2024 Unbuilt Conceptual Design Award: Urban Seedscapes

Award: 2024 Unbuilt Conceptual Design AwardProject: Urban Seedscapes, Detroit, MI Architect: Progressive CompaniesOwner: Green Living Science Project Description In Detroit, Urban Seedscapes, our vision for the Zero Waste Education Center (ZWEC), reimagines community empowerment. This Living Building is a catalyst for transformation, turning every scrap into a resource and every moment into a lesson of […]
2024 Young Architect Award: John Rizor

John Rizor is an Architect at Progressive Companies, serving local organizations within the firm’s community-based projects studio.
2024 Building Award: Eastern Kille Distillery

Award: 2024 Building AwardProject: Eastern Kille Distillery, Rockford, MI Architect: Mathison | Mathison Architects Owner: Eastern Kille DistilleryConstruction Firm: Wolverine Building Group Project Description Eastern Kille Distillery earned unprecedented demand for their authentic spirits and quickly outgrew their original tasting room and production space. Architecturally, the conceptual goal was to create a unified building form […]
2024 Student Project Design Award: The Coldbrook Pump Station

A century-old pumping station on the Grand River is being repurposed into a vibrant, downtown riverwalk, and neighborhood amenity. Design concept by Kyle Sutton.
KCAD Awards 2024 AIA Medal for Academic Excellence

The NAAB Master of Architecture (MArch) degree program at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University has awarded their 2024 AIA Medal for Academic Excellence to Ian Wardowski in recognition of extraordinary academic achievement. For more than a century, AIA has provided a medal of excellence to the top graduating students in National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) or Canadian Architectural […]