Additional Resources
This collection of additional resources offers deeper insight into the life, work, and lasting influence of Albert Kahn, including archival materials, recommended readings, external websites, and related research.
Above: Albert Kahn seated at his desk in the Marquette building, 1921 (Detroit News photo).
Archives, Artwork, and Architectural Drawings
- Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
- Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan Albert Kahn Associates
- Albert Kahn Family Papers
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
- Detroit Historical Society
- Encyclopedia of Detroit
- Detroit Institute of Arts Kahn Architectural Drawings
- The Henry Ford
- Library of Congress
- Albert Kahn Library at LTU: Home
- Walter Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
- Smithsonian American Arts Archives Albert Kahn Papers Finding Aid
- Historic Detroit
- Historian Details 300 Kahn Sites
- Michigan Architectural Foundation’s 100 Essential Architecture Books
- Historical Detroit Area Architecture
Select Bibliography
Arnold, Amy and Brian Conway. Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America. Kaysville, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2016.
Bucci, Fredrico. Albert Kahn, Architect of Ford. New York, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1993.
Ferry, W. Hawkins. The Legacy of Albert Kahn. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1987.
Hodges, Michael. Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2018.
Hyde, Charles K. Arsenal of Democracy: The Automobile Industry in World War II. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2013.
Smith, Michael G., Designing Detroit, Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2017.
Smith, Terry. Making the Modern: Industry, Art, and Design in America. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1993.
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