M1DTW Architects Projects Practice

M1DTW is a Detroit-based architecture studio whose diverse portfolio includes private residences, workspaces, and other unique projects of lasting and durable design.

Studio

M1DTW Architects produces thoughtful environments for people to do their best work and live their best lives. We are passionate about the work we do and thrive when collaborating with clients who are just as passionate as we are.

Let’s Work Together!

“The office has an attitude that appears to value engagement with the realities of practice... It helps that their work backs up the idea, as it transforms what could be mundane locales into considered sites for Midwestern life.”⁠ —Jack Murphy

Services

Architectural Design Services
Pre-Design & Programming
Schematic Design
Design Development
Construction Contract Documents
Bidding & Negotiating
Construction Contract Administration
Consultant Coordination

Supplemental Services
Interiors
Specialty Millwork
Signage, Graphics, & Wayfinding
Furniture Selection & Procurement
Approvals & Entitlements
Feasibility Studies

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Team

M1DTW consists of a tightly-knit team composed of experienced architects, designers, and support staff committed to thoughtful design, clear communication, and accountable workflows, all in the service of our clients and their missions.

We also maintain a stable of go-to consultants, project partners, and craftspeople whose knowledge and expertise expand the versatility and capacity of the studio, as demonstrated in the scale and breadth of its work over the past 25 years.

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Select Clients

54 Sound
6 Salon
Bloomscape
Cranbrook Art Museum
Creative Class Group
Detroit Sound Conservancy
Detroit Yoga Lab
Eastern Market Partnership
FLOYD
InsideOut Literary Arts
Kresge Foundation
Library Street Collective
Midtown Detroit, Inc.

Mills Pharmacy + Apothecary
Northwest Activities Center
OneCare LTC
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Rotman School of Management
Samsung
Signal Return
Stamps School of Art and Design
The Platform
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Water Street Coffee
Woman of Banglatown

Select Recognition

AIA Michigan Design Honor Award, 2024
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Winner, Small Firm (Midwest)
The Architect's Newspaper (AN) Best of Practice Awards, 2023

“M-Award for Excellence in Masonry Design” Masonry Institute of Michigan and AIA Michigan
Oakridge Dental Center

AIA Michigan Design Honor Award, 2015
Mills Pharmacy + Apothecary

Best Salon Design, North American Hairstyling Awards, 2007
6 Salon (Royal Oak)

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Careers

We are always open to hearing from talented and motivated designers looking to join our practice. We believe in the importance of a balanced life/work relationship, and seek to provide an enriching experience for our team to develop as design professionals as seen by our work and our reputation as innovators in practice. As such, the studio does not engage in the practice of unpaid internships.

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News Highlights

05/22/26 — M1DTW founder Christian Unverzagt has been promoted to Professor of Practice in Architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College

05/15/26 — Signal-Return at LANTERN receives an AIA Michigan Design Honor Award

04/29/26 — Cadillac Arts Centre cited in Vogue on the evolving art scene in Detroit

04/06/26 — M1DTW has been commissioned by Woman of Banglatown to develop the design of the Woman of Banglatown Home Base building

03/30/26 — Construction is underway for the InsideOut Literary Arts Offices in Little Village, Detroit

03/05/26 — Construction at Cadillac Arts Center has reached substantial completion

02/01/26 — M1DTW’s Cara Wagner has been selected for AIA Michigan's Board of Directors / Young Architect Regional Director

10/02/25 — Backyard House published in the Wall Street Journal

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