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Albert Kahn

1869 - 1942

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Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was an American architect noted for his collaborations with his brother Julius Kahn in designing industrial plant complexes such as the Ford River Rouge automobile complex. Based in Detroit, he also designed skyscrapers, office buildings, and mansions in the city and suburbs, as well as many buildings at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Kahn has been called the "architect of Detroit" as the designer of nearly 900 buildings in the city. Kahn led an organization of hundreds of architect associates, and in 1937 designed 19% of all architect-designed industrial factories in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Kahn is the 353rd most popular architect (down from 307th in 2019), the 3,944th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,422nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Albert Kahn ranks 353 out of 518. Before him are Laurynas Gucevičius, Christopher Alexander, Benedetto Antelami, Henning Larsen, Imre Makovecz, and Antonio Rinaldi. After him are Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Tylman van Gameren, Yvonne Farrell, Max Berg, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Jan Santini Aichel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Albert Kahn ranks 106. Before him are Henry Wood, Kijirō Nambu, Boris Rosing, Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, Georgette Leblanc, and Dmitri Egorov. After him are Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiến Phúc, Marcel Cachin, Aleš Hrdlička, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, and Johannes Linnankoski. Among people deceased in 1942, Albert Kahn ranks 160. Before him are Ants Laikmaa, Lev Nussimbaum, J. B. M. Hertzog, Kiyonao Ichiki, Ioannis Malokinis, and Nikola Vaptsarov. After him are Ferdinand Albin Pax, Frank Irons, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Oskari Mantere, George Andrew Reisner, and Alberto Franchetti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert Kahn ranks 3,946 out of 7,253. Before him are Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg (1852), Jacob Sturm (1771), Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1976), Emil Welti (1825), Ernst Albrecht (1907), and Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790). After him are Ludwig Bieberbach (1886), Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819), Dora Gerson (1899), Michel Auclair (1922), Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913), and Thomas Berthold (1964).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Albert Kahn ranks 39. Before him are Dominikus Zimmermann (1685), Ernst Ziller (1837), Ernst May (1886), Paul Wallot (1841), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), and Carl Humann (1839). After him are Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), Rudolf Wolters (1903), Herman Sörgel (1885), Martin Gropius (1824), Wilhelm Kreis (1873), and Dankmar Adler (1844).

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