A Detroit Architect's Journal

A Detroit architect's journey to help rebuild the Motor City

Monday, February 7, 2022

5,000 Square Feet and a Deed: The Detroit Fire of 1805

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No one knows when it exactly happened, but sometime around the year 2015 it flipped.  With over 100,000 of Detroit's homeowners falling ...
Saturday, August 14, 2021

Ask not what the Olympics can do for Detroit, but rather what can Detroit do to further the Olympic ideal

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Olympic bid logo Detroit Free Press File Photo Photo Credit   Though delayed by a year, the 2020 Olympics have come and gone.  The final res...
Monday, December 4, 2017

The National

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How many times have you walked or driven by it?  A solitary structure that stands defiantly as a reminder of what once was.  photo cred...
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Detroit Walking Tour

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Its amazing to see how many buildings are under renovation downtown. So, while taking a lunchtime stroll, I decided to take pictures of...
Sunday, October 1, 2017

The New Rogell

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As an urban planner, I've always been fascinated by how cities grow. Populations rise. Farmland gets paved over.  Housing tracks turn i...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Guardian Building Bridge

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Photo credit: Rob Saxon Walking along Larned to work each day, I make it a point to gaze up. Towering over morning commuters is a ...
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Robert Saxon, Jr. AIA, LEED AP
Rob is a practicing registered architect in the states of Michigan and Pennsylvania. He holds Master degrees in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University.
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