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Detroit Modern Wayne State University Tour Detroit Modern Wayne State University Tour DETROIT MODERN Wayne State University Walking Tour This Wayne State University walking tour begins at the intersection of Cass and Warren Avenues and takes about one to two hours to complete. Most of the buildings featured are open to the public during daytime hours. Wayne University (present-day Wayne State University) was estab- lished in 1933 when several Detroit colleges combined to form a single institution. The university was based in the city’s former Central High School building, an 1896 Romanesque Revival structure at Cass and Warren Avenues. The campus quickly grew to include a number of re-purposed residential and commercial buildings in the surrounding neighborhood. In 1942 several architects competed to create a master plan for the rapidly expanding institution. Suren Pilafian, a young architect from New York who had not yet made a name for himself in the field, won the competition and was hired as the university’s principal planner. Pilafian’s plan envisioned dozens of purpose-built academic buildings concentrated in the area north of Warren Avenue and west of Cass Avenue. Enrollment at the university increased greatly following the passage of the GI Bill in 1944, and numerous temporary structures were erected to alleviate crowded conditions at the school. A heavy investment by the state of Michigan in higher education after World War II provided funding for the construction of major campus buildings in the postwar years. State Hall, designed by Pilafian, is the first campus building built specifically for university use and one of his first buildings as an architect. Though constructed at the lowest possible cost, the building is no less innova- tive for its budget. He quickly followed this first building with the more elaborate Community Arts complex and a building for the College of Engineering. These Modern structures set the tone for additional contributions in the same vein by other architects. Important works were added by Ralph Calder & Associates; Albert Kahn Associates; Harley, Ellington & Day; Glen Paulsen & Associates; Alden B. Dow Associates; and O’Dell, Hewlett & Luckenbach—all Michigan-based architects or firms. Undoubtedly, the most noteworthy building on campus is Minoru Yamasaki’s 1958 masterpiece, the McGregor Memorial Conference Center. Pilafian continued to add to the campus with his award-winning, Bauhaus-influenced Purdy-Kresge Library. The transition of Wayne State University from a neighborhood-based campus to an auto-free superblock was envisioned in the earliest master plans. The closing of Second Avenue and its conversion into Gullen Mall was first proposed in Pilafian’s original plan. It was elaborated upon in a 1954 campus plan by Minoru Yamasaki in which the architect advocated a dense yet pedestrian-friendly series of highly differentiated, landscaped public spaces. It was not until 1966 that this plan came to fruition, and many of the features along Gullen Mall—such as Yamasaki’s reflecting pools, and the narrow windows and arcaded first floor of his College of Education—were designed to provide a buffer for building occupants against the bustle and distractions of what was then a busy city street. Architects and Artists Ralph Calder & Associates O’Dell, Hewlett & Luckenbach Associates A graduate of the University of Michigan, Calder founded Ralph Detroit native Augustus O’Dell partnered with Wirt Rowland, Calder & Associates in 1945. The Detroit-based firm became a the designer of Detroit’s Guardian Building, from 1932 to 1938. leading designer of university buildings and campus complexes Owen Luckenbach once worked for Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. in Michigan, including the Kanley Chapel (1953) at Western After joining Thomas Hewlett, this Birmingham, Michigan-based Michigan University, James Fisher Jr. Hall (1964) at Michigan firm designed many Modern buildings in the Detroit area includ- Technological University and Abrams Planetarium (1964) at ing Ford Auditorium (1956; demolished 2011), two Cranbrook Michigan State University. gymnasiums (1959 and 1964), and the Pontiac Silverdome (1975). Alden B. Dow Associates Glen Paulsen & Associates The son of the founder of the Dow Chemical Company, Alden Paulsen graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in Sweden in Dow apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. He opened 1948. A designer for Eero Saarinen & Associates from 1953 to his Midland, Michigan, practice in 1934. His home and studio, 1957, Paulsen became a lecturer at the University of Michigan in designed in 1936 with his patented Unit Block system, is a National 1958. He served as the president of the Cranbrook Academy of Historic