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词条 Fisher and New Center Buildings
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  1. Fisher Building

  2. New Center Building

  3. Significance

  4. References

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| caption = Albert Kahn Building (left) and Fisher Building (right) in Detroit. Cadillac Place is in the background.
| location= Detroit, Michigan
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| built =1927 and 1930
| architect= Albert Kahn
| architecture= Art Deco
| added = October 14, 1980
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The Fisher Building and the New Center Building are two office buildings located adjacent to one another at 7430 2nd Avenue and 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. They share a 1980 listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

Fisher Building

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The Fisher Building is a 30-story office building designed by Albert Kahn. It was built in 1928, constructed primarily of limestone, granite, and marble. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, has been nicknamed Detroit's largest art object.[2] The building was to house the automotive company Fisher Body of the Fisher brothers (Frederick, Charles, William, Lawrence, Edward, Alfred and Howard), and is widely considered Kahn's greatest achievement. The year of its construction, the Fisher building was honored by the Architectural League of New York as the year's most beautiful commercial structure. The opulent three-story barrel vaulted lobby is constructed with 40 different kinds of marble, decorated by Hungarian artist Géza Maróti, and is highly regarded by architects.[3][4]

New Center Building

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The New Center Building was also designed by Kahn and built by the Fisher brothers.[5] The ten-story building is architecturally similar to the Fisher Building, and the two are connected by an underground tunnel. The building was originally designed to house office and retail space, but as of 2004 houses only offices, including those of Albert Kahn and Associates.[5] The building was renamed the Albert Kahn Building in 1988.[5]

Significance

The Fisher Building was built in 1927-1928; the New Center Building followed in 1930-31.[6] The two buildings are the only structures built by the Fishers in the New Center; although more buildings were planned, the Great Depression and World War II intervened.[7] However, the Fisher and New Center Buildings as a pair are an architecturally significant complex demonstrating some of the finest craftsmanship and artistry in Art Deco style buildings.[6] The two buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1980; the Fisher Building was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989.

References

1. ^{{NRISref|2008a}}
2. ^Houston, Kay and Linda Culpepper (March 20, 2001).[https://archive.is/20130102223240/http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=32 The most beautiful building in the world] Michigan History, The Detroit News. Retrieved on November 23, 2007.
3. ^Rebecca Mazzei (November 30, 2005).Still Standing. Metro Times. Retrieved on January 14, 2008.
4. ^AIA Detroit Urban Priorities Committee, (January 10, 2006).Top 10 Detroit Interiors.Model D Media. Retrieved on January 14, 2008.
5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=MJFvACrP5qwC Randall Fogelman,] Detroit's New Center, Arcadia Publishing, 2004, {{ISBN|0-7385-3271-1}}, pp. 54-56.
6. ^Fisher and New Center Buildings from History, Arts, and Libraries at the state of Michigan.
7. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=MJFvACrP5qwC Randall Fogelman,] Detroit's New Center, Arcadia Publishing, 2004, {{ISBN|0-7385-3271-1}}, p. 7.
{{Architecture of metropolitan Detroit}}{{National Register of Historic Places in Michigan}}

5 : Office buildings in Detroit|Buildings and structures completed in 1927|Buildings and structures completed in 1930|Art Deco architecture in Michigan|National Register of Historic Places in Detroit

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