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The man who envisioned and realized such landmark buildings as the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the National Assembly complex in Bangladesh, Louis Kahn was born in what is now Estonia, immigrated to America, and became one of the towering figures in his adopted country's built world. His works are unmistakable in their elegance, monolithic power, and architectural honesty.
Written by Carter Wiseman, one of Kahn's most respected commentators, this book offers a succinct, accessible examination of the life and work of one of America's greatest architects. It traces the influence of his immigrant origins, his upbringing in poverty, his education, the impact of the Great Depression, and the arrival of Modernism on his life and work. Finally, it provides insight into why, as the legacy of many of his contemporaries has receded in importance, Kahn's has remained so durably influential. Louis Kahn: A Life in Architecture provides the best concise introduction available to this singular life and achievement.
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Architecture GeneralINDEX
Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations, and CP followed by a number denotes a plate in the color gallery following page 86. Buildings designed by Kahn are designated by his name in parentheses.
Aalto, Alvar, 99
Aaron, Daniel, 19
Abramovitz, Max, 8, 82
Ahaveth Israel Synagogue, Philadelphia, PA (Kahn), 36, 53, 65
Albers, Anni, 46–47, 48
Albers, Joseph, 21, 46, 46–47, 48
Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Kahn), 64, 65–71, 67, 68, 72, 74, 77, 80, 84, 95
Alofsin, Anthony, 45–46
American Academy, Rome: Howe at, 44; Kahn at, 50, 58, 64, 69, 77, 86, 98; Patton at, 86
American Federation of Labor facility, Philadelphia (Kahn), 65
American Institute of Architects, 17, 44
American Society of Planners and Architects, 60
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX, 82–83
anti-Semitism: impact on Kahn, 18; Nazis and Vichy regime, architects associating with, 3; in Philadelphia of Kahn’s childhood, 10; at University of Pennsylvania, 18
Architectural Record, 43–44
Architectural Research Group (ARG; formerly Society for the Advancement of Architecture), 33–35, 38
“Architecture and Modern Housing” (Kahn), 29
Armstrong, Rodney, 76–77, 88, 94
back-to-the-land movement, 36
Bangladesh, government center in Dhaka (Kahn), 3–4, 75, 83, 99–103, 100, CP14, CP15
Banham, Reyner, 69–70, 84
Barnes, Edward Larrabee, 76
Bauer, Catherine, 34
Bauhaus, 21–22, 45, 47, 82
Beaux-Arts: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 14, 30, 45, 50; Howe’s training in Beaux-Arts style, 30, 44; IIM, Ahmedabad, and, 98; Kahn’s training in Beaux-Arts style, 14–15, 21, 24, 39, 49, 51, 90; modernism/International Style eclipsing, 21, 23–24; Phi...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- ONE The Birth of a Vision
- TWO Shock to the System
- THREE Keeping the Faith
- FOUR Right Time, Right Place
- FIVE Framing the Message
- SIX Lessons in Learning
- SEVEN Art for Art’s Sake
- EIGHT An Architecture of Aspiration
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- COLOR PLATES