BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI.- Cranbrook Academy of Art announced that the Head of its Architecture Department William Massie has been awarded the prestigious Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, continuing the school’s 75-year tradition of design leadership and innovation. In receiving this honor from the American Academy, Massie joins a distinguished list of America’s finest architects including Maya Lin, Michael Rotundi and Thom Mayne, and Daniel Libeskind (who earlier held the same position at Cranbrook that Massie holds now). Massie was selected for the award — which carries a $7500 prize and is considered the highest-formal recognition of artistic merit in this country — in recognition of his groundbreaking work in architecture research, design and digital fabrication. “Massie is a free-spirited constructivist inventor who has expanded the architectural canvas,” said James Polsh