Mies / 1342 Joliet Place

Site

Current condition: Painting / Wall preparation
Active work: Basement painting / Living room preparation
Site record: 14 August 2026
Public access: Share-safe

Current Progress

Project progress recorded 14 August 2026: finish preparation continues, with basement painting advancing toward completion and living-room wall preparation underway before final paint. The original architectural site image remains unchanged above.

Dark square wall and floor tile installed in bathroom shower — Fireclay wall tile installation resumed in the second-floor bathroom.

Bathroom shower tile installation with curb and floor tile installed — Floor preparation and leveling underway.

Wall and ceiling repair area with service cutouts open — Second view of prepared finish surface.

Narrative

Architectural Context

Lafayette Park gives the project its measure. The townhouse belongs to a Detroit residential landscape shaped by Mies van der Rohe's modernist order: repetition, open continuity, steel-and-glass discipline, and a refusal of decorative noise.

The public view is limited to spatial sequence, material direction, and site context. It is a record of conditions, not an operations log.

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Room Coverage

The public summary reflects the latest visible Buildertrend Daily Logs through Aug 14, 2026 and names the kitchen, powder room, basement bathroom, second-floor bathroom, living room, and basement / lower level so the scope reads as a whole project rather than a basement-only sequence.

Room notes are evidence-indexed summaries. Private costs, billing details, restricted exports, and owner-only operational records remain excluded.

KitchenKitchen drawings and fixture selections are indexed; remaining plaster repair follows removal of the wood nailer.

Powder roomPowder room fixture selections are included in the public-safe project record.

Basement bathroomFloor and shower tile are complete in the latest progress record, with tile photos included below.

Second-floor bathroomFloor tile is installed; bath fixture selections are indexed in the project record.

Living roomLiving room plane and ceiling conditions are part of the documented interior sequence.

Basement / lower levelRough-in, framing, stair relationship, electrical work, and mechanical service areas are documented in the photo sequence.

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Material Direction

The material direction is quiet by necessity. Cabinetry, stone, lighting, flooring, and fixtures carry the project only when they reinforce proportion and reduce visual interruption.

Restraint is not absence. It asks every edge, reveal, and fixture line to behave with more precision because there is less ornament to hide behind.

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Photos

Renovation Sequence / Evidence

Basement mechanical room with exposed ductwork, water heater, piping, and wiring — Basement mechanical area with ductwork, plumbing, water heater, and wiring exposed before enclosure.

Close view of ceiling pipes and patched penetrations.

Open lower-level wall framing beneath ductwork and ceiling cavity.

Basement wall framing with electrical boxes and plumbing lines — Basement wall framing defines the room edges as finish work advances.

Lower-level partition framing with stair visible in the background — Lower-level partition framing with the stair visible beyond the new wall line.

Framed wall with electrical box and plumbing line — Framed wall with electrical and plumbing coordination held inside the new room line.

Basement ceiling deck with conduit and open framing below — Basement ceiling deck with conduit installed and open framing below.

Close view of unfinished base and floor edge detail.

Wall and ceiling repair area with service cutouts — Wall and ceiling repair area prepared for continued finish work.

Bathroom shower with dark square wall and floor tile installed.

Electrical panel area with labeled conduit and wiring — Electrical panel area remains accessible during finish-work coordination.

Basement stair, ceiling deck, and new partition framing before enclosure.

Interior room with blinds and an open ceiling electrical cutout.

Material Direction

PaletteWarm neutral fields, muted contrast, low visual noise.

CabinetryFlat planes, aligned joints, measured reveals.

StoneSurface continuity before pattern.

LightingPlaced for rhythm, not spectacle.

FlooringLonger reads, calmer transitions.

FixturesSimple geometry and consistent finish logic.

Archive Query

Public archive querying is intentionally not exposed on the unrestricted site.

The private dashboard keeps owner-only archive search, financial records, restricted source files, and operational project data behind access control.