One Kennedy Square

One Kennedy Square
General information
Type	office
Location	777 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan United States
Coordinates	42°19′53″N 83°02′51″W / 42.3313°N 83.0474°W / 42.3313; -83.0474Coordinates: 42°19′53″N 83°02′51″W / 42.3313°N 83.0474°W / 42.3313; -83.0474
Completed	2006
Height
Antenna spire	73.2 m (240 ft)
Roof	56 m (184 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	10
Floor area	23,627 m2 (254,320 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	S. Kenneth Neumann Neumann/Smith

One Kennedy Square is a 10-story building at 777 Woodward Avenue, near Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building stands on the site of the old Detroit City Hall. It is occupied by the Ernst & Young accounting firm. Construction on this mid-rise started in 2005 and was completed in 2006. The building has 13 total floors, with 10 above-ground floors, and 3 basement floors.

One Kennedy Square with the Penobscot Building in the background

This building sits atop the already completed 460-slot, city-owned, Kennedy Square Underground Parking Garage, which was renovated by L.S. Brinker Company. The parking garage was a part of the old Kennedy Square. The tower also has a restaurant inside it.

One Kennedy Center was designed in the Modern architectural style, constructed with a translucent emerald green tinted glass exhibiting the role of color in architecture amidst Campus Martius Park's other modern foray, the golden topaz Compuware World Headquarters and the charcoal gray granite/glass 1001 Woodward Avenue Building. One Kennedy Square provides a unique backdrop, enlightening a new dimension for the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.

The architect is S. Kenneth Neumann^[1] of Neumann/Smith & Associates, the developer is REDICO and the construction manager is Spencer Dailey, Inc. The building is bordered by Griswold Street, Michigan Avenue, and Woodward Avenue.

Nearby buildings include Chase Tower, First National Building, 1001 Woodward Avenue, The Dime Building, the Penobscot Building, and Cadillac Tower.

Facts

• This translucent, emerald green glass building is capped by a prominent spire which is lit at night.
• The building is 184'-6" to the top of the prominent glass screen that rises above the front facade of the building along Campus Martius Park.

Notes

1. ^ AIA Detroit 2006 design awards

References and further reading

• Cable, Carol (1983). Translucent Architecture: Recent Trends in Glass Construction. Vance Bibliographies. ISBN 0880663421. 
• Kaltenbach, Frank (2004). Translucent Material: Glass, Plastics, Metals (Detail Praxis). Birkhauser. ISBN 3764370335. 
• Riera, Oscar Ojeda and James McCown (2004). Architecture in Detail: Colors. Rockport Publishers, Inc.. ISBN 1-59253-107-5. 

External links

• Downtown Detroit photo gallery
• Google Maps future location of One Kennedy Center
• One Kennedy Center details at Emporis.com
• SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on One Kennedy Square