With an energized and
decidedly hip journalistic approach, Black Beat will also report the
cutting-edge news and views that set trends and influence its readers.com.

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These notable projects have served as a catalyst to the revitalization of
their cities and are visited by millions of people each year. An example of this transformation is in our design of the
Sacramento Public Library, where we connected a library with a large event
space.

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Approximately $30 million was saved though the
adaptive reuse of the Hudson's warehouse structure, whose preservation helps
sustain the industrial history and legacy of Detroit./$5.

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About KMD
Since 1963, KMD (Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz) has combined innovation and
creativity to provide exceptional commercial, healthcare, academic, and
corporate architectural services.S.

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FORD FIELD: New Concept Brings Football and Year-Round Vitality Downtown

Now the library is one of the premier places to hold weddings and other
events -- a regional destination, not just a library. The success of Ford Field is already
apparent with the recent completion of the 3,000 -car garage and a
100,000 square-foot build-to-suit office for PriceWaterhouseCoopers that ties
into the Warehouse as part of the original KMD master plan. It's a
very exciting time for Black Beat !"
Black Beat's new look premieres with the June issue, on sale March 15th.

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Ford Field represents an important milestone in the reinvention of
mixed-use developments; it is a new urban experience that serves as an
economic activator as well as a new shift in architectural thinking . 3516

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KMD Architects Sees Detroit Super Bowl Complex as Innovative Urban Model

SAN FRANCISCO, The new home for the Detroit Lions
football team, Ford Field, is more than just the host of this year's Super
Bowl.

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The Super Bowl offers a glimpse of the future of stadium design and
perhaps more importantly, principals of new urbanism at work."
KMD has been researching the growing trend of reintroducing sports
stadiums to downtowns in order to spur economic, social and community growth.
The Spring editorial line-up also includes its special Prom issue in April and
its Summer Music Preview issue in May.

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The Ford Field complex promotes revitalization by luring and inviting
pedestrians and neighbors with celebratory spaces such as the 7-story atrium,
and other gathering areas that foster interaction, build community, and
promote civic pride.com/pr/2005-blackbeat.
Black Beat, published monthly and priced at $4 .ereleases.

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The
development helps to re-create a successful and lively city that can change
with the marketplace, as well as support the ideas, cultures and lifestyles of
an ever-growing and diverse population. "For over 30 years, Black Beat has had
its finger on the pulse of the urban generation , submerging itself in the
hip-hop lifestyle and culture," notes Daniel.

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The design also blends the
recollection of the past, along with modern materials to create a design that
is sensitive to its surrounding environment.ereleases.

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"The Detroit warehouse complex through its connection becomes a living
room to the stadium, and also the living room to the City of Detroit," said
Herbert McLaughlin, KMD's Design Director. KMD's master plan and design of the warehouse includes everything
from a Business and Conference Center Hotel and office space, to retail and
themed entertainment that celebrate Detroit's vivid and varied cultural
history.

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; The Hammes
Company as Developer and Project Manager; Rossetti Associates as the Stadium
Designer; and the Smith Group as the Architect of Record. (Cover:
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It is a notable achievement in the area of stadium design and, with this
most-watched of American games, will be unveiled to millions of people
throughout the world, both visiting Detroit and watching on television. More than just a
football stadium, Ford Field is a mixed-use development that creates a sense
of place by linking the new stadium with two distinguished 80-year-old
buildings that contain 140 luxury suites overlooking the field, a retail
pavilion with restaurants, commercial office space, and a future business and
conference center hotel.
The international architectural firm of KMD was brought in as the
masterplan architect and design architect to collaborate with a local design
team to create the same spirit of reinvention it accomplished with projects
such as Two Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, One Colorado in Old Pasadena ,
California and most recently The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles.

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One of Ford Field 's most vital achievements is its ability to sustain
year-round revenue through its diversity of uses from the warehouse portion of
the complex.

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"It should be enjoyed year-round
for concerts, shows , banquets and local events -- thus becoming a regional
destination. The glass wall of the atrium provides transparency to
show movement and generate excitement.

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Both the stadium and the tenant organizations housed in the
warehouse share luxury food service, laundry facilities, power plant and other
amenities -- a breakthrough initiative to facilitate efficiency through shared
infrastructure . "Now, Black Beat adds a sense
of community to its pages, inviting readers to contribute their own stories
of triumph and struggle to its editorial coverage.

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Black Beat Magazine Announces Major Redesign

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The design team
combined the new 65,000-seat Ford Stadium with the renovated 750,000 square -
foot warehouse complex.jpg)
Triggered by the recent appointment of editor Danica Daniel, Black Beat
will offer an exciting new focus designed to appeal to the tech-savvy,
sophisticated and fashion-forward urbanista, showcasing her favorite
celebrities with style and attitude.

Regularly issued publications with a focus on architecture containing articles and illustrations.

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Inside the complex, the thematic
approach is seen in the low brick wall that surrounds the stadium, which is
complemented by digital scoreboards, curved glass walls that allow for natural
light to come through the complex in the atrium, and along the roofline of the
dome.

Contact:

Danica Daniel
(212) 780-3500, Ext.

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The new concept was developed with William Clay Ford, Jr. Based in San Francisco, CA with eight
offices in four countries, the firm believes that experimentation and
investigation of interpersonal interaction with the built environment are
central to their work as architects, planners and researchers. NEW YORK, Black Beat Magazine, for 33 years the
entertainment source for urban teens and college-age readers, undergoes a
major redesign effective with the June issue.