McIntosh Poris Architects News

Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.

 


 

McIntosh Poris Architects Founder Michael Poris, AIA, Receives AIA Michigan’s 2025 Hastings Award

October 23, 2025 - Amazing Architects

Firm Also Honored with Four Additional Statewide Awards, Following 2024 ‘Firm of the Year’ Recognition.  Follow the link>>

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Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) Offices

October 22, 2025 - Archello

The new space highlights the building’s history while incorporating colorful, contemporary materials that reflect CMF’s brand and values. Layers of drywall were removed to reveal and celebrate the building’s original brick walls, which now frame the refreshed interior. Follow the […]

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MPA named among Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Residential Architects 2025

September 17, 2025 - Forbes

Modern/Contemporary, Traditional/Classical | Historic Preservation/Restoration Follow the link>>

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MPA has been recognized with five 2025 AIA Michigan Honor Awards!

September 10, 2025 - AIA Michigan

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A mixed use development by Merge Architects, Lorcan O’Herlihy, McIntosh Poris, Studio Dwell, and others completes in Detroit

August 11, 2025 - The Architect's Newspaper

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Original Detroit Cadillac Factory Nears Completion as Apartments

August 6, 2025 - Amazing Architecture

McIntosh Poris Architects Creates 90 Housing Units in First Reinforced Concrete Factory Building. Follow the link>>

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New ‘elegant’ apartment building planned for Detroit’s Brush Park

July 13, 2025 - The Detroit Free Press

Another new apartments complex has been proposed for Detroit’s once-desolate but now resurgent Brush Park neighborhood. The four-story building would have 57 apartments plus ground-level retail, and be located at the corner of Edmund and Brush, on a vacant lot […]

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Detroit Athletic Club Introduces Kosher Kitchen Under Orthodox Supervision

July 10, 2025 - The Detroit Jewish News

McIntosh Poris Architects (MPA) designed a new main kitchen for the historic Detroit Athletic Club (DAC), built in 1915 by Albert Kahn, FAIA. The 6,000-square-foot main kitchen had not been renovated for 50 years, necessitating a full re-imagining that included […]

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Focus on Architecture: Thoughtful Restoration of a 1960s Armenian Church

June 23, 2025 - Sacred Places

Laurie Hughet-Hiller, AIA on St. John Armenian Church featured on Sacred Places. McIntosh Poris’ renovation at St. John Armenian Church in Southfield, MI to honor the past while building for the future—a delicate balance that required meticulous attention to detail and […]

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Detroit Horse Power Instills Life Lessons Through Equestrian Activities

June 18, 2025 - Amazing Architecture

“The Detroit Horse Power Equestrian Center addresses two of the city’s persistent problems: the shortage of opportunities in Metro Detroit for neighborhood children and the abundance of vacant land,” says Michael Poris, AIA, founding partner of MPA. “Our design creates […]

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