Cadillac Place

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For the downtown Detroit, Michigan office tower known as "Cadillac Tower", see Cadillac Tower.
Cadillac Place
Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building
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Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building
Information
Location Detroit, USA
Status Complete
Constructed 1919-1923
Use office
Height
Antenna/Spire 0 m
Roof 67.1 m
Top floor 57 m
Technical Details
Floor count 15
Floor area 402,702 m²
Elevator count 31
Companies
Architect Albert Kahn


Cadillac Place, a National Historic Landmark, is an ornate high-rise office building in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. Constructed of limestone and marble, it is an exquisite example of Neo-Classical architecture. In 2002, the State of Michigan thoroughly renovated the building and renamed it Cadillac Place. It houses State offices for the Detroit area and a State Court of Appeals. Directly across from the Fisher Building, Cadillac Place constitutes a formidable complex.

In 1923, it opened as one of the largest office buildings in the world. Originally, it was known as the General Motors Building since it had housed the company's world headquarters from 1923 until 1996. In 1996, GM moved its world headquarters to the Renaissance Center and sold the magnificent building which is leased by the State of Michigan on a long term basis. Designed by noted architect Albert Kahn, Cadillac Place consists of four parallel 15-story wings connected together by a central backbone perpendicular to them. Kahn used this design to allow sunlight and natural ventilation to reach each of the building's hundreds of individual offices. At the time of its construction, the building was the second-largest office building in the world, behind only the Equitable Building in New York City.

The building takes its present name from Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder of Detroit.

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