Renaissance Center

Downtown Detroit, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Renaissance Center is a landmark mixed-use complex in downtown Detroit on the International Riverfront, designed by architect John Portman in the Modern style. Completed in stages from 1976 to 1977, with two auxiliary towers added in 1981, the complex comprises seven connected towers—including a 74-story Marriott hotel at its center, the tallest building in Michigan—surrounded by four office skyscrapers and connected by a large podium with public spaces, a conference center, and retail. Developed as an urban renewal project and funded by a Ford Motor Company-led consortium, it was conceived as a "city-within-a-city" and was the largest private development in United States history at completion, with the central hotel tower being the world's tallest. General Motors purchased the complex in 1996 and extensively renovated it in the early 2000s, modernizing its Brutalist interior and adding a glass retail atrium and riverfront plaza.