The half-mile-long building with a petting farm: Domino's Farms

Ann Arbor Township’s most famous building doesn’t go up — it goes sideways. Domino’s Farms was commissioned in the 1980s by Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan. It’s a four-story “Prairie House” that stretches roughly half a mile across old Zeeb-family farmland. You’ll see a copper roofline, deep overhangs, and brick and wood and bermed earth. Architect Gunnar Birkerts designed it as a faithful homage to Monaghan’s hero, Frank Lloyd Wright. Architecture writers call it a “groundscraper.” It’s one of the longest office buildings anywhere.

It’s also a genuinely public place. The Petting Farm at Domino’s Farms keeps cows, goats, sheep, and chickens for visiting families year-round. The campus hosts a farmers market and a famous drive-through Christmas light display. Bison have grazed the surrounding pastures. Plenty of office parks ask you to keep out. This one invites the whole township over. It’s a fitting landmark for a township that has kept so much of its rural feel. And it does that while sitting right on Ann Arbor’s shoulder.