Albert Kahn | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Albert_Kahn_(architect).jpg) Kahn in the 1930s | |
| Born | March 21, 1869 |
| Died | December 8, 1942 (aged 73) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Years active | 1883–1942 |
| Spouse |
Ernestine Krolik (m. 1896) |
| Children | 4 |
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Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was an American architect noted for his collaborations with his brother Julius in designing industrial plant complexes such as the Ford River Rouge automobile complex.[1] Based in Detroit, he also designed skyscrapers, office buildings, and mansions in the city and suburbs, as well as many buildings at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Kahn has been called the "architect of Detroit" as the designer of nearly 900 buildings in the city.[2]
Kahn led an organization of hundreds of architect associates, and in 1937 designed 19% of all architect-designed industrial factories in the United States. Under a unique contract in 1929, he established a design and training office in Moscow, sending twenty-five staff there to train Soviet architects and engineers, and to design hundreds of industrial buildings under their first five-year plan. They trained more than 4,000 architects and engineers using Kahn's concepts. In 1943, the Franklin Institute posthumously awarded Kahn the Frank P. Brown Medal.
- ^ "Ford River Rouge Complex | MiPlace".
- ^ John L. Dorman (March 26, 2018). "In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy". New York Times online. Retrieved August 7, 2021.