Landmark. Dow designed over 80 buildings in Midland Art from 1966 to 1970. Among Paulsen’s best work is his own ranging from residences to public buildings. His work is found residence in Birmingham (1955), Our Shepherd Lutheran Church throughout the state and nation. Dow remains the only architect to (1966) in Birmingham, and the Ford Life Sciences Building (1967) have been named architect laureate of Michigan (1983). at the University of Detroit Mercy. Harley, Ellington & Day (1943–60) Suren Pilafian Alvin Harley and Harold Ellington joined forces in 1933 during An Armenian immigrant, Suren Pilafian studied architecture at the Great Depression and found work designing for the Stroh Columbia University and New York University. He worked with Brewery Company. Clarence Day became a partner in 1943. One the architect Cass Gilbert in New York in 1928 and the indus- of the most prominent Modern architectural firms in Michigan, trial designer Norman Bel Geddes in 1938. Pilafian designed the they designed the south wing addition to the Detroit Institute Tehran Stock Exchange (1935) in Iran before coming to Detroit of Arts in 1966. The firm also designed the International style in 1942 to develop Wayne State University’s master plan. He later Department of State Building in Washington, D.C. (1957-60). became principal designer for Albert Kahn Associates. Albert Kahn Associates Minoru Yamasaki & Associates Albert Kahn began his practice in 1895 and became the architect Minoru Yamasaki, a Japanese immigrant from Seattle, came to for automaker Henry Ford, designing dozens of factory buildings. Detroit in 1945 to become chief of design for Smith, Hinchman The River Rouge Glass Plant (1922) in Detroit and the Warren & Grylls. He later co-founded Leinweber, Yamasaki & Hellmuth Tank Arsenal (1940) are cited as inspiring Modernism. Kahn’s and designed the Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Air Terminal work influenced the architect Le Corbusier and was a foundation (1956) along with several Detroit buildings before founding his for the creation of the International style. After Kahn’s death own practice in Troy in 1959. He is most well known for the World in 1942 the firm continued designing some of the Detroit area’s Trade Center (1971) in New York City. The Federal Reserve Bank outstanding Modern buildings. of Chicago, Detroit Branch Annex (1949–51) designed by Yama- saki was Detroit’s first curtain wall building, leading the way for Giacomo Manzù other Modern buildings. At the request of Minoru Yamasaki, this Italian sculptor and painter created outdoor bronze sculpture for the McGregor Me- morial Conference Center at Wayne State University in Detroit in 1958. He is best known for the Portal of Death located at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Rome. Wayne State University Walking Tour 1. Science Hall 9. Community Arts Center Ralph Calder & and Music Building Associates, 1949 Suren Pilafian, 1954–1957 2. State Hall 10. Richard Cohn Memorial Suren Pilafian, 1948 Building Harley, Ellington & Day, 1959 3. Meyer and Anna 11. Law School and Library Prentis Building O’Dell, Hewlett & Minoru Yamasaki & Luckenbach, 1966 Associates, 1964 4. Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium 12. Shapero Hall of Pharmacy Minoru Yamasaki & (Natural Science Building) Associates, 1964 Glen Paulsen & Associates, 1964 5. G. Flint Purdy and 13. University Center Kresge Libraries Alden B. Dow Associates, 1966 Suren Pilafian, 1963 6. College of Education 14. College of Engineering Minoru Yamasaki & Suren Pilafian, 1949 Associates, 1960 7. McGregor Memorial 15. Life Science Building Conference Center Albert Kahn Associates, 1959 Minoru Yamasaki (Yamasaki, Leinweber & Associates), 1958 The Nymph and the Faun cast bronze sculpture, Giacomo Manzù, 1968 (left cover image) 8. Alumni House Suren Pilafian, 1954 Detroit Modern Wayne State University Walking Tour Map courtesy of Google Maps 10 11 12 8 7 9 6 13 5 3 4 2 1 14 15 michiganmodern.org For more information about Detroit’s historic sites, visit detroitmi.gov/hdab Photos courtesy of the Detroit Historic Designation Advisory Board Photos courtesy of Andrew Jameson: interior photos numbered 3 and 4. This brochure was written and designed as part of a Certified Local Government grant to the City of Detroit by the State Historic Preservation Office. Partial funding has also been provided by the City of Detroit through the Detroit City Council’s Historic Designation Advisory Board. This publication has been financed in part with federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The State Historic Preservation Office receives federal financial assistance for identification and protection of historic properties.WSU- 136-110721 Equal Housing Employer/Lender.
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