Michigan Central Station is featured in The Wall Street Journal’s “The Best of Architecture 2024: Accentuate the Personal,” which highlights buildings that just wouldn’t be the same if they had been designed using artificial intelligence.

Michigan Central Station has been transformed through a close and personal collaboration with Ford. Quinn Evans led the multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, historians, and conservation specialists to rehabilitate this iconic structure. Now, it stands as a polished gem in the city, serving as a hub for innovation and economic growth.

Michigan Central Station shows that while parametric design may give you a flawlessly energy-efficient skyscraper it has nothing to teach us about the art of architectural restoration. The criteria that matter in restoration—human experience and memory—cannot be reduced to mere data.

MICHAEL J. LEWIS | ARCHITECTURE CRITIC, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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