Albert Kahn architecture photographs
Title
Albert Kahn architecture photographs
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
July 17, 2018
Alternative Title or Name
Ford Werke
Ford Motor Company
Creator
Körner, Edmund, 1874-1940
Creator2
Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942 (photograph)
Creator Nationality
German
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
c. 1930
Work Location
Germany (nation)
Cologne (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (style or period)
Subject
factories (structures)
Ford Werke AG
construction sites
Description
View of Ford Werke factory construction site in Cologne, Germany. Building was designed by Essen architect, Edmund Körner. “During the global economic crisis, the mayor of the time, Konrad Adenauer, succeeded in getting Ford to build a complete plant for the German market in Cologne. The city provided the company for the industrial area north of Niehl on the banks of the Rhine. The design of Essen Professor Edmund Körner was carried out within a few months. Körner combined offices, power plants and production halls in a single structure, following American ideas of the integrated factory: the multi-storey office wing forms a flank of the production halls; the power station mediates between office and hall (Rhein) front. The factory, built as a mixture of reinforced concrete and steel construction, has a brick between slender, clad profiles, which were originally dark, later painted white,”—Rheinische Industriekultur website. Photo by Detroit architect, Albert Kahn. The word, "Cologne" is hand written on front of photograph. Photo by Detroit architect, Albert Kahn. The word, "Cologne" is hand written on front of photograph.
Material/Medium
brick (clay material)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-AK019
- Date Added
- June 6, 2018
- Collection
- Albert Kahn Collection
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- construction sites, factories, Ford
- Citation
- “Albert Kahn architecture photographs,” LTU Digital Images, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/17653.