
Islandview
Village Detroit, MI
The firm has been involved since 1990
in the rebuilding of this community on the near east side of Detroit. It was
selected competitively by Church of the Messiah Housing Corporation (one of
the premier nonprofit community development corporations in the city of Detroit
and recognized nationally) as Architect/Community Planner for an infill housing
development plan. This project led to designation of the area as a Neighborhood
Preservation Project (NPP) by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority
(MSHDA) and part of the Detroit Federal Empowerment Zone (EZ). Recently, the
Field Street Infill Housing Project was selected to be featured as a case study
in a new publication entitled Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing, produced
by the American Institute of Architects and the National Endowment for the Arts,
published by the AIA and McGraw Hill in 1997. The project is also included in
the Affordable Housing Design Advisor http://www.designadvisor.org/aa