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Louis Kahn

Conversations with Students

Louis Kahn( )
Author: Kahn, Louis I.
Series title:Architecture at Rice Ser.
ISBN:978-1-56898-149-9
Publication Date:Jan 1998
Publisher:Princeton Architectural Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $39.50
Book Description:

Louis Kahn (1901-74) is one of the most renowned practitioners of international modernism, on a par with Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe in the extent of his influence on subsequent generations of architects. Kahn sought the spiritual in his powerful forms, and encouraged his students to seek the essential nature of architecture. His Philadelphia-based practice was responsible for such masterpieces as the Richards Medical Research building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Yale Art...
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Book Details
Pages:112
Detailed Subjects: Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / General
Architecture / Regional
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.97 x 20.65 x 0.635 cm
Book Weight:0.17 Kilograms
Author Biography
Kahn, Louis I. (Author)
Louis Kahn, a pioneer of functionalist architecture, was born in Estonia but came with his family to the United States at the age of 4. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he taught at Yale University from 1947 to 1957, during which time he became known for his addition to the Yale University Art Gallery (1951--53). This work, along with his design for the Richards Medical Research Building in Philadelphia (1957--61), gained him wide recognition. Kahn's international reputation as a major force in contemporary architecture came with his designs for the Salk Institute Laboratories in La Jolla, California (1959--65), the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, (1872) and the Paul Mellon Center for British Studies at Yale University (1969--72). From 1957 until his death, Kahn returned to his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, to teach. While there, he helped to start the so-called Philadelphia school of modernism. Kahn's designs, though simple, are powerfully complex and subtle at the same time.

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