SBC Building Addition

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The SBC Building Addition stands at 444 Michigan Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan, and occupies the building block bordered by 1st Street, Cass Avenue, State Street, and Michigan Avenue. it was constructed in 1973 and finished the following year. The high-rise office building stands at 17 storeys, and is used primarily as office space, telecommunications, as a hotel, and is owned by communications giant SBC. The buidling was designed using the modern architectural style, and incorporates a great deal of granite into its materials. It is a part of the SBC Michigan Headquarters. it was designed by the architecture firm Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, who also designed several other Detroit, Michigan office buildings.

[edit] See also

• Robert Sharoff (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture 1845-2005 Wayne State University Press.

[edit] External links

• Google Maps location of the SBC Building Addition
• SBC Building Addition details at Emporis.com
• SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on the SBC Building Addition