News from the Grosse Pointe library by Marcel Breuer, saved thanks to the efforts of MAPA, a group that came together through Archinect!  Grosse Pointe Central Library: Efforts Towards Conservation Virtual Activism View full entry

World Monuments Fund lends hand to help save endangered building... Previously on Archinect:SAVE ME! Grosse Pointe Central Library, designed by Marcel Breuer (1953) - slated for demolitionA year in the life of the Grosse Pointe Public Library GROSSE POINTE, Mich. – The World Monuments Fund... View full entry

We've been receiving news today that the Buckhead Branch Library, designed by Mack Scogin/Merrill Elam (Scogin Elam Bray at the time), is in danger of being razed if local developers Ben Carter Properties get their way. The developers want to purchase the library, tear it down and replace it with... View full entry

The Grosse Pointe Public Library had its focus on the future during 2007. Beth Quinn of the Grosse Pointe News provides a brief overview of the activity surrounding the library this past year. GPN | related feature 1 | 2 View full entry

Blair Kamin wrote an article in the Sunday Tribune touching on the topic of modern architecture preservation, or lack there of. It was interesting he brought up Breur's Cleveland trust but failed to mention Gross Point and the successful effort of MAPA to save it even though a member had sent the... View full entry

Grosse Pointe has a cultural treasure that is in danger of being demolished - the Central Library, designed by Marcel Breuer. The Modern Architecture Protection Agency (MAPA) was organized by a group of concerned Archinect members with the express purpose of demonstrating that design ingenuity... View full entry