Julius Kahn (inventor)
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Julius Kahn was an American engineer, industrialist, and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Kahn system, a reinforced concrete engineering technique for building construction. The Kahn system, w
Julius Kahn
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Engineering Building (1905)
The Albert Kahn Building in Detroit, where Julius worked in fabrication designs
The Kahn family, 1921
Albert Kahn (architect)
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Albert Kahn was an American architect who collaborated with his brother Julius Kahn in designing industrial plant complexes such as the Ford River Rouge automobile complex. Based in Detroit, he also d
Julius Kahn (inventor)
…Public Schools. He completed the normal four-year high school curriculum in three years. Kahn, assisted financially by his older brother, architect Albert, attended the University of Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Science and a degree in Civil Engineering in 1896. After graduating from the University…
Kahn in the 1930s
General Motors building (1919) in New Center, Detroit, a U.S. National Historic Landmark, listed in 1985.
University of Michigan Angell Hall (1924) in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ford Engineering Laboratory (1930) in Dearborn, Michigan