Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 — December 8, 1942) was the foremost American industrial architect of his day. Kahn came to Detroit in 1880 at the age of 11 from Germany. As a teenager he got a job at the architectural firm of Mason and Rice. Kahn won a year's scholarship to study abroad in Europe, where he toured with another young architecture student, Henry Bacon, who would later design the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An Ciara Danille Bowers is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866–February 17, 1924) an American Beaux-Arts architect, is best remembered for his severe Greek Doric Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (built 1915–1922), which was his final project. ... The Lincoln Memorial at night. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ...

The architectural firm Albert Kahn Associates was founded in 1895. He developed a new style of construction where reinforced concrete replaced wood in factory walls, roofs, and supports. This gave better fire protection and allowed large volumes of unobstructed interior. Packard Motor Car Company's factory built in 1907 was the first development of this principle. The following is a list of notable architecture firms, past and present. ... Packard was a United States based brand of automobile originally known as the Ohio Automobile Co. ...

The success of the Packard plant interested Henry Ford in Kahn's designs. Kahn designed Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant, begun in 1909 where Ford consolidated production of the Ford Model T and perfected the assembly line. Kahn later designed, in 1917, the massive half-mile-long Ford River Rouge Plant. The Rouge grew into the largest manufacturing complex in the U.S., with a force that peaked at 120,000 workers. According to the company website, "By 1938, Kahn's firm was responsible for 20 percent of all architect-designed factories in the U.S." Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2005. ... The Highland Park Ford Plant was a production plant for Ford Motor Company in the city of Highland Park, Michigan, which is surrounded by Detroit. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ford Model T For the blues musician, see T-Model Ford. ... 1913 Ford Model T assembly line. ... Aerial view of the Rouge complex in 1942 Interior of the Rouge Tool & Die works, 1944 The River Rouge Plant (commonly known as the Rouge Complex or just The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan at the confluence of the Rouge and Detroit...

Kahn was responsible for many of the buildings and houses in Walkerville, Ontario built under direction of Walker family including Willistead Manor. Kahn's interest in historically styled buildings is also seen in his houses in Indian Village, Detroit, Cranbrook House, the Edsel Ford House and the Dearborn Inn, the world's first airport hotel. Walkerville, Ontario, Canada was developed by whiskey mogul Hiram Walker in the late 1800s. ... Indian Village is a historic neighborhood located on Detroits east side. ...

Kahn's Conservatory on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan

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Kahn also designed the landmark 28-story Art Deco Fisher Building in Detroit, considered one of the most beautiful elements of the Detroit skyline. In 1928, the Fisher building was honored by the Architecture League of New York as the year's most beautiful commercial structure. Asheville City Hall. ... The Fisher Building Built in 1928, the Fisher Building has been nicknamed Detroits largest art object. Sitting on the corner of West Grand Boulevard and Second Street in Detroit, Michigan, the Art Deco skyscraper lies in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit. ...

A frequent collaborator with Kahn was architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci. In all Parducci worked on about 50 Kahn commissions including banks, office buildings, newspaper buildings, mausoleums, hospitals and private residences. Corrado Giuseppe Parducci (March 10, 1900 - November 22, 1981) was an American architectural sculptor. ...

Kahn's firm designed a large number of the army airfield and naval bases for the United States government during World War I. By World War II, Kahn's 600-person office was involved in making Detroit the Arsenal of Democracy including designing the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, and the Willow Run Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan where Ford Motor Company mass produced B-24 Liberator bombers, Kahn's last building. Albert Kahn worked on more than 1,000 commissions from Henry Ford and hundreds for other automakers. Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Water Tower and Statue of Demetrius Ypsilanti Ypsilanti (Ǐp-sǐ-lǎn-tē) is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American bomber that was produced in greater numbers than any other American combat aircraft during the World War II and was used by most of the Allied air forces during the war. ...

As of 2006 Kahn had around 60 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Not all of Kahn's works have been preserved. The Donovan Building, later occupied by Motown Records, abandoned for decades, was demolished as part of Detroit's beautification plan before the Super Bowl in 2006. The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ... Motown Records, Inc. ...

He is not related to American architect Louis Kahn. Salk Institute, La Jolla, California Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901/1902 – March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned architect who practiced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Kahn-designed buildings

Albert Kahn's General Motors Building (now Cadillac Place, 3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI

• Hiram Walker offices, 1892, in Windsor, Ontario
• Detroit Racquet Club, 1902
• Temple Beth El, 1903, Kahn's home synagogue, now the Bonstelle Theater of Wayne State University
• The Palms Apartments, 1901-3, on Jefferson Avenue, Detroit
• Belle Isle Aquarium and Conservatory, 1904, and Casino, 1907 on Belle Isle, Detroit
• George N. Pierce Plant, 1906, in Buffalo, New York
• Willistead Manor, 1906, home of the son of Hiram Walker
• Battle Creek Post Office, 1907, concrete construction method used again later that year in Kahn's Packard plant

• Packard Plant, 1907, Kahn's tenth factory for Packard but first concrete one
• Cranbrook House, 1907, at Cranbrook Educational Community
• Highland Park Ford Plant, 1908, Highland Park, Michigan
• Mahoning National Bank, 1909, Youngstown, Ohio
• Detroit News building, 1917
• General Motors Building, 1919, largest office building in the world at that time, GM world headquarters, now State of Michigan offices
• First National Building, Detroit, 1922
• Detroit Police Headquarters, 1923
• Temple Beth El, 1923, second building
• Walker Power Plant, 1923, in Windsor
• Detroit Free Press building, 1925
• Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 1927, Henry Ford's son's home, built as an English manor house in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.
• Fisher Building, major skyscraper of Detroit for decades
• River Rouge Glass Plant, 1930
• Dearborn Inn, 1931, world's first airport hotel, built and decorated in the Georgian style
• Ford Rotunda, designed for Chicago World's Fair, 1934 (burned, 1963)
• Dodge Truck Plant, 1938, Warren, Michigan
• Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, 1941, produced 1/4 of American WWII tanks, continued tank production until 1997
• Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1941, used by Ford for bombers during the war, then by Kaiser for cars, then by GM for transmissions
• Ford Richmond Plant, California
• Buildings at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Engineering Building (now called West Hall, with George Mason) 1904, Hill Auditorium 1913, Natural Science Building 1913, Hatcher Graduate Library 1920, Clements Library 1923, Angell Hall 1924, Couzens Hall 1925, University Hospital (now destroyed) 1925, Simpson Institute for Medical Research 1927, Burton Tower 1936

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See also

• Joseph Nathaniel French

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External links

• Walkerville
• Albert Kahn Associates
• Detroit News article
• Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
• BuildingsOfDetroit.COM Bio