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{{Infobox building
| name               = One Kennedy Square
| image              = DetroitOneKennedySquare.jpg
| image_size         = 200px
| caption            = 
| completion_date    = 2006
| building_type      = Office
| location           = 777 Woodward Avenue<br>[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|42.3313|-83.0474|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| roof               = {{convert|56|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| top_floor          = 
| antenna_spire      = {{convert|73.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| floor_count        = 10
| floor_area         = {{convert|23,627|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}
| elevator_count     = 
| architect          = S. Kenneth Neumann<br>Neumann/Smith
| developer          = REDICO 
}}

'''One Kennedy Square''' is a 10-story building located at 777 [[M-1 (Michigan highway)|Woodward Avenue]] in [[Downtown Detroit|Downtown]] [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], near [[Campus Martius Park]]. The building is bordered by Griswold Street, [[U.S. Route 12 in Michigan|Michigan Avenue]] and Woodward Avenue, and stands on the site of the old [[Detroit City Hall]]. It is occupied by the [[Ernst & Young]] accounting firm.

==Description==
[[File:PenobscotBldgDetroitsunsetting.jpg|200px|left|thumb|One Kennedy Square with the [[Penobscot Building]] in the background]]
One Kennedy Square sits atop the 460-spot, municipally-owned Kennedy Square Underground Parking Garage, which was renovated by L.S. Brinker Company. The parking garage was a part of the old Kennedy Square.

Construction on the [[mid-rise]] started in 2005 and was completed in 2006. The building has 13 total floors, with 10 above-ground floors, and 3 basement floors.

One Kennedy Square was designed in the [[Modern architecture|Modern architectural style]], constructed with a [[translucent]] [[emerald green]] [[tint]]ed [[glass]].

The [[architect]] is S. Kenneth Neumann<ref>[http://www.aiami.com/Chapters/Detroit/awards/design/2006_detroit_design_awards.htm AIA Detroit 2006 design awards]</ref> of Neumann/Smith & Associates, the [[Real estate developer|developer]] is REDICO and the construction manager is Spencer Dailey, Inc.

Nearby buildings include [[The Qube (Detroit)|The Qube]], the [[First National Building]], [[1001 Woodward]], [[Chrysler House]], the [[Penobscot Building]], and the [[Cadillac Tower]].

==Facts==
* This [[translucent]], [[emerald green]] [[glass]] building is capped by a prominent [[spire]] which is lit at night.
* The building is 184'-6" to the top of the prominent glass screen that rises above the front façade of the building along [[Campus Martius Park]].

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite book | author=Cable, Carol| title=Translucent Architecture: Recent Trends in Glass Construction| publisher=Vance Bibliographies| year=1983| isbn=0-88066-342-1}}
*{{Cite book | author=Kaltenbach, Frank| title=Translucent Material: Glass, Plastics, Metals (Detail Praxis)| publisher=Birkhauser| year=2004| isbn=3-7643-7033-5}}
*{{Cite book | author=Riera, Oscar Ojeda and James McCown| title=Architecture in Detail: Colors| publisher=Rockport Publishers, Inc. | year=2004| isbn=1-59253-107-5}}

==External links==
*[http://www.phototravelpages.com/us/detroit.html Downtown Detroit photo gallery]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Detroit,+MI&ie=UTF8&ll=42.331286,-83.047398&spn=0.002249,0.006394&t=k&om=1 Google Maps future location of One Kennedy Center]
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/102168/one-kennedy-square-detroit-mi-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512192710/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/102168/one-kennedy-square-detroit-mi-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2015-05-12 |title=Emporis building ID 102168 |work=[[Emporis]]}}
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