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Gordon Hall/Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills-Architect: Tarapata MacMahon Paulsen Associates, Inc., Bloomfield Hills; Mason Contractor: Delta Masonry Co. (MCAA), Fraser.
University of Detroit Law School Library-Architect: Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc., Detroit: Mason Contractor: Darin & Armstrong, Inc., Detroit.
Masonry Institute Presents
Architectural Design Awards
The new University of Detroit Law School Library the North Hills Christian Reformed Church in Troy, the Great American Insurance Co. office building in Birmingham and Gordon Hall at Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills these are the winners of the 1976 "M Awards" for excellence in masonry design presented by the Masonry Institute of Michigan in cooperation with the Michigan Society of Architects.
The winning projects were announced, and their architects, owners and mason contractors were honored at the second annual Masonry Awards Banquet held in January at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn, Mich.
Of 29 projects entered by Michigan architects in this annual competition, the four winners (pictured here and on the cover) were considered as "outstanding and worthy of honor awards" by three distinguished Philadelphia area architects who served on the awards jury.
Great American Insurance Co. Office Building, Birmingham -Architect: Rosetti Associates, Detroit: Structural Engineer: McClurg & Associates, Bloomfield Hills: Mason Contractor: G. Forte Co., St. Claire Shores.
Accepting the 1976 "M Awards" for North Hills Christian Reformed Church, Troy, Mich. (see cover) are (from left) Harold Van Dine, AIA, vice president, Straub, Van Dine, Dziurman of Troy, the project architect; Bruce H. Drukker, M.D., chairman of the church's building committee, and Jack Cavanaugh, president, Cavanaugh Construction Co. (now Cavanaugh & Soave), Troy, the mason contractor. Presenting the awards are Joel Lutz (2nd from right), president, Masonry Institute of Michigan, and Paul D. Bowers, Jr., AIA, president, Michigan Society Society of Architects.
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