Kales Building
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| Location | 76 West Adams |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | 1914, 2004 Neo-Classical Neo-Renaissance |
| Use | residential |
| Floor count | 18 |
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| Architect | Albert Kahn |
The Kales Building is a high-rise apartment building in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It's located 76 West Adams at the northeast corner of Adams Avenue West and Park Avenue, across from Grand Circus Park, in the Foxtown neighbourhood, just north of Downtown. The building was designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1914, and stands at 18 floors, with one basement floor, for a total of 19 floors in height. The building is also home to BCI Industries. It was recently renovated in 2004.
When completed in 1914, the Kales Building housed the headquarters of the Kresge Corporation, forerunner of retailing giant K-mart. The Kales Building was renovated in 2004 into 117 residential units with ground-level retail. Appropriately, Detroit architect Kahn went beyond the typical Chicago School and styled the Kales Building with a clean-lined detail facade with Neo-classical and Renaissance revival elements such as the hipped roof and arched upper windows.
[edit] References and further reading
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
- Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.
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