KAHN, ALBERT

KAHN, ALBERT
KAHN, ALBERT (1869–1942), U.S. industrial architect. Kahn was born in Rhaunen, Germany, and was taken to the United States in 1881. He was trained in Detroit and specialized in factory design. He was engaged by Henry Ford as one of his principal architects. He also designed assembly plants for other leading automobile companies. His outstanding buildings include the General Motors Building in Detroit (1901) and the Ohio Steel Foundry Company Building (1940). In 1930 the Soviet government engaged him to design a series of factories in the Volga region, and members of his staff helped supervise the construction of industrial plants for the second 5-year plan. He built two Reform synagogues in Detroit for the Beth-El congregation of which he was a member, both in the classical style.   -BIBLIOGRAPHY: R. Wischnitzer, Synagogue Architecture in the United States (1955); J.M. Fitch, American Building, 1 (19662), index; J. Burchard and A. Bush-Brown, Architecture of America (1961), index.

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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  • KAHN, ALBERT — (1860–1940), French philanthropist. Born in Marmoutier (Alsace) to a family of merchants, Kahn settled in Paris in 1876 and found a job at the Banque Goudchaux. However, he displayed such genius in the field of finance that he soon became a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Kahn, Albert — born March 21, 1869, Rhaunen, Westphalia died Dec. 8, 1942, Detroit, Mich., U.S. German born U.S. industrial architect. In 1904 he received a commission for the Packard Motor Car Co. auto factory; his design, with its reinforced concrete frame,… …   Universalium

  • Kahn, Albert — ► (1869 1942) Arquitecto estadounidense. Levantó más de un millar de fábricas en E.U.A. y en la U.R.S.S. * * * (21 mar. 1869, Rhaunen, Westfalia–8 dic. 1942, Detroit, Mich., EE.UU.). Arquitecto industrial estadounidense nacido en Alemania. En… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Albert Kahn — (* 3. März 1860 in Marmoutier; † 14. November 1940 in Boulogne Billancourt) war einer der reichsten Männer Europas zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts und ein Pionier der Farbfotografie. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Les Archives de la Planète …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Albert E. Kahn — Albert Eugene Kahn (May 11, 1912 ndash; September 19, 1979) was an American journalist, and nephew of modernist industrial architect Albert Kahn. Albert Kahn, Inc. completed more than one thousand commissions for Ford Motor Company, and emerged… …   Wikipedia

  • Albert Kahn (Architecte) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Kahn et Albert Kahn. Albert Kahn (21 mars 1869, Rhaunen, Rhénanie Palatinat 8 décembre 1942, Détroit) est l architecte industriel américain le plus important de son époque, il est parfois surnommé l’architecte de …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Albert kahn (architecte) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Kahn et Albert Kahn. Albert Kahn (21 mars 1869, Rhaunen, Rhénanie Palatinat 8 décembre 1942, Détroit) est l architecte industriel américain le plus important de son époque, il est parfois surnommé l’architecte de …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kahn — is a German surname. Kahn is the German word for a small boat. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Cahn. People with the surname Kahn * Albert Kahn (banker) (1860 ndash;1940), French banker,… …   Wikipedia

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