McIntosh Poris Architects has been providing architecture, interior and urban design services for residential, commercial, and institutional clients since 1994. MPA strives to create interactive buildings and communities with architecture arrived at through interaction and dialogue. Engaging in dialogue with our clients and project stakeholders is the best way to craft places relevant to the people and communities we serve.

McIntosh Poris Architects approach to design is collaboration. We bring no pre-conceived ideas to our work. Each project evolves through the dialogue we foster between team members and stakeholders. Our design solutions respond specifically to our clients' needs. Oftentimes, stakeholders' needs are not clear at the outset.  Designs go through stages of adjustment and refinement, always tested against the needs and aspirations of a project. Through this inclusive process, MPA reaches a heightened understanding of the role projects have in the lives of their constituents. We thrive on the challenge of transforming buildings, sites, neighborhoods, and cities through the interaction and dialogue we foster. The end results become greater and more complex than if they had been designed by us alone. This dialogue challenges our team to creatively respond with an architecture that transforms place, building, and context, as well as the people and communities who inhabit them.

McIntosh Poris' work has received over 160 design awards, including 30 American Institute of Architecture Honor Awards, 3 CREW Impact Awards, 2013 ULI Global Award for excellence, over 70 Detroit Design Awards, 4 ASID Awards, and 3 Historic Preservation Awards. McIntosh Poris has been published in over 100 publications worldwide.