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Ely Jacques Kahn (June 1, 1884 – September 5, 1972) was an American commercial architect who designed numerous skyscrapers in New York City in the twentieth century. In addition to buildings intended for commercial use, Kahn's designs ranged throughout the possibilities of architectural programs, including facilities for the film industry.
The first comprehensive exhibition of the work of Ely Jacques Kahn, one of the most enduring and prolific architects of twentieth-century New York, Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect, traces a trajectory through the life and work of a man whose designs have become icons in the architectural landscape of Manhattan.
Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect: Beaux-Arts to Modernism in New York. September 27–December 9, 2006. Lefcourt Clothing Center, 1927, Buchman and Kahn. Kahn and Jacobs Collection, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library.
Aug 27, 2006 · A NEW book on the architect Ely Jacques Kahn is out, a few months after the Landmarks Preservation Commission protected his signature building: the blocky, brilliantly colored 2 Park Avenue of...
American architect. Educated in NYC and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he later became a partner in the firm of Buchman & Fox, NYC, in 1919 (subsequently Buchman & Kahn, and later still (1942) Kahn & Jacobs). He designed several Art Deco skyscrapers in NYC in the 1920s and 1930s.
Sep 21, 2006 · Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972) was one of the most prolific architects in New York City, most known for his work within the 1920s New York building boom. An early exponent of modern polychrome building facades, Kahn evolved an abstract, geometric decorative style that alluded to his classic training at the….
Jun 5, 1994 · Obituary of Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., who died last week, at the age of seventy-seven, after an automobile accident. He began to write for THE NEW YORKER in 1937, when he was a senior at...
