Fisher Building
National Historic Landmark · Detroit, Michigan
The Fisher Building is a 1928 Art Deco office tower on West Grand Boulevard in the New Center district of Detroit, designed by Albert Kahn and paid for by the Fisher brothers of Fisher Body. Kahn is said to have called it Detroit's largest art object, and the lobby is the reason: a three-storey space of many kinds of marble, mosaics and a hand-painted barrel-vaulted ceiling, with bronze and stone detail on every surface. Outside, the tower is topped by green-glazed roofs that read as copper-green against the sky. The Fisher Theatre, a Broadway touring house, sits in the same building. It suits architecture fans, photographers and anyone who wants Detroit's 1920s wealth in one room. It is a working office building, not a museum, so you are visiting a lobby and arcade, not a gallery. Allow twenty to forty minutes. The lobby is generally open on weekdays in business hours, but confirm, because access can change.
3011 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
The lobby and arcade are generally open to the public on weekdays during ordinary business hours, and may be closed or restricted on weekends and holidays, so confirm before you travel. This is a working office tower, and security or building management can limit access at short notice. Guided tours are offered only occasionally and are not a daily service, so check for a current schedule and whether booking is needed. The Fisher Theatre keeps its own schedule, with evening performances and some matinees tied to whatever touring show is on, and its box office hours differ from the lobby. If you want the building without a show, plan a weekday late morning or early afternoon when staff and tenants are present and the doors are most likely to be open.