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1300 Lafayette East Cooperative

The 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative is a large, 336 unit luxury housing cooperative in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of the near-east side of Detroit, Michigan. The building is notable for its address "1300" displayed in giant numerals on the North and South sides of the roof which are visible for miles in Detroit and Windsor.

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1964

Detroit, Detroit, United States

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Gunnar Birkerts

1925-2017 · Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian American architect whose late work includes the National Library of Latvia in Riga.

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Gunnar Birkerts

studio · Detroit, Michigan, United States

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