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Louis I. Kahn

Born

in Kuressaare, Estonia

February 20, 1901

Died

March 17, 1974

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Arts & Photography

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Louis Isadore Kahn, born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky, was an American architect, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Influenced by ancient ruins, Kahn's style tends to the monumental and monolithic; his heavy buildings do not hide their weight, their materials, or the way they are assembled. Louis Kahn's works are considered as monumental beyond modernism. ...more

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	Louis Kahn: Conversations with Students (Architecture at Rice, 26) by Louis I. Kahn, Princeton Arch 4.13 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louis Kahn: Essential Texts by Louis I. Kahn, Robert Twombly (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light Is the Theme: Louis I Kahn and the Kimbell Art Museum (Kimbell Art Museum publication ; 2) by Louis I. Kahn, Nell E. Johnson 4.36 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louis I. Kahn: Writings, Lectures, Interviews 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SILENCE ET LUMIÈRE 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louis I. Kahn: Building Art and Building Science by Louis I. Kahn, Thomas Leslie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louis I. Kahn: The Construction of the Kimbell Art Museum (I Cataloghi 2) by Louis I. Kahn, Luca Bellinelli (Editor), Joseph Rykwert (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LUMIERE BLANCHE, OMBRE NOIRE - ENTRETIENS by Louis I. Kahn, Jacques Bosser (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louis I. Kahn, Esherick House by Louis I. Kahn, Todd Eberle (Photographer), Walter Wright 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.”
― Louis Kahn

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“The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.”
― Louis I. Kahn

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“A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the price of a book, they only paid for the printing”
― Louis I. Kahn

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