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An avid supporter of both the arts and higher education, Alfred Taubman supports ccs because he believes in the transformative power of the college’s academic programs. Read More.
A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
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The A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education is an educational complex devoted to creativity. It houses a learning community, focused on art and design, extending from middle school through graduate school and beyond into the professional realm. This community will be complemented by other for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that drive innovation and economic development.
The Taubman Center is the cornerstone for commerce and culture in the New Center area. The College doubled the size of its campus when it opened the doors of the A. Alfred Taubman Center in September 2009. Since then, the Taubman Center enables the College to make profound impact on students, faculty, surrounding businesses and Detroit’s creative community.
There is nothing like it anywhere in the world.
The Taubman Center Houses:
- Advertising
- Graphic Design
- Interior Design
- Product Design
- Transportation Design
- Design
- Transportation Design
- Graduate Design Research Center
- Color and Materials Library
- Continuing Education Programs
- Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) Program
- The Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies
Features of the Taubman Center:
- 350-seat dining hall for students and community members
- Restaurant space for students and visitors
- Art and supply book store
- 300-bed student dormitory
- Detroit Creative Corridor Center
- Valade Family Gallery, a space for CCS alumni, students and local artists
- The Benson and Edith Ford Conference Center, including the 500-seat General Motors Auditorium and meeting rooms
- Tenant space for community businesses or nonprofit organizations
- Tim Hortons Coffee Shop
- 11,200 square foot gymnasium
- 500-car parking structure and 230 spaces of surface parking
- Energy-efficient and sustainable design, construction and operations
- LEED best practices and standards
