Albert Kahn Victor Gruen Ruth Adler Schnee Mitten Modern Exhibit explores the epicenter of modern design in postwar America. I Suzanne Chessler Contributing Writer T he architectural designs of Albert Kahn and the iconic textiles of Ruth Adler Schnee are among the focal points for an upcoming exhibit and symposium to be featured at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills. "Michigan Modern: Design That Shaped America" can be seen June 14-Oct. 13 as launched by a symposium (June 13-16) of the same title. "This project covers Michigan's contribution to Modernism:' explains Shoshana Resnikoff, collections fellow at the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. "When you see what contemporary America looks like and what architectural and design landscapes look like, you really can trace a lot of the beginnings back to Michigan7 Visitors will view cars, furniture proto- types, textiles, experimental pieces, archi- tectural models, plans, photographs and even rebuilt structures. "The exhibition celebrates the contri- butions made by Michigan people, and Kahn and Schnee are primary Jewish figures in that:' says Resnikoff, curator of the companion display "A Driving Force: Cranbrook and the Car," which gives a sense of the evolution of design elements in the automobile industry "The symposium supports the exhibi- tion with a more academic, in-depth explo- ration as scholars explain their work and research7 Dale Allen Gyure, professor of architec- ture at Lawrence Technological University, will discuss "Serenity and Delight: The Architectural Humanism of Minoru Yamasaki" during the symposium. Lonny Zimmerman, vice president of Siegal/Tuomaala Associates Architects and Planners in Southfield, for the first eight years of his career worked for Yamasaki, sometimes on models similar to those dis- played in the exhibition. "The size of Yamasaki's projects ranged from small to large, but the constant in all his work was a search for human scale and sensibilities to enhance environments," explains Zimmerman about the architect who disliked all-glass skyscrapers. "In his high-rise towers, including the World Trade Center, he wanted the design of the building facades, materials, Saturday, June 15th 1-3 p. We will be dancing to celebrate landscaping, lobby artwork and all other aspects to provide a sense of serenity, a simple elegance that made people feel delight and enjoyment "Yamasaki's humanism is represented best by some of the diverse projects he designed that were not high-rise build- ings, including Wayne State University's McGregor Memorial; North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, M.; Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township; Far East religious temples; and projects in Saudi Arabia7 The symposium's long list of speakers will include architect and historian Alan Hess, who will discuss Jewish architect Victor Gruen, a pioneer in the design of shopping malls, in a talk titled "Gruen's Northland and the Landscape of Suburban Modernism7 Among many tour destinations for sym- posium participants will be the Melvyn Maxwell Smith House in Bloomfield Hills, where a Jewish couple realized their dream of owning a Usonian home, designed and visited by Frank Lloyd Wright. Beyond Cranbrook, the exhibition and symposium are being arranged by the State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan State Housing Development Authority and MPd1 Studios of Ann Arbor. David Fredenthal, a Jewish Detroiter who studied under Zoltan Sepeshy at Cranbrook before going to work as a wartime painter for the State Department and then Life magazine, will be featured in another complementary exhibit, "What to Paint and Why: Modern Painters at Cranbrook, 1936-19747 "I think this summer will be an excit- ing time to think about the ways in which Michigan really transformed the American architectural, industrial and domestic land- scapes of the 20th century:' says Resnikoff, who came to Michigan this past autumn and has attended services at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. 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