Architecture

Collection Scope From the Collection: The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...

Dates: 1987-1993; undated

Found in: Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research / Cranbrook Academy of Art Women's Committee / Series II: Events and Programs

Inflated Air House Has Rounded Top With Brick Walls in Background

Digital Image

Identifier: 202101_71_08_03

Dates: Digitized: 2022-10-05

Found in: Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research

Kenneth Dale Isaacs Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2021-01

Abstract A graduate and former head of the Design Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 1950s, Ken Isaacs was an American designer, author and educator best known for his portable, customizable Living Structures and Microhouses. He claimed his design philosophy was influenced more by anthropologists than by architects. Moving from place to place and working with commonly available building materials were experiences in Isaacs’ own childhood and capabilities that he prioritized in his designs....

Dates: 1900 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1945 - 2016

Found in: Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research