roof= TBA
floor_count=Two 24-story towers
and a 12-story base.
groundbreaking=September 2009
est_completion= December 2011
opening=
use=Residential/Commercial
Postmodern
Deconstructivist style
status=Approved
floor_area=
architect=Anthony Caradonna
AC/2 Studio|engineer=
contractor=
developer=Northern Group Inc.|

Cadillac Centre is an anticipated contemporary skyscraper complex to be constructed in downtown Detroit, Michigan on the Monroe block of Campus Martius.Kavanaugh, Kelli B. (January, 8, 2008). [http://www.modeldmedia.com/developmentnews/cadillaccentre12508.aspx Development News:Architecturally daring Cadillac Centre announced, will break ground in 2009] ."Model D Media". Retrieved on January 20, 2008.] PRNewswire (January 6, 2008). [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-06-2008/0004731011&EDATE= Detroit Gets New Era in Downtown Living With Iconic $150 Million Cadillac Centre on Campus Martius Park] . Retrieved on January 20, 2008.] Kavanaugh, Kelli B. (January 15, 2008). [http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/caddy12608.aspx A New Design for Detroit] ."Model D Media". Retrieved on April 12, 2008.] In January 2008, the city announced that the complex was approved for construction with groundbreaking expected September 2009. Expected to cost $150-million, the mixed-use development calls for two 24-story towers to rise from a 12-story base which will connect to the 40-story Cadillac Tower. The upscale residential high-rise is slated to include a retail and entertainment complex. The architect is Anthony Caradonna, an associate professor with Pratt Institute School of Architecture in New York City and a principal with the AC/2 Studio firm, whose recent projects have included the Hotel Duomo in Molfetta, Italy and the Bar Solex in New York City. Unfortunately, the Detroit Free Press reported in early October 2008 that the New York based developers were having trouble meeting their deadline and the project may not be completed at all. [http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS01/81003100 Cadillac Centre project in trouble]

Impact

Styled in the postmodern architectural genre known as deconstructivism, the $150-million Cadillac Center is expected to have a profound impact on development in downtown Detroit. Anthony Caradonna's steel-glass design for Cadillac Centre is reminiscent of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. The mixed-use residential and commercial complex is slated to face Campus Martius Park, a central gathering place in downtown Detroit. Other skyscrapers on Campus Martius include Compuware World Headquarters, 1001 Woodward, and One Kennedy Square. Developer Northern Group is the owner of Detroit's Penobscot Building, First National Building, and Cadillac Tower. The existing Beaux-Arts Cadillac Tower will connect with and incorporate the new Cadillac Centre. The futuristic Cadillac Centre begins construction on Detroit's historic Monroe block, once a collection of eight antebellum commercial buildings demolished in 1990.Hyde, Charles (May-June 1991). [http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/detroit/pdf/monroe_blk.pdf Demolition by Neglect: The Failure to Save the Monroe Block] ."Michigan History Magazine".Retrieved on January 20, 2008.]

Architect

The architect of Cadillac Centre is Anthony Caradonna, a faculty member at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture and a principal with the firm of OPUS Architecture and Design Studios based in New York City and Rome, Italy.PRNewswire (January 6, 2008). [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-06-2008/0004731011&EDATE= Detroit Gets New Era in Downtown Living With Iconic $150 Million Cadillac Centre on Campus Martius Park] . Retrieved on January 20, 2008.] He is a graduate of the Pratt Institute and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. [http://www.pratt.edu/ccps-abroad/rome/faculty/Anthony_Caradonna_ Pratt Institute Faculty] . Retrieved on January 20, 2008.] His recent projects include the Hotel Duomo in Molfetta, Italy and the Bar Solex in New York City He earned a medal of merit from the American Institute of Architects in 1986.

ee also

*Cadillac Tower
*Campus Martius Park

Notes

Further reading

*Cite book | author=Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher | title= AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture| year=2002 | publisher= Wayne State University Press | id=ISBN 0-8143-3120-3
*Cite book | author=Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title=Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition | year= 1980| publisher= Wayne State University Press| id = ISBN 0-8143-1651-4
*Cite book | author= Sharoff, Robert | title=American City: Detroit Architecture| publisher=Wayne State University Press| year=2005| id=ISBN 0-8143-3270-6

External links

* [http://www.zul.com/ Northern Group Inc., corporate website]
* [http://www.thedowntowncollection.com/ Northern Group Inc., Downtown Collection]