Albert Kahn: Unintended Consequences
When
Thursday October 27, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm Add to Calendar / Add to Google Calendar
Where
Traverwood Branch: Program Room
Description
From 1929 to 1932 Albert Kahn, Inc. oversaw the design and construction of over 500 factories in Soviet Russia; many converted to munitions production during World War II. Without Kahn’s unintended contributions to the Russian war effort there is arguably no decisive Allied victory, making these adaptive renovations among the most influential to ever be applied to his designs. What unique reuses of Kahn designs might we find in metro Detroit if we went looking? Which exhibit the greatest degrees of versatility and unintended consequences? Enjoy this examination of the most wildly unpredictable reuses of Kahn buildings in Metropolitan Detroit.
Dale A. Carson is a photographer and author of Corrado Parducci: A Field Guide to Detroit’s Architectural Sculptor.
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