Research topic: Albert Kahn

Albert Kahn , 1869-1942, American architect, designer of factories, b. Germany. He organized a large office in Detroit that applied the techniques of mass production to architecture, and he designed a great number of factories, war plants, and naval bases. Kahn was a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete and steel. From 1928 to 1932 he was in charge of the industrial building program in the USSR. Bibliography: See G. Nelson, Industrial Architecture of Albert Kahn, Inc. (1939). Author not available, KAHN, ALBERT. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more