Notes

The U-M Architecture page on AK lists the following buildings, not yet accounted for:

Hospital Penthouse (elev), 1936

Hospital Storage, 1935

President's House Additions, 1933 (Study in NE corner)

Honorable mention goes to the Rackham Building which was designed by William E. Kapp, who had worked several years for Kahn. The external bas reliefs are by long-time Kahn collaborator Carrado Parducci. Of course the design is Kahn's type of Classical meets Art Deco, and many people assume Rackham is a Kahn building. U-M has a nice history here.

Materials at the Engineering Library:

Albert Kahn reconsidered [videorecording] : September 24, 1999 / Grant Hildebrand. VIDEO NA 737 .K12 H64 1999

Designing for industry: the architecture of Albert Kahn., Grant Hildebrand. NA737.K12 H64 (checked out. due back Aug 9)

Albert Kahn, Builder of Detroit, Roger Matuz. at Bentley&Clemens, 29 pages online at google

Albert Kahn, Architect of Modern Times, Dieter Marchello, VIDEO NA 737 .K12 A43 1993

The Legacy of Albert Kahn, Hawkins Ferry. NA 737 .K12 A3 1987 43 pages online at google

From Hildebrand's essay in Albert Kahn, Inspiration for the modern:

There is evidence that Kahn design the port of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. (p 17)

Hill Auditorium's exterior "is a striking reinterpretation of Sullivan's National Farmer's Bank in Owatonna, MN"

the Clements is "a homage to the work of McKim, Mead, and White"

Angell Hall is "a tribute to his friend Henry Bacon's contemporaneous Lincoln Memorial"

In 1893 Kahn turned down an offer by Adler and Sullivan to fill the spot vacated by Frank Lloyd Wright. (all p.18)

Cool Then & Now video by UM Alumni

2015 U-M Article on Kahn's family and the Ferry Field gate.