East Medical Building

East Medical Building

Lawrence Technological University

September 25, 2018

C. C. Little Science Building

Kahn, Albert

Hedrich Blessing Studio (Photographer)

American

Single Built Works

Michigan (state)

Ann Arbor (inhabited place)

Classical Revival (European revival style)

medical schools (buildings)

columns (architectural elements)

Ionic order

Exterior view of the East Medical Center designed by Detroit architect, Albert Kahn and completed in 1925, housed on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "The C. C. (Clarence Cook) Little Science Building built in 1925 is located on the eastern side of the Diag and displays a limestone neoclassical facade with four Ionic-inspired columns designed by Albert Kahn. The facade has two bas reliefs on its entablature on either side that depict a caduceus, an ancient symbol associated with the Greek god Hermes that in modern times has come to signify medicine and health care. (Although the building now houses many departments of the Natural Sciences, it originally served as a medical building.) These reliefs were carved by Ulysses Ricci, who also worked with Kahn on Angell Hall, among other buildings. The use of neoclassical features in the C. C. Little Building is more subtle than that of Angell Hall but no less effective at delineating the entrance of the building in a way that unites old and new architectural style as Kahn was famous for doing,"--from website, The Greek U-M Campus. Printed on back of photo: ...designed by Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc. Hedrich Blessing Studio 450 East Ohio Street Chicago NEG. No 8685-C Medical Bldg.

limestone

brick (clay material)

Net floor area: 184,658 sq. ft.

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