Perkins and Will-designed Motown Museum expansion gets underway in Detroit

2019-10-04T13:50:00-04:00

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Motown Museum and Hitsville USA, Perkins and Will has commenced the first phase of the museum's expansion. The project has been dubbed Hitsville Next and will consist of two distinct phases.

Phase 1 is a renovation of three historic houses where Barry Gordy, Jr. created his legendary music empire, Perkins and Will writes. The houses will "host education initiatives, youth programs, and community outreach programs in the arts and entrepreneurship."

Phase 2 will focus on the main museum and is inspired by "The Motown Sound." The exterior design of the new museum will sport a louvered facade that pays homage to a music shelf full of records and a color scheme based off of the covers of Motown's earliest number-one best-selling album covers.

"The renovated houses on West Grand Boulevard will host new educational initiatives, youth programs, and community outreach programs in the arts and entrepreneurship." (Perkins and Will)

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Perkins and Will-designed Motown Museum expansion gets underway in Detroit