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17-716: Boasting over 220+ interactive activities, live stage shows, pop-up pocket demonstrations and distance-learning programs, the Michigan Science Center is a community STEM hub serving the entire state through virtual and traveling science programs. The Michigan Science Center features an IMAX Dome Theatre; the Dassault Systèmes Planetarium; the Toyota Engineering 4D Theater; the DTE Energy Sparks Theater;

34-534: A $ 30 million renovation and expansion - tripling the available exhibit space and adding new theater and performance areas. Neumann/Smith Architecture completed the 67,600 sq ft (6,280 m). addition and 51,000 sq ft (4,700 m). renovation. The Detroit Science Center had a grand re-opening celebration in July 2001 and continued to expand, adding a new Digital Dome Planetarium in December 2001 and

51-686: A 4D Toyota Engineering Theater in 2008. In partnership with the Thompson Educational Foundation, the Detroit Science Center embarked in April 2008 on another expansion of 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m). to create a new college-prep charter school named University Prep Science & Math Middle School on its downtown campus. The school facility has classrooms, a gymnasium with locker rooms, food service, and offices, and shares conference space and lobby with

68-476: A total cost of $ 30,000. Meathe, Kessler and Associates was dissolved in 1968, and Kessler established his own eponymous firm, while Meathe joined Smith, Hinchman and Grylls , eventually becoming president of the firm. Kessler's firm worked on a variety of single family houses, public housing, college and university buildings, and hospitals. William Kessler died in 2002; his widow Margot remained living in this house until her own death in 2009. The Kessler House

85-620: A year in sales. William Kessler attended the Chicago Institute of Design , graduating with a BA in architecture in 1948. He continued his studies with Walter Gropius at Harvard University . After graduation, he was recruited by Minoru Yamasaki . and came to Michigan to work at Yamasaki's firm. After working there for some time, Kessler and fellow architect Phil Meathe departed to form their own firm, Meathe, Kessler and Associates. In 1959, Kessler designed this house for himself, his wife Margot, and his family; he constructed it for

102-684: Is a private house located at 1013 Cadieux Road in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. William Henry Kessler was born in 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania . His father, Fred H. Kessler, established the Lumberman's Merchandising Corporation (LMC) as a cooperative lumber company consortium in the mid-1930s; LMC is still in business today with of over two billion dollars

119-411: Is located on a residential street amid traditional Tudor and Colonial Revival houses, and across the street from Beaumont Hospital . It is a single-story, square plan structure with a light steel frame measuring 39 feet (12 m) by 42 feet (13 m). The most dramatic features of the house are the saw-tooth roof and the textured brick privacy fence that creates an enclosed garden along the front of

136-650: The Chrysler Science Stage; a 8,700-square-foot (810 m) Science Hall for traveling exhibits; exhibit galleries focusing on space, life and physical science; the United States Steel Fun Factory; an exhibit gallery just for pint-size scientists; and more. Dexter Ferry is credited for the vision and dedication that led to the creation of the Detroit Science Center; the Detroit-area businessman and philanthropist founded

153-480: The Detroit Science Center. Two Detroit companies completed the new addition, GunnLevine Architects (Architect of Record) and DeMaria Building Company. On September 26, 2011, the Detroit Science Center closed due to monetary issues. Several planned events, programs, and trips were either postponed or rescheduled to take place at the Detroit Children's Museum. (Ironically, the Detroit Children's Museum itself

170-403: The Michigan Science Center first met on September 10, 2012. The Michigan Science Center began operations on December 26, 2012. 42°21′30″N 83°03′44″W  /  42.35844°N 83.062130°W  / 42.35844; -83.062130 William Henry Kessler William Henry Kessler (December 15, 1924 – November 16, 2002) was an American Modernist Architect . William Kessler

187-683: The center in 1970. In 1978, the DSC moved to its Midtown, Detroit, facility designed by Master Architect William Henry Kessler of Detroit-based William Kessler Associates in the midtown cultural center adjacent to the Detroit Institute of Arts and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History . The center was closed briefly in the early 1990s after losing funding from the State of Michigan, but re-opened in 1991. The Detroit Science Center operated until 1999 when it closed for construction on

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204-409: The house contains 1,700 square feet (160 m ) of living space, including three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a dining room and a family room. The basement space below remains unfinished. The walls of the main living space are plaster, while the ceiling is covered with cedar planks. The cedar ceiling follows the contour of the roof, and the planks extend beyond the walls to form

221-413: The house. The entrance to the house is located under a flat roof between the house and the adjacent storage room/carport. The front and rear elevations of the house are divided into three bays, corresponding to the "teeth" in the roof form, and are entirely glazed from floor to ceiling. The end walls are brick, and contain only the entry door on one side and a single window on the other. The interior of

238-401: Was born in 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania . His father, Fred H. Kessler, established the Lumberman's Merchandising Corporation (LMC) as a cooperative lumber company consortium in the mid-1930s. William Kessler attended the Chicago Institute of Design , graduating with a BA in architecture in 1948. He continued his studies with Walter Gropius at Harvard University . After graduation, he

255-513: Was closed in December 2011 due to financial difficulties, but reopened in February 2012 solely to Detroit Public School students and lacking Detroit Science Center affiliation.) On September 7, 2012, local Detroit news reports indicated that a new organization, the Michigan Science Center, would open and operate the facility. A spokesperson stated funding over the past year had been "significant" but did not disclose numbers. A board of directors for

272-403: Was dissolved in 1968, and Kessler established his own eponymous firm, while Meathe joined Smith, Hinchman and Grylls , eventually becoming president of the firm. Kessler's firm worked on a variety of single family houses, public housing, college and university buildings, and hospitals. William Kessler died in 2002. William and Margot Kessler House The William and Margot Kessler House

289-418: Was recruited by Minoru Yamasaki . and came to Michigan to work at Yamasaki's firm. After working there for some time, Kessler and fellow architect Phil Meathe departed to form their own firm, Meathe, Kessler and Associates. In 1959, Kessler designed William and Margot Kessler House for himself, his wife Margot, and his family; he constructed it for a total cost of $ 30,000. Meathe, Kessler and Associates

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