The century‑old Packard Proving Grounds in Shelby Township stands today as an extraordinary example of historic preservation and adaptive reuse. It’s also a vivid reminder of what Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act makes possible when it is allowed...
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that a 97‑unit apartment building has opened at Highland Bridge, the original site of the Albert Kahn‑designed Twin Cities Assembly Plant. Known as The Albert, the new four-story building incorporates preserved limestone façade...
Henry Ford’s Fordlandia experiment remains one of the most astonishing and improbable chapters in industrial history: a Midwestern company town carved into the Amazon rainforest in the late 1920s. A recent report from TV station WOOD/NBC/Grand Rapids revisits this...
Architecture has always been one of the University of Michigan’s quietest but most influential teachers. Long before today’s debates over residence halls, classroom buildings or campus master plans, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen understood that a university’s built...
In June 1942, Time magazine published a 1,300‑word profile of Albert Kahn. World War II was the big story and it dominated nearly every page of the publication. The issue’s cover story examined top German General Franz Halder’s plans for the second year of the Nazi...
One of the most thoughtful historic preservation initiatives recently undertaken has been the adaptive reuse of Detroit’s Albert Kahn Building, which is now known simply as The Kahn. Kraemer Design Group’s detailed narrative of the work done on the building’s original...
