More recently, John Patrick’s adaptive reuse of a 1930s commercial building was featured in Hour Detroit for its emphasis on preservation, reinvention, and sustainability.

In 2022, the City of Detroit’s Planning and Development Department appointed John Patrick to the Neighborhood Advisory Council (NAC) for Fisher 21 Lofts, the adaptive reuse of the historic Fisher Body Plant No. 21 automotive plant into a $153 million mixed-use apartment building. He continues to serve on the NAC which is set to implement a plan in early 2025.

In 2017, Commercial Observer named him one of the Top Young AEC Pros to Watch and in 2016, he published an op-ed in Crain’s Detroit Business titled “Detroit must keep an eye on building design,” emphasizing the need to be creative in the United State’s first UNESCO City of Design.

In 2014, shortly after founding ABOVE THE FOLD, Cultured Magazine featured him amongst others in arts & culture for “shaping the now.”