The legacy of Albert Kahn / [edited] by W. Hawkins Ferry ; with an essay by Walter B. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942.

Contributor:

Ferry, W. Hawkins.

Sanders, Walter B., Author of introduction, etc.

Detroit Institute of Arts.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942--Exhibitions.

Kahn, Albert.

Architecture--United States--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Architecture.

Architecture--United States--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Albert Kahn Associates--Exhibitions.

Albert Kahn Associates.

Physical Description:

183 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1987.

Summary:

From the Back Cover: An invaluable handbook tracing the creative genius of Albert Kahn, one of America's most distinguished architects, The Legacy of Albert Kahn presents a chronology of designs in the areas of commercial, civic, institutional, and domestic architecture. Over 280 photographs, drawings, and floor plans illustrate the highly readable text.

Contents:

Foreword / Samuel Sachs II

Albert Kahn 1869-1942 / W Hawkins Ferry

1: Pre-industrial architecture 1888-1908

2: Early industrial architecture 1901-1921

3: Early commercial architecture 1907-1917

4: Early institutional architecture 1913-1919

5: Early residential architecture 1903-1917

6: Late institutional and public architecture 1915-1927

7: Late commercial architecture 1915-1939

8: Late residential architecture 1926-1928

9: Late industrial architecture 1917-1943

Albert Kahn Associates 1942-1970 / Walter B Sanders

10: Completed work Albert Kahn Associates 1942-1970

11: Work in progress Albert Kahn Associates.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Detroit : Detroit Institute of Arts, 1970.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Pam Scott.

ISBN:

0814318886

9780814318881

0814318894 (pbk.)

9780814318898 (pbk.)

OCLC:

15696811