Chrysler Headquarters and Technology Center

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Chrysler Headquarters and Technology Center
Information
Location	Auburn Hills-Detroit  United States
Status	Complete
Constructed	1993 Technology Center 1996 Headquarters
Use	Office/R&D
Technical details
Floor count	15
Floor area	4.4 million ft² complex (409,000 m²)
Companies
Architect	CRSS Inc. SmithGroup

The Chrysler Headquarters and Technology Center is the world headquarters and main research and development facility for the automobile manufacturer Chrysler LLC. It is located in the Metro Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan. The headquarters complex has 4,400,000 sq ft. (409,000 m²) on 504 acres (2.04 km²) located near I-75. CRSS Architects ^[1] designed the Chrysler Technology Center in a cross-axial formation where its elongated atrium topped concourses converge with an octagonal radiant skylight at its center. The rounded-off exterior corners are meant to evoke a polished car body. Construction began in 1986, and the facility was largely complete upon its dedication on October 15, 1991. It reached full occupancy in 1993.

Planning for the facility began in 1984. Chrysler hoped replacing its outdated Highland Park, Michigan campus would improve product development efficiency, increase the ease of inter-departmental collaboration, and create a more satisfying workplace.

SmithGroup designed the attached Chrysler Headquarters (1996) tower crowned with the pentastar marque. The Headquarters tower was constructed between 1993 and 1996. The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is also on the campus.

[edit] See also

• Economy of metropolitan Detroit
• Lee Iacocca
• Walter P. Chrysler

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Caudill Rowlett Scott known as (CRS-Sirrine) and (CRSS) of Houston, TX was succeeded by the Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena, CA.

[edit] References and further reading

• Fisher, Dale (2005). Southeast Michigan: Horizons of Growth. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 1891143255. 
• Hyde, Charles K. (2003). Riding the Roller Coaster: History of the Chrysler Corporation. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814330916. 
• Higgins, James V. "Investment in the Future: Chrysler expects payback in innovation and efficiency." The Detroit News, October 14, 1991

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