DBA: Winner: Michigan Place

Jon Miller © Hedrich Blessing

A strong site plan confidently mixes a few 100-year-old structures within a new development of town homes and condominiums. Undulating green terraces serve to downplay indoor parking and create an undisciplined landscape that negotiates spaces between the buildings’ differing aesthetic systems. “[This project] is an excellent neighbor without having to mimic the architecture of IIT,” the Miesian campus across the street. Glass and aluminum towers balance smaller concrete and masonry masses in “a compelling marriage of mid-rise apartment with a town house community.”