When someone hears the name “City of Detroit, Michigan,” what comes to mind? Countless people imagine that Detroit is a city with run down and abandoned houses, dilapidated structures and dirty streets. However, Detroit has been recognized with numerous diverse and recognizable skylines that include Art Deco skyscrapers. A few of the noted buildings in downtown Detroit are One Detroit Center, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Book Cadillac Hotel, Chrysler House, Penobscot Building, and the Renaissance Center which houses General Motors World Headquarters. Each of these buildings demonstrates an ecclesiastical design. Numerous people know Detroit as Motown, the Motor City, Automotive Capital, or simply “The D”. There are several diverse structures
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The estimated price was roughly around thirty-five million dollars to build. A majority of the money to build it was paid for with proceeds from the sale of Fisher Body to General Motors Corporation. The building is considered a “masterpiece” and is described as “a superbly designed complex which displays some of the finest craftsmanship in any Art Deco style building constructed in the U.S. in the 1920s” (Austin). The Fisher building has a 441-foot tower that reaches over 30 stories, about 634,000 square feet with over 21 elevators inside. It has two ten-story office buildings perpendicular to each other and 30 story tower, known as the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building, in the center. The interior is divided by a 44 foot high barrel-vaulted arcade. Every inch is magnificently decorated with bronze, gold leaf, with over forty types of exotic marbles and mosaics. The brothers wanted more than just a building for headquarters. The brothers wanted it to serve as a center for shopping and entertainment. So, Kahn worked hard on the design to include shops, a theater, art and even doctors’ offices. The Fisher brothers main goal was to "enable its patrons to leave their cars, attend to all of their shopping needs , visit their doctor, dentist, banker or broker, attend various entertainment provided by Fisher Theater, and …show more content…
The main entrance has a round arch above the doorway. The round arch brings a stunning form to the building. The round arch benefits the architect to open large spaces in the wall without jeopardizing the building structure. Also, round arches help with the weight of the building and reduces the material used. Inside the round arch are multiple pieces of glass that is surrounded by pillars, which has a simple design. The exterior appearance is humble and simple, with a great deal of windows that are parallel and similar to each other. The Art Deco style maintains a streamlined appearance of the windows that are continuous and horizontal bands, which is found in the Fisher Building. Looking that the building, the observers eyes travel up and down. The Fisher Building is finished in polished Minnesota pink marble and Oriental granite, but does not have the fine detail that other historical structures do. However, the height and massive appearance is impressive to the eye. Occasionally the simplest of the detail is better in expressing the significance of a
The estimated price was roughly around thirty-five million dollars to build. A majority of the money to build it was paid for with proceeds from the sale of Fisher Body to General Motors Corporation. The building is considered a “masterpiece” and is described as “a superbly designed complex which displays some of the finest craftsmanship in any Art Deco style building constructed in the U.S. in the 1920s” (Austin). The Fisher building has a 441-foot tower that reaches over 30 stories, about 634,000 square feet with over 21 elevators inside. It has two ten-story office buildings perpendicular to each other and 30 story tower, known as the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building, in the center. The interior is divided by a 44 foot high barrel-vaulted arcade. Every inch is magnificently decorated with bronze, gold leaf, with over forty types of exotic marbles and mosaics. The brothers wanted more than just a building for headquarters. The brothers wanted it to serve as a center for shopping and entertainment. So, Kahn worked hard on the design to include shops, a theater, art and even doctors’ offices. The Fisher brothers main goal was to "enable its patrons to leave their cars, attend to all of their shopping needs , visit their doctor, dentist, banker or broker, attend various entertainment provided by Fisher Theater, and …show more content…
The main entrance has a round arch above the doorway. The round arch brings a stunning form to the building. The round arch benefits the architect to open large spaces in the wall without jeopardizing the building structure. Also, round arches help with the weight of the building and reduces the material used. Inside the round arch are multiple pieces of glass that is surrounded by pillars, which has a simple design. The exterior appearance is humble and simple, with a great deal of windows that are parallel and similar to each other. The Art Deco style maintains a streamlined appearance of the windows that are continuous and horizontal bands, which is found in the Fisher Building. Looking that the building, the observers eyes travel up and down. The Fisher Building is finished in polished Minnesota pink marble and Oriental granite, but does not have the fine detail that other historical structures do. However, the height and massive appearance is impressive to the eye. Occasionally the simplest of the detail is better in expressing the significance of a