GM HQ: The Grand Entrance

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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This Work

The main entry features a tensile elliptical enclosure using just two steel columns and a roof truss and is one of three distinct architectural scopes on this major renovation. The dramatic, minimal structure uses point supported structural glazing on tension cables. The walls are cable trusses which span roof to floor and then brace longitudinally to vertical cable trusses which are part of the column support.

GM HQ: The Grand Entrance

Project Specifications

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SIZE

12,150 sq ft / 1,129 sq m
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SYSTEMS USED

Architecturally Exposed Steel
Tension Rod
Tension Cable
Point Supported Glass

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ARCHITECT

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
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GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Turner Construction Company

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