PRESS RELEASE
Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture
Where: Clinton Township Public Library, 100 Brown St., Clinton
Date/Time: May 23, 2017 at 7 pm
Book Signing: “Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Arhitecture” by Michael Smith, Wayne State University Press, c2017.
PRESS RELEASE
Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture
Where: Clinton Township Public Library, 100 Brown St., Clinton
Date/Time: May 23, 2017 at 7 pm
Book Signing: “Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Arhitecture” by Michael Smith, Wayne State University Press, c2017.
We welcome Michael G. Smith, architecture historian and author of the new book: "Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture." Wirt Rowland was a Clinton native and graduated from Clinton High School in 1896. He went to Detroit to work in an architectural office in 1901 and stayed there designing the sky with three skyscrapers, the Buhl, Penobscot and the Gaurdian Building. The Historical Society of Clinton did an exhibition in Wirt Rowland’s honor in 2004. Since then interest in Rowland has increased and Michael Smith’s book on Rowland adds to the recognition of his genius and architectural achievements.
Michael G. Smith is a Detroit-area architecture historian with an interest in early twentieth-century building and construction. His lifelong enthusiasm for the fine arts led to an early career as a graphic artist and, more recently, his photography work has been published internationally.
The new book: "Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture," will be available for purchase, and Michael G. Smith will be available for book signings as well.