Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

The Foundation’s recent Nightframe event brought together Kahn admirers and talented amateur architectural photographers for a golden-hour walk through Detroit’s New Center area.

The tour was created and guided by Foundation board member and architectural photographer, Bruce Millman.

See a gallery of great photos shot by Nightframe participants which highlight the beauty and character of Kahn’s enduring New Center legacy -- as well as considerable photographic talents.

The Foundation’s recent Nightframe event brought together a group of Albert Kahn admirers and architectural photographers at Detroit’s New Center area for an immersive golden‑hour photography walk. The tour was created and guided by Foundation board member and architectural photographer, Bruce...

09/29/2026

🎟️ Silent Auction Spotlight!

A big thank-you to The Henry Ford for generously donating a Family Membership for Four, a Master Presenter-led Tour, and Hand-Blown Glass to our October 1 silent auction!

This incredible package offers the opportunity to enjoy all that The Henry Ford has to offer while taking home a beautiful piece of hand-blown glass.

We’re grateful to The Henry Ford for supporting the Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation and helping make our October 1 event and silent auction a success!

🎟️ Join us on October 1 and bid on this wonderful experience!
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09/27/2026

🛍️ Silent Auction Spotlight!

A big thank-you to Pewabic for generously donating a Detroit Skyline Tile and a Pewabic Family/Friends Membership to our October 1 silent auction!

Pewabic has been a treasured part of Detroit’s artistic and architectural history for more than a century, and we’re excited to feature these special items at our event. ❤️

We’re grateful to Pewabic for supporting the Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation!

🎟️ October 1 at the historic Argonaut Building

Join us for an evening celebrating and preserving the architectural legacy of Albert Kahn, with a strolling dinner, drinks, a silent auction, and a chance to explore the lobby and 11th floor of this iconic Detroit building.

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09/23/2026

🛍️ Silent Auction Spotlight!

A big thank-you to City Bird for generously donating a Detroit-themed gift bundle to our October 1 silent auction!

This fun collection of Detroit favorites is sure to be a hit with anyone who loves the city. ❤️

We’re grateful to City Bird for supporting the Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation!

🎟️ October 1 at the historic Argonaut Building

Purchase your tickets:
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/albertkahnlegacyfoundation/event/eventregistration/

09/22/2026

Great project underway at Packard Proving Grounds: A relocation of the original employee entrance from the Albert Kahn-designed Packard Plant in Detroit.

09/22/2026

The Detroit Free Press has published a report on the Albert Kahn-designed former home of prominent Detroit clothier Joseph Siegel, which is on the market. See the photo gallery for a look inside this classic Kahn mansion.

The mansion in Detroit's Boston-Edison Historic District retains original details and ties to the prominent Siegel family.

09/21/2026

Henry Ford’s Fordlandia experiment remains one of the most astonishing and improbable chapters in industrial history: a Midwestern company town carved into the Amazon rainforest in the late 1920s.

A recent report from TV station WOOD/NBC/Grand Rapids revisits this bold venture, exploring Ford’s attempt to secure his own rubber supply while exporting an idealized vision of American life to Brazil.

Amid Fordlandia’s Cape Cod style houses, power plant, movie theater, and golf course stood a modern hospital designed by Albert Kahn. At a moment when Kahn was profoundly reshaping industrial architecture worldwide, he also produced a unique, relatively advanced medical facility to serve a Ford installation in one of the most remote regions on Earth.

See WOOD-TV’s thoughtful exploration of Fordlandia, a story that illuminates both Henry Ford’s ambitions and Albert Kahn’s extraordinary reach as an architect.

Henry Ford’s Fordlandia experiment remains one of the most astonishing and improbable chapters in industrial history: a Midwestern company town carved into the Amazon rainforest in the late 1920s. A recent report from TV station WOOD/NBC/Grand Rapids revisits this bold venture, exploring Ford’s ...

09/17/2026

🏛️ The Argonaut Building: An Evening with the Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation

Join us Thursday, October 1, from 6:00–8:30 PM at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education (formerly the Argonaut Building) for an evening of architecture, history, and connection.

✨ Enjoy:
• Guided tours with Jacob Jones & Davy Webb
• The original car turntable
• Light fare, w**e & b**r
• Silent auction
• Complimentary parking

🎟️ Tickets: $95

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