- Hardcover: 249 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press (July 15 1974)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262080540
- ISBN-13: 978-0262080545
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,776,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Beauty and Practicality of Industrial Design, Jun 16 2010
By Theseus "theseus" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Designing for Industry: The Architecture of Albert Kahn (Paperback)
A handsome, oblong trade paperback from MIT. 232 pp, b&w illustrations throughout: photos, elevations, floor plans. About 15 pp of bibliographical and narrative End Notes.This comprehensive book assays Kahn's industrial and non-industrial projects from the late 19th century through 1942, including projects for Packard, Chrysler, and Ford, the Hill Auditorium, the Detroit Athletic Club, mill design, office design, the General Motors Building, the Clements Library, the Glenn Martin projects, and even Edsel Ford's home.
TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS
- Childhood
- Mason and Rice
- Letters and Observations: 1894
- Constituent Features of Kahn's Background
- Henry Joy and the Detroit Automobile Industry
- Packard Plant No. 10
- The Geo N. Pierce Plant
- The Ford Highland Park Plant
- The Packard Forge Shop
- Kahn in the Context of his Contemporaries
- The University of Michigan Hill Auditorium
- The "Farm," Walnut Lake
- The Impact of the Assembly Line
- Beginnings of the ford Rouge Complex: The Eagle Plant
- Rogue in Expansion: The Glass Plant and Open Hearth Mills
- Office Structure and Organization
- The Russian Venture
- The General Motors Building
- The Edsel Ford Home
- The Fisher Building
- The Forumulated Approach: The Chevrolet Commercial Body Plant
- The De Soto Press Shop
- The Chrysler Half Ton Truck Plant
- Glenn Martin projects
- The Chrysler Tank Arsenal
- Other Wartime Projects
- "Beautiful Factories"
- An Appraisal
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