Lafayette Park

Mid-century urban renewal.

Overview

Lafayette Park, using concrete and glass, is a 1959 housing complex in Detroit, USA.

Core Characteristics

• Low-rise, open layouts.
• Landscaped, communal spaces.
• Modernist aesthetic.

Architectural Connections

• Modern: 20th century.
• Residential: Housing.
• Mid-Century Modern: Core movement.

Influence and Legacy

Designed by Mies van der Rohe, urban renewal exemplar.

Related Concepts & Techniques

Concrete Construction (technique), Urbanism (theory), Facade (element), Modernism (movement)