Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building

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commercial building high-rise building modernist building office building skyscraper

The Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building is a modernist high-rise office tower in Detroit, Michigan, designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki and noted for its elegant, minimalist façade.

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Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial building ⓘ
high-rise building ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
architect Minoru Yamasaki ⓘ
architectAlsoDesigned Prudential Plaza, Chicago ⓘ
World Trade Center Twin Towers ⓘ
surface form: World Trade Center (original Twin Towers)
architecturalStyle International Style ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
city Detroit ⓘ
completionDate 1962 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1960 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentName One Woodward Avenue ⓘ
designFeature elevated plaza ⓘ
minimalist façade ⓘ
narrow vertical window slits ⓘ
open ground-level arcade ⓘ
repetitive modular bays ⓘ
developer DTE Energy ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
façadeCharacter elegant ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ
façadeMaterial glass ⓘ
white marble ⓘ
formerName Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building self-link ⓘ
hasElevators yes ⓘ
hasParking adjacent parking facilities ⓘ
height 125 metres ⓘ
approximately 417 feet ⓘ
locatedInDowntown Downtown Detroit ⓘ
location Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
near Guardian Building ⓘ
Hart Plaza ⓘ
Penobscot Building ⓘ
numberOfFloors 32 ⓘ
occupant DTE Energy ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
openingDate 1962 ⓘ
originalTenantIndustry natural gas utility ⓘ
overlooks Campus Martius Park ⓘ
surface form: Campus Martius area
primaryStructureType office tower ⓘ
regionServedByOriginalTenant Michigan ⓘ
roofFeature mechanical penthouse ⓘ
significance early major commission of Minoru Yamasaki ⓘ
example of postwar corporate modernism in Detroit ⓘ
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
streetAddress One Woodward Avenue ⓘ
structuralSystem steel frame ⓘ
use office ⓘ

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Minoru Yamasaki → notableWork → Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building ⓘ
Minoru Yamasaki → designed → Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building ⓘ
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building → formerName → Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building self-link ⓘ