| General Motors Technical Center | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Bounded by 12 Mile, Mound and Chicago Rds, and Van Dyke Ave., Warren, Michigan |
| Coordinates: | 42°30′48″N 83°2′16″W / 42.51333°N 83.03778°W |
| Area: | 600 acres (240 ha) |
| Built/Founded: | 1949 |
| Architect: | Saarinen, Eero; Church, Thomas Dolliver |
| Architectural style(s): | International Style |
| Governing body: | Private |
| Added to NRHP: | March 27, 2000 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 00000224[1] |
The GM Technical Center is a General Motors facility in Warren, Michigan. The campus is home to 16,000 GM engineers, designers, and technicians and has been the center of the company's engineering effort for 50 years.
The "Tech Center" was designed by architect Eero Saarinen, with construction beginning in 1949. The campus was completed in 1955 and ceremonially opened by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 16, 1956. The facility cost the company approximately US$100,000,000 at the time. The American Institute of Architects honored it in 1986 as the most outstanding architectural project of its era.
The Tech Center sprawls across 330 acres (1.3 km2) of land and includes 11 miles (18 km) of roads and 1.1 miles (1.8 km) of tunnels. It includes 25 main buildings and numerous additional structures including a water tower and 22-acre (89,000 m2) lake.
Main Tech Center areas:
- Research & Development ( 42°30′55″N 83°02′36″W / 42.5152°N 83.0432°W )
- The Metallurgy Building
- The Administration Building and exhibition hall
- Design Center ( 42°30′34″N 83°02′31″W / 42.5095°N 83.0419°W )
- The Lake
- Engineering Buildings
- The Central Cafeteria ( 42°30′43″N 83°02′20″W / 42.5120°N 83.0389°W )
- Manufacturing Centers
- Manufacturing A Building
- Manufacturing B Building
People affiliated with the site include Larry Burns, vice president of R&D and strategic planning, and Alan Taub, executive director of R&D.
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
Further reading
- Fisher, Dale (1994). Detroit: Visions of the Eagle. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 0-9615623-3-1.
- "GM Technical Center 40th Anniversary". GM.com. http://media.gm.com/about_gm/tech_center/40thaniv.htm. Retrieved October 3, 2006.
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
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