- Paperback: 252 pages
- Publisher: The MIT Press (May 12 1980)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262580403
- ISBN-13: 978-0262580403
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"Here we see the multifold nature of a large-scale, twentieth-century architectural practice, and how it was inspired by the challenge of industrial work. What comes through especially forcefully is that spirit of 'getting-the-job-done' that so characterized the flowering of American industry in what now seems, perhaps, a more simply motivated and distant era."
— Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
— Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
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Albert Kahn designed his first factory in 1903; by 1918, when he began the Rouge River Ford Plant, he had become the foremost industrial architect of the United States. His reputation soon became international; between 1929 and 1932 Kahn and his staff designed over 500 plants in Russia alone. By the time of his death in 1942, much of the rapid mechanization of the world in the previous forty years had been guided by his designs.
Kahn's contribution to architecture goes far beyond his revolutionary application of the principles and economics of technology to factory design. He also transformed the design process itself from an individual to a team effort by combining related areas of expertise in much the same manner as the new factories were combining skills and materials to mass-produce automobiles and other heavy machinery.
This book documents and analyzes Kahn's career, including the unique team practice that he originated. Of the over two thousand factories designed by his firm, all representative prototypal examples are discussed in detail; major nonindustrial works by the firm are also included in order to present a comprehensive picture of Kahn's practice. His work is considered in the context of his contemporaries both in the United States and in Europe in order to clarify the usefulness of the contributions he made. The 99 illustrations include both photographs and working drawings.
Kahn's contribution to architecture goes far beyond his revolutionary application of the principles and economics of technology to factory design. He also transformed the design process itself from an individual to a team effort by combining related areas of expertise in much the same manner as the new factories were combining skills and materials to mass-produce automobiles and other heavy machinery.
This book documents and analyzes Kahn's career, including the unique team practice that he originated. Of the over two thousand factories designed by his firm, all representative prototypal examples are discussed in detail; major nonindustrial works by the firm are also included in order to present a comprehensive picture of Kahn's practice. His work is considered in the context of his contemporaries both in the United States and in Europe in order to clarify the usefulness of the contributions he made. The 99 illustrations include both photographs and working drawings.
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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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