Detroit News
Title
Detroit News
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
December 7, 2018
Creator
Kahn, Albert
Booth, George G.,(George Gough), 1864-1949
Creator2
Hedrich Blessing Studio (Photographer)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
c. 1916
Work Location
Michigan (state)
Detroit (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Romanesque Revival
Subject
buildings (structures)
newspapers
industrial plants (structures)
reinforced concrete
Description
View of the front and one side of the Detroit News Building in Detroit, MI, designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1916. “In planning a new home for the News, [George] Booth wanted to refine the building’s essentially industrial nature. Accordingly, he inspired his friend Albert Kahn to create a civic-minded building that would elevate the newspaper’s image above the mundane. The dignified, solid massing is embellished with panels extolling the high purposes of the press … Kahn called it one of the first industrial buildings to which he was permitted to give an architectural character,”--AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture, by Eric J. Hill and John Gallagher, 2003. Handwritten on back of photograph: Detroit News, printed: Hedrich-Blessing Studio, 450 East Ohio Street, Chicago Neg. no. 8661-L2.
Material/Medium
concrete
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
b/w photograph: 7 x 9 inches
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-AK-DM012
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