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Architecture. Interior Design. Historic Consulting. Specialty Consulting.
Kraemer Design Group (KDG) is an award-winning architecture, interior design, historic architecture, and specialty consulting firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, with offices in Toledo, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1996, KDG serves clients throughout the United States across hospitality, multifamily residential, commercial, mixed-use, retail, historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and specialty consulting markets.
For more than a quarter century, KDG has helped owners, developers, institutions, and brands transform existing buildings, create new destinations, and strengthen communities through thoughtful design, technical excellence, and collaborative leadership. Our multidisciplinary team brings together architects, interior designers, architectural historians, graphic designers, and technical specialists to solve complex challenges and deliver enduring results.
Through KDG and its wholly owned subsidiary, Intramode, the organization can support projects from early planning and concept development through FF&E procurement, installation coordination, and occupancy, helping preserve design continuity throughout implementation.
KDG at a Glance
• Established: 1996
• Headquarters: Detroit, Michigan
• Additional Offices: Toledo, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina
• Geographic Reach: Projects throughout the United States
• Wholly Owned Subsidiary: Intramode, providing FF&E procurement and project implementation services
• Practice: Architecture, interior design, historic consulting, specialty consulting, visioning and branding, master planning, FF&E specification, and FF&E procurement
What We Do
KDG provides integrated services through a multidisciplinary team and Intramode, KDG’s wholly owned procurement subsidiary. This coordinated structure supports continuity from early visioning and planning through design, documentation, procurement, implementation, construction, and occupancy.
Architecture
Comprehensive architectural services for new construction, renovation, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse projects, from early planning through construction administration.
Interior Design
Integrated interior environments shaped by project context, operational needs, brand identity, durability, budget, and the experience of occupants and guests.
Historic Consulting
Research, documentation, regulatory coordination, historic tax credit consulting, preservation planning, and guidance for historic rehabilitation and adaptive reuse projects.
Specialty Consulting
Focused technical support in code compliance, accessibility, architectural specifications, pre-design studies, site development, agency coordination, and sustainable certification programs.
Visioning and Branding
Discovery, brand strategy, identity development, environmental graphics, signage, wayfinding, and visual communication integrated with the built environment.
Master Planning
Collaborative planning for sites, facilities, campuses, mixed-use developments, historic districts, phased projects, and future growth.
FF&E Procurement and Project Implementation
Through Intramode, KDG’s wholly owned procurement subsidiary, the firm provides furniture, fixtures, and equipment selection, specification, competitive bidding, procurement, project management, delivery coordination, installation coordination, reporting, and closeout services for hospitality, multifamily, commercial, and other contract projects. This integrated structure helps maintain design intent from concept through implementation.
Markets and Experience
Hospitality
Branded and independent hotels, boutique properties, renovations, conversions, restaurants, food and beverage venues, commercial kitchens, clubs, and event spaces.
Multifamily Residential
Luxury, market-rate, mixed-income, affordable, adaptive reuse, and new-construction residential developments.
Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse
Historic rehabilitation, preservation planning, National Register work, historic tax credits, regulatory review, cultural resource documentation, and the conversion of existing buildings to new uses.
Commercial and Mixed Use
Office, retail, public market, entertainment, sports, event venue, tenant improvement, and mixed-use development projects.
Food and Beverage
Restaurant and bar design, food and beverage concepting, brand development, front-of-house design, and commercial kitchen coordination.
Retail
Stand-alone and mixed-use retail environments, brand implementation, tenant improvements, interior design, signage, and visual merchandising support.
The Kraemer Edge
Our work is grounded in five connected core pillars:
• Synergy: Collaboration
• Exactitude: Accuracy
• Ingenuity: Creativity
• Perceptivity: Sensible Leadership
• Equilibrium: Balanced Execution
Together, these principles form the Kraemer Edge, our approach to balancing creativity, technical expertise, communication, project requirements, and practical decision-making.
Outovation
Outovation is KDG’s collaborative design methodology. It combines contextual understanding, creative exploration, technical expertise, and practical problem-solving to develop solutions that respond to each project’s vision, operations, budget, schedule, quality objectives, and long-term value.
The process is supported by planning, programming, building systems, code analysis, quality assurance, and project management tools developed through decades of experience. These tools help teams make informed decisions early, coordinate complex requirements, and carry the project vision through design and construction.
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KDG streamlines projects through creative design in our integrated studios. We are the trusted guide that delivers reliable results. KDG is that single, accountable partner, unifying Architecture, Interior Design, Historic and FF&E Procurement services. You don’t have to work through all the details – we’ve got it covered.
Through our proprietary Outovation process, we infuse creative ingenuity with deep technical exactitude so your transformative vision becomes a resilient, high-performing masterpiece that elevates your portfolio. Orchestrated design delivers clearer decisions, faster execution, and enduring places that contribute to the surrounding community.
Why Clients Choose KDG
Integrated Design and Procurement
KDG combines architecture, interior design, historic consulting, branding, and specialty consulting with procurement and project implementation through Intramode, its wholly owned subsidiary. This structure supports design continuity, coordinated communication, transparent procurement, and consistent project execution from concept through installation.
Historic Preservation Leadership
KDG combines design, technical, research, regulatory, and tax credit expertise to preserve historic character while supporting viable new uses.
Quality Assurance
Our quality assurance program includes standardized templates, independent document reviews, project-specific checklists, specification standards, technical standards committees, and continued improvement informed by completed projects.
Proactive Cost Control
We evaluate program, systems, materials, and design options early; develop bid alternates where appropriate; and remain actively involved during construction to support informed decisions throughout the project.
Sustainability
We view sustainability as a balance of environmental impact, community heritage, occupant health, financial viability, and future growth, with adaptive reuse and the responsible redevelopment of existing buildings central to that approach.
Accessible and Inclusive Design
Accessibility review is integrated into our design process, supported by experience with ADA, ANSI A117.1, Fair Housing Act, HUD, rehabilitation code, and local jurisdictional requirements.
Collaborative Relationships
We work closely with owners, consultants, contractors, public agencies, preservation organizations, brands, and institutional partners to build long-term relationships and deliver responsive service.
Awards and Recognition
KDG projects and team members have been recognized by professional organizations, preservation agencies, industry associations, and publications, including:
• Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation
• Michigan Historic Preservation Network
• Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
• Ohio Historic Preservation Office
• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
• Construction Association of Michigan (CAM)
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Engineering News-Record Midwest
• Hospitality Design Magazine
• Building Design + Construction
• Retrofit Magazine
Professional Affiliations
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
• National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)
• Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
• International Code Council (ICC)
• Association for Preservation Technology
• Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH)
• International Society of Hospitality Purchasers (ISHP)
• Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
• Construction Association of Michigan (CAM)
Media and Industry Inquiries
For media inquiries, speaking engagements, publications, conferences, interviews, project information, or other firm-related requests, please contact:
Kraemer Design Group
1420 Broadway
Detroit, Michigan 48226
(313) 965-3399
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