Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 in Rhaunen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany – December 8, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, USA) was the foremost American industrial architect of his day. He designed a number of buildings in Ann Arbor and on the campus of the University of Michigan.

Buildings

• Delta Upsilon Fraternity, 1331 Hill St., constructed 1903
• Ann Arbor News Building, constructed 1936

University of Michigan buildings

• Engineering Building (now West Hall) 1904
• Psychopathic Hospital (demolished) 1906
• Hill Auditorium 1913
• Helen Newberry Residence Hall 1915
• Natural Science Building 1915
• Betsy Barbour Residence Hall 1920
• General Library (now Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library) 1920
• William L. Clements Library 1923
• Angell Hall 1924
• Physical Science Building (now Randall Laboratory) 1924
• University Hospital (demolished) 1925
• Couzens Hall 1925
• East Medical Building (now C. C. Little) 1925
• Thomas H. Simpson Memorial Institute 1927
• University Museums Building 1928
• Burton Memorial Tower 1936
• Neuropsychiatric Institute (demolished) 1938

More information

• Wikipedia: Albert Kahn (architect)
• Schreiber, Penny. “Albert Kahn’s Campus.” The Ann Arbor Observer, January, 2002, pp. 27-33
• Albert Kahn papers, Bentley Historical Library