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Christian Unverzagt is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture at Taubman College, where his teaching focuses on visual communication and interdisciplinary design methodologies. Unverzagt received a Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University of Michigan and an M.Arch with distinction from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles. He also studied at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal-Arts) and Unit 12 at The Bartlett, University College London.

Unverzagt teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs at Michigan and coordinates the introductory graduate summer studio, teaches in the Representation seminar and Graduate Option studio. He is the faculty advisor for Dimensions, the annual student-produced journal of architecture at Michigan. He is also the founding designer of the Michigan Architecture Papers, a publication series which has received numerous awards including a Series Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Unverzagt's focuses his professional work as the design director at M1/DTW LLC, a nationally recognized, multidiscipinary studio operating at the intersection of design and cultural production. M1/DTW's built work include a recording studio for grammy-winning musician Eminem, boutique spaces for 6 Salon, studios for DAVO Photographic, and workspaces for Richard Florida's Martin Prosperity Institute in Toronto. M1/DTW's print and identity clients include Sensitile Systems, Creative Class Group, 6 salon, Cranbrook Art Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art, and the University of Kentucky College of Design (UK/COD). M1/DTW has received numerous award's, including I.D. Magazine's Annual Design Review and a '50 Books' award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). In 2007, 6 salon was named 'Best Salon Design' in North America. M1/DTW's work has been published in Architectural Record, I.D., & Print Magazine, and exhibited in Los Angeles, Barcelona, Detroit, Austin, New York, and Boston.

Unverzagt lives and works in Detroit.