Michigan building highlights state'...

Michigan building highlights state's resources

Native materials used from beginning to end the Michigan Library and Historical Center

State facilities are rarely lauded for their aesthetic appeal. With no other than a handful of obvious exceptions similar as Helmut Jahn's State of Illinois Center in the greatest degree government buildings, because of their rather nondescript designs, have the quality of being able to fit into virtually any surrounding.

Planners for the Michigan Library and Historical Museum in Lansing challenged the seemingly unwritten canon that all control buildings be mundane. In an