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Kahn, Albert
(b Rhaunen, nr Mainz, 21 March 1869; d Detroit, 8 Dec 1942). American architect. He grew up in Echternach but emigrated to Detroit with his family in 1880, at which time his formal schooling ended. His architectural training was with the Detroit architectural firm of Mason & Rice (1884–95), where he rapidly became chief designer, working in the mode of H. H. Richardson and the Shingle style. His designs of this period may include the Grand Hotel (1888) on Mackinaw Island, MI. He spent 1891 in Europe on a travelling scholarship. During his time with Mason & Rice his admiration began for the work of McKim, Mead & White, which led in the 1920s to his designs for the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the General Motors Building in Detroit.
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