Unverzagt has received numerous awards for his work, including over a dozen honor awards from AIA Michigan and AIA Detroit, a NAHA for Best Salon Design in North America, and a “50 Books/50 Covers” award from the AIGA for one of the best-designed books of the year. M1DTW was recently recognized with a Best of Practice Award from The Architect’s Newspaper for its project portfolio and Notes on a Practice.
Unverzagt is a long-time resident of Lafayette Park, Detroit, where he is an active community member, founding MiesDetroit.org to help steward the neighborhood’s design legacy while fostering awareness and discussion of its contemporary condition.
Unverzagt is also on the faculty of the University of Michigan’s Taubman College where he is an associate professor of practice in architecture.
He received a Master of Architecture with distinction from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. He also studied at the California Institute of the Arts an`d at The Bartlett, University College London.