William L. Clements Library

William L. Clements Library

Lawrence Technological University

September 25, 2018

Kahn, Albert

Hedrich Blessing Studio (Photographer)

American

Single Built Works

1923

Michigan (state)

Ann Arbor (inhabited place)

Renaissance Revival

academic libraries (buildings)

arches

columns (architectural elements)

Corinthian capitals

Exterior view of the entrance to the William L. Clements Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan with three arches and Corinthian columns, and ivy growing across the facade from right to left. The building was designed by Albert Kahn and opened in 1923. "Noted Detroit architect Albert Kahn (1869-1942) designed the Clements Library in the Italian Renaissance style, based on Vignola's casino for the Villa Farnese, ca.1587, in Caprarola, Italy. In Kahn's plan, the casino, a one-story building, was enlarged to two stories, the roof flattened, the windows lengthened, and an elegant triple-arched entrance created. Finally, Kahn further ornamented the limestone exterior with relief sculpture and inlaid marble, the whole resulting in a building of extraordinary beauty and architectural coherence,"--from The History of the William L Clements Library from the University of Michigan website. Printed on back of photograph: ...designed by Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc. Hedrich Blessing Studio 450 East Ohio Street Chicago NEG. No 8685-G Clements Library.

limestone

marble (rock)

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