here is another City Builders episode - the origin of Archive DS in Detroit

This is the history of the Detroit architectural and urban design firm, Archive DS.

Architect and urban designer, president and co-founder of Archive DS, Mark Nickita, FAIA, explains the history of the Detroit firm and its connection to Detroit.

In the late 1980,s, when countless businesses were leaving the city of Detroit for the suburban landscape and very few new businesses were opening or moving into the city, the Archive DS partners decided to bet on Detroit.

Archive DS was established in 1991 and opened an office in the core of the largely vacant and increasingly challenged downtown of Detroit.

As one of the only new architecture and design firms in the city, the partners developed a vision for the NEXT Detroit, a reborn great city, and set out to be one of the many lights to make that happen.

here is the beginning of that story........

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City Builders hosts:

Mark Nickita, FAIA
President, co-founder of Archive DS, Detroit + Toronto. Architects, Urban Designers, City Builders

Dorian Moore, FAIA
Vice President, co-founder of Archive DS, Detroit + Toronto. Architects, Urban Designers, City Builders.

Mark Nickita, FAIA and Dorian Moore, FAIA lead Archive DS, a distinctly unique urban design, architectural, planning and development consulting practice. Archive DS travels the globe studying and documenting urban development for use in practice in cities around North America.
They are City Builders.

Archive DS [Design Studio] is an award-winning team of urban specialists focused on re-establishing post-industrial cities and urban sites, with a primary emphasis on the Lake Belt Region of North America. Through architecture, urban design, civic leadership, entrepreneurial activity, lecturing and global urban research, Archive DS has established a reputation as experts regarding the enhancement of the built environment and their various challenges.

The firm’s partners also serve as a resource on urban issues, as civic and professional leaders for local and national media outlets. Their professional experience has encompassed many aspects of city-making. These include major civic projects, adaptive reuse buildings, innovative mixed-use developments and historic renovations as well as the creation of design and economic strategies, urban visioning, and Placemaking, in addition to working as developers and the branding of projects and urban districts.

Mark Nickita, FAIA and Dorian Moore, FAIA are available to assist in the develop of building and urban design projects. They often team up with other firms and consult with development groups and municipalities. They have also presented and lectured for numerous groups on a variety of urban issues and topics throughout North America.

contact info:
www. ArchiveDS.com
info@ArchiveDS.com
313.963.6687
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Music for video Intro and Outro:
"Changers"
written and performed by Curtainwall

Curtainwall is:
Dave Baker - Guitars
Mike Gusway - Bass
Mark Nickita - Drums+Vocals