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.
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.
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.
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.
It was designed by Albert Kahn, a leading industrial architect of the early 20th century, and many of the gargoyles, rosettes and other exterior decorations he specified remain in place on the upper floors.
The German industrial architect Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus (literally "building-house") as a place to teach basic craftsmanship after German manufacturing was decimated by World War I.
Designed in the early 1900s by industrial architect Albert Kahn, the 40-acre, 3.5 million square foot complex was once the headquarters and main production site for the Packard Motor Car Company, one of the premier American luxury automobile brands of the 20th century.
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.
