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Albert Kahn: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born March 21, 1869 • Germany
Died December 8, 1942 (aged 73) • Detroit • Michigan

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Kahn, Albert: General Motors Building
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Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect
Church of Notre-Dame, Le Raincy, Fr., by Auguste and Gustave Perret, 1923, with stained glass by Maurice Denis
Auguste Perret
French architect
Candela, Felix: L'Oceanogràfic
Felix Candela
Spanish architect
Daniel H. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
American architect
Mendelsohn, Erich: Einstein Tower
Erich Mendelsohn
German architect
Portrait of Peter Behrens by Max Liebermann.
Peter Behrens
German architect
Holabird, William; Roche, Martin; Marquette Building
William Holabird
American architect
Home Insurance Company Building, Chicago, designed by Jenney, 1884–85
William Le Baron Jenney
American engineer and architect
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Irving John Gill
American architect
Eiermann, Egon: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Egon Eiermann
German architect
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Stephen Decatur Button
American architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Helmut Jahn: Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
Helmut Jahn
German-American architect
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Konrad Wachsmann
German-born American architect
Chicago Stock Exchange designed by Dankmar Adler, 1897, demolished 1972
Dankmar Adler
American architect
Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian engineer and architect
The Director's Pavillion, salt mines at Arc-et-Senans, near Besançon, Fr., by Ledoux, 1773–75
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
French architect
Revell, c. 1961
Viljo Revell
Finnish architect
La Halle Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier
French architect
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Johannes Andreas Brinkman
Dutch architect

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