The Argonaut (Building)

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The Argonaut (also known as the "Argonaut Building" and the "General Motors Laboratory Building") is a large apartment building located in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The building is located at 435 West Milwaukee Avenue, and is located across the street from Cadillac Place. The building was constructed in 1928 and finished in 1930. The high-rise stands at 11 floors, with 10 above-ground and one basement level. The height to the main roof is 42.7 meters (140 feet), and 56.3 metres (180 feet) to the top of the elevator tower. The 275-unit structure structure is an Art Deco building, and uses primarily brick and limestone in its materials.

[edit] History and Renovations

This building, designed by Albert Kahn, was a former laboratory building for General Motors, which operated from Cadillac Place across West Milwaukee Street. Currently, the building is receiving a renovation to include ground floor retail space and offices, and should be completed by 2009 if everything goes as planned. This is one of the largest single-building renovation projects in the City of Detroit.

General Motors recently donated much of the building and it's use to the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. It's planned use will be for both a charter high school for art-centric children, as well as CCS's planned graduate program. On top of these uses, CCS plans to move much of their Industrial Design Undergraduate program to this location, providing the space to allow for a larger student body, and subsequently larger program.

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v • d • e Architecture of metropolitan Detroit

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New Center and Metro Detroit	Fisher • Cadillac Place • Jeffersonian • Lee Plaza • Lafayette Park • Frederick Douglass Homes • Southfield Town Center • American Center • Hyatt Regency Dearborn • Parklane Towers • Top of Troy • Chrysler Headquarters • GM Technical Center • Argonaut • Royal Park Hotel

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Downtown buildings organized by street	Washington Boulevard • Woodward Avenue • Griswold Street • Congress Street • Michigan Avenue • Shelby Street • Lafayette • Larned Street • State Street • Grand River Avenue • Adams Street • Jefferson Avenue • Randolph Street • Gratiot Avenue

See also: List of tallest buildings in Detroit