Christian Unverzagt

Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture
Teaching Areas
Architectural Design, Architectural Representation, Alternative Practices in Architecture
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Christian Unverzagt is an associate professor of practice in architecture at Taubman College. He also founded Detroit-based M1DTW, a nationally recognized, architecture and creative studio working to reshape practice. M1DTW’s projects range from creative workspaces to commercial lifestyle spaces, adaptive reuse projects, and residential work. Select clients include Floyd, Signal-Return, Mills Pharmacy, 6 Salon, Library Street Collective, Eastern Market Corporation, and Samsung.

Unverzagt has received numerous awards for his work, including over a dozen honor awards from AIA Michigan and AIA Detroit, a NAHA for Best Salon Design in North America, and a “50 Books/50 Covers” award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts for one of the best-designed books of the year. M1DTW was recently recognized with a Best of Practice Award from The Architect’s Newspaper in the Small Firm (Midwest) category for its project portfolio and Notes on a Practice.

His work has been widely published in outlets including Dezeen, Wallpaper, Fast Company, The Architect’s Newspaper, Detroit Design Magazine, Estetica Italia, Salon Today, Architectural Record, and Azure Magazine.

Unverzagt teaches graduate design studio at Taubman College, is the faculty advisor for Dimensions, the student-produced journal of architecture at Michigan, and teaches the Dimensions workshop (ARCH 466) each year. Unverzagt is a long-time resident of Lafayette Park, Detroit, where he is an active community member, founding MiesDetroit.org to help steward the neighborhood’s design legacy while fostering awareness and discussion of its contemporary condition.

He received a Master of Architecture with distinction from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan. Christian also studied at the California Institute of the Arts and The Bartlett, University College London.

Projects

Architecture, Aug 22, 2024
Signal-Return is a Detroit nonprofit dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional letterpress printing and building a community center for art, craft, design, and collaboration. After 12 years in a 2500 SF […]
Architecture, Aug 22, 2024

Courses

ARCH 552, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Ana Morcillo Pallarés, McLain Clutter, Steven Mankouche, Julia McMorrough, Charlie O’Geen, Neal Robinson, Jonathan Rule, Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 466, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 466, Section 1
Winter 2024
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 432
Fall 2020
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt, Malcolm McCullough, Ana Morcillo Pallarés
ARCH 466
Fall 2020
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 466
Winter 2021
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 466
Fall 2021
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 552
Fall 2021
Instructors: Julia McMorrough, Matias del Campo, Dawn Gilpin, Peter Halquist, Perry Kulper, Ann Lui, Steven Mankouche, Neal Robinson, Jonathan Rule, Christian Unverzagt, Kathy Velikov
ARCH 466
Winter 2022
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 466
Fall 2022
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 552
Fall 2022
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough, Ana Morcillo Pallarés, Julia McMorrough, Neal Robinson, Christian Unverzagt, Craig Wilkins, Peter Halquist, Perry Kulper, Matias del Campo, Dawn Gilpin
ARCH 466
Winter 2023
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 466, Section 1
Fall 2023
Instructors: Christian Unverzagt
ARCH 552, Section 1
Fall 2023
Instructors: Ana Morcillo Pallarés, Dawn Gilpin, Peter Halquist, Steven Mankouche, Julia McMorrough, John McMorrough, Gina Reichert, Neal Robinson, Jonathan Rule, Charlie O’Geen, Christian Unverzagt

Books

Book, Jun 20, 2023