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out of 5 stars 1. Paperback. $ Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit (Painted Turtle) Michael H. Hodges.

out of 5 stars Hardcover. $ Albert Kahn's Industrial Architecture Thorsten Bürklin. Hardcover.5/5(2). Working closely with the custodians of the Albert Kahn archives I ensured the precious Autochrome photographs were reproduced to their exacting standards.

The task of managing the conversion from the Red, Green and Violet separations of the originals was a unique challenge. Albert Kahn (3 March – 14 November ) was a French banker and philanthropist, known for initiating The Archives of the Planet, a vast photographical ng 22 years, it resulted in a collection of 72, colour photographs andmeters Albert Kahn book : 3 MarchMarmoutier, Bas-Rhin, France.

Between to the mids, Autochrome Lumiere was the primary colour photography process. InAlbert Kahn, by then a Paris banker, purchased several autochrome plates and sent a team to China to record everyday life in the empire.

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Albert Kahn book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Albert Kahn was an architect at the dawn of the automobile age, when the Motor 4/5(2). Albert Kahn, sometimes called architect of Detroit, was born on Ma in Rhaunen, Germany.

He was the son of an itinerant rabbi. In his early age Kahn did not attend school but did various jobs instead and took art lessons from a sculptor named Julius Melchers.

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T square foot Italianate villa, designed by Albert Kahn was built in for Benjamin Siegel, a prominent local merchant. Siegel was the owner of B. Siegel, an upscale women's, misses' and children's clothing store located on Woodward Avenue at State in downtown Detroit.

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Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit by Michael H. Hodges tells the story of the German-Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty to become one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century.

Kahn’s buildings not only define downtown Detroit, but his early car factories for Packard Motor and Ford revolutionized the course of industry and Reviews: 1. Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store.

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It is understood to have been designed by Albert Kahn and that it was originally a Post Office before being used as the Public Schools' surplus equipment on: 14th & Marantette street, Detroit, Michigan. The Legacy Of Albert Kahn book.

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A book that serves to place its subject matter, the stunning colour plates of Albert Kahn, at the core of its subject matter. Each image is given just enough description, to give the reader a reference point for the image, the image then tells its own story/5(57).Additional Physical Format: Online version: Nelson, George, Industrial architecture of Albert Kahn, inc.

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