Yamasaki in the Cultural Center Tour
Explore Yamasaki in Detroit's Cultural Center
Minoru Yamasaki, Detroit’s best-known midcentury architect, left his mark all over the city.
On select dates, we explore Yamasaki’s legacy in Detroit’s Cultural Center. Learn how Yamasaki came to Wayne State University in the mid-1950s to extend and execute their master plan with new buildings, including four designed by Yamasaki, and the transition to a pedestrian-friendly campus, while helping to establish the College for Creative Studies' new 1950s campus. Highlights include the magnificent McGregor Memorial Conference Center and its Reflecting Pool and Sculpture Garden.
The tour departs from the Josephine Ford Sculpture Garden on the College of Creative Studies campus on John R at Kirby.
Parking: Metered and non-metered street parking is available in the immediate area. Paid parking is also available at the DIA parking lot.
Items to note about our tours:
THIS IS A WALKING TOUR. All guests should be prepared to walk, sometimes on surfaces under construction, for more than two hours.
All tours take place rain or shine and are about 2 to 2.5 hours long. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Advance ticket purchases are available through 6pm the Friday before the tour. If there is a date missing from the Eventbrite page, the tour for that location/date is sold out. Tickets may be refunded up to 7 days prior to the date of a tour; after that, tickets are not refundable.
We offer private tours for groups of any size on any day of the week. For info on booking private tours, please email us at info@preservationdetroit.org.
