FabricK Design

10/17/2025

This is big!

09/17/2024

With these old houses, most of the time you don’t need to do much. Quality wood. Good finishes. Nice plaster work. Good spaces. Ample Light. You’d be amazed by how much simply refinishing good surfaces and fresh coat of paint can do. There is always going to be functional discrepancies with old houses. We live different. Instead of trying to mimic certain details ( we don’t have the budget to do that), we let the new stuff be what it wanted to be…new. The end result is another chapter in this +100 year old house. One that merges historic and contemporary in one.

05/11/2024

We've been working hard on this one, navigating the variety of entitlements and city reviews necessary to make this project come to life. A few more to go but we're moving forward and making progress. Thanks to a wonderful client with a people centered vision, this project is set to contribute a different perspective concerning what 'multi-family" housing in Detroit can be while expanding housing options & choices. hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag Here's a few updated images from our proposed design and visit our webpage for more information https://fabrick-design.com/the-haven-an-urban-village-detroit

02/17/2024

Our Sundial Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota was front and center on an excellent piece by on Weekend Edition this morning. It covers the realization that cities across the country are coming to, that their Zoning Laws - in all forms - are actually prohibiting the kind and amount of housing needed to supply their cities. In fact, would not be possible had it not been for broad changes to Minneapolis’ zoning code which sits right at the intersection of a “single family” neighborhood and a mixed use Main Street. And you know what? It’s not the end of the world to have a lil’ density on your block. 🔗 LINK TO FULL ARTICLE IN BIO. As always s/o to for the vision. Perhaps we can bring some of this energy to

02/17/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/17/1229867031/housing-shortage-zoning-reform-cities FabricK Design Sundial Building front and center in this NPR piece by Laurel Wamsley on the Zoning Reform necessary to provide adequate and accessible housing in cities. And shouts out to Jim Kumon and Faith Cable Kumon for the vision.

As Americans struggle to find affordable housing, cities are realizing their own rules have made it too hard and expensive to build the homes they need. Now, some cities are trying to change that.

01/07/2024

Smh

Read 5 shocking statistics that reveal the depths of North America's housing crisis:

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/1/3/5-shocking-statistics-that-reveal-the-depths-of-north-americas-housing-crisis

01/05/2024

The first redlines of 2024. We’re making some pivots this year. But it always begins at the “drafting board”.

11/10/2023

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10/28/2023

For my Detroiters to consider.

Download our Land Value Tax e-book for free here: https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/articles/360053137172-You-Get-What-You-Tax-For-How-a-Land-Value-Tax-Can-Help-Us-Build-Prosperous-Places-

10/24/2023

in South Bend this week to add something to the conversation happening in LaSalle Park. The housing forum is the kickoff to a months long neighborhood planning process that Fabrick is assisting with.

09/16/2023

Officials.