In his time he was considered the world's foremost industrial architect and the "father of modern factory design".
The building, designed by the industrial architect Albert Kahn and built in 1939, previously served as 3M's executive office building.
Erik Bystrup, an industrial architect from Copenhagen, won a competition organized by Energinet.dk, the state-owned utility that operates Denmark's energy grid to find the most attractive pylon.
Built in 1917, the six-story Ford Building was designed by Albert Kahn, arguably the foremost American industrial architect of the 20th century.
To make his large-format photographs, Hocking has built anomalous sculptures in two ghostly auto plants, Fisher Body and Packard, both designed by Detroit's leading industrial architect, Albert Kahn.
March 21 , 1869Rhaunen, Germany December 8 , 1942Detroit, Michigan Albert Kahn, (born March 21 , 1869 Rhaunen, Westphalia [Germany] died Dec. 8, 1942, Detroit, Mich., U.S). industrial architect and planner known for his designs of American automobile factories.
LEVINE--Robert Sheldon, industrial designer, architect and astrophysicist of Manhattan, NY passed away on November 10th at the age of 85. Born in the Bronx on February 28 , 1924 he was the son of the late Murray and Sylvia D. Levine.
So to break down that Nimby, the Danes hit on the idea about a decade ago of having industrial architects, if not artists, design new, pleasingly sculptured pylons, those huge steel towers that support the power lines.
Architect, industrial designer, writer, editor, painter —Giò Ponti, who died in 1979, was one of the design world's most versatile figures.
"He is the overarching figure of Italian design," said Richard Wright, the auction house owner, tracing that arc from the 1920s, when Ponti began his career as an architect, industrial designer and editor in Milan (he founded the Italian magazines Domus and Stile), to the 1970s, the last decade of his life.
