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Paula Amad

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Albert Kahn

Roger Matuz

Albert Kahn

Albert Kahn

The story of Albert Kahn, a world-renowned architect. He left his mark across the skyline of Detroit - in skyscrapers and factories, hospitals and theaters - as well as across southeastern Michigan and the world. Albert Kahn was an architect at the dawn of the automobile age, when the Motor City came into its own. This biography tells young readers how he overcame numerous disadvantages to make that indelible mark. Raised in a poor family, Kahn's formal education ended when he was 12. He was colorblind and was fired from his first architectural job for "lack of talent." Yet through skill, determination, and self-confidence he turned hardship to advantage and realized his dream of becoming an architect. Roger Matuz tells Kahn's story in narrative fashion, weaving together anecdotes and quotes by and about Kahn while chronicling his life and work. Matuz relates both major incidents in Kahn's life and descriptions of his work, from the factory in which the first Model T was produced to elegant homes that have received national recognition. He explains how Kahn was influenced by Renaissa...

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The Legacy of Albert Kahn (Great Lakes Books Series)

W Hawkins Ferry

Books

Ten Tenors in Prayer

Charles Gounod
Jules Massenet
Percy B. Kahn
Anonymous
Gioachino Rossini

Music

Med hyrbil och kamera till Dalarna 1910

Albert Kahn

Books

Albert Kahn

Grant Hildebrant
Gordon V. R. Holness

Books

Portraits de Peintres, d'apres les poésies de Marcel Proust (1896) / 1. Albert Cuip

Laure Favre-Kahn

MP3 Downloads

Albert Kahn Sitting at a Desk Collections Photographic Poster Print by Bernard Hoffman, 24x24

Kitchen & Dining

For Richer, For Poorer

Stephen Caffrey
Paul Collins
Joanna Gleason
Robert Harvey
Madeline Kahn

Movies & TV

The Dawn of the Color Photograph

David Okuefuna

Books

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Love Power
by Alan Halverson

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Albert Kahn, 1860-1940

Realites d'une utopie (French Edition)

Albert Kahn

Albert Kahn

Federico Bucci

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