ABOVE THE FOLD represents a diverse roster of international talent & firms with a focus on the built environment, and has advised on 70+ public and private projects in manmade and natural contexts on six continents.

Working as agent, manager and publicist, we bridge the gap between a broad range of global constituents, from clients and consultants to the media, collaborators, and influencers. Aiming to realize their potential, our insight, methodology, and services advance the profiles, practices and portfolios of emerging and established architects, landscape architects, urban designers, interior designers, image makers, and visionaries in related disciplines.

Collaborating with clients, communities, and cities, ABOVE THE FOLD offers pro-bono design team curation for precedent-setting projects, helping to make contemporary architecture (and its benefits) more accessible to all.

In Detroit, definitive projects to emerge through ABOVE THE FOLD include True North, The Shepherd, Little Village, The Canopy, Building in a Building, and Glass Mural. International organizations and media that have recognized their contribution to revitalizing multiple neighborhoods in the city include the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP), the National Association of Minority Architects (NOMA), Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, Cranbrook Academy of Art, ARCHITECT, The Architect’s Newspaper, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, The Art Newspaper, Artforum, Artsy, AZURE, Bloomberg, Cultured, Curbed, The Detroit News, Detroit Metro Times, DETAIL, Dezeen, Fast Company, The Financial Times, Forbes, Galerie, The Globe and Mail, Great Lakes by Design, HOUR, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Metropolis, Monocle, The New York Times, Outlier, PBS, The Plan, The Spaces, Surface, TIME, and World-Architects, among others.

Nationally and globally, ABOVE THE FOLD’s depth of experience includes houses and private estates; Pomona College Studio Art Hall in California; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, RIMOWA and PERROTIN in New York City; The Paper Log House at The Glass House in Connecticut; Clyfford Still Museum in Colorado; housing and hospitality projects in Oregon; C294 Apartments and Scenic Garden in Mexico City; Oasis Hotel Downtown, Kampung Admiralty and Design Orchard in Singapore; UP! Berlin in Germany; and Atlassian Central, a net-zero commercial tower in Sydney, among others.

The agency was founded by John Patrick in New York City in 2012 and relocated to Detroit in 2015.

WHAT WE DO

  • Increase visibility for talent & firms, projects, clients, communities and cities

  • Research and build multidisciplinary teams for RFQs, RFPs and competitions for public and private projects

  • Curate design teams for clients to increase access to a wide range of talent & firms for public and private projects

  • Organize single- and multi-user architectural photoshoots

  • Strategize and secure press/media placements (interviews, features, profiles, awards, speaking engagements, conferences, exhibitions, books, collections, events, and special projects)

  • Creative direction for authentic brand identity and storytelling for companies and projects

  • Monitor and direct time-based social media and management tools to advance ongoing engagement

WHAT WE DELIVER

  • Insight and access to the global AEC industry

  • Integrated creative direction, business development, and public relations

  • Multidisciplinary design teams for projects of all types, scales and budgets that challenge the status quo

  • Professional photography for local, national, and global marketing & communications of the highest caliber

  • Intentional public relations across milestones and platforms

  • Tools & templates for efficient, effective business development and public relations

  • Qualitative, quantitative and value across short-term collaborations and long-term engagements