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Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was an American industrial architect who designed industrial plant complexes such as the Ford River Rouge automobile complex. He designed the construction of Detroit skyscrapers and office buildings as well as mansions in the city suburbs.
Mar 18, 2024 · Albert Kahn (born March 21, 1869, Rhaunen, Westphalia [Germany]—died Dec. 8, 1942, Detroit, Mich., U.S.) was an industrial architect and planner known for his designs of American automobile factories. In his time, he was considered the world’s foremost industrial architect and the "father of modern factory design."
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Albert Kahn is perhaps Detroit’s best-known architect, and certainly one of its most prolific. Born in Germany on March 21, 1869, his family moved to Detroit in 1881. To help support his family, Kahn had to work, helping with his father’s early business in the city at the age of 12.
Mar 21, 2020 · Published on March 21, 2020. Share. Known as “the architect of Detroit ,” Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was one of the most prolific architects in US history, with over 60...
Albert Kahn, Architects and Engineers, was, by the 1930s, the largest industrial design firm in the world. The journal Architectural Forum wrote that Kahn’s office was responsible for almost 20 percent of all architect-designed industrial buildings constructed in the US during 1938.
Historical Detroit Area Architecture. Albert Kahn was born in 1869 near Frankfurt in Rhaunen, Germany. His parents and siblings immigrated to the United States in 1881, settling in Detroit.
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