Louis I. Kahn
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Book Overview
This remains one of the most important scholarly and illustrative examinations of Kahn's life work and his philosophy of architecture. Photographs and descriptive analysis are followed by a... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0789300990
ISBN13:9780789300997
Release Date:October 1997
Publisher:Universe Publishing(NY)
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.67 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.6" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
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Louis I. Kahn-In The Realm of Architecture
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
This book was the catalog for the the Kahn exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum in 1990-91. The son of a friend just graduated with a dual degree in Landscape Gardening and Architecture. With his class he visited Bangladesh to see some of Kahn's works. I gave him this book as gift and he could not have been more thrilled with my gift.
Encounter all Kahn's master pieces.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
In one book, you can see through Kahn's famous works, like Salk Institute of Biography Reaserch and Yale Center for British Art. Nice photos and descriptions. This book can be the beginning step for approaching Kahn's philosophy of architecture. He say, "Existence will determines the every nature of things". He used the simple forms to establish a fine-art-class architecture style. Kahn's works could be said as "Simple in FORM, but not simple in MIND." updated: (2009-1-2) I realized I didn't know Kahn much 8 years ago. Form is the final expression of a building. True. But Kahn's buildings shouldn't be read as just FORM or Style. Pictures of modern buildings are always misleading. Not many modern buildings today are pretty in real, when seeing by real eyes. Kahn's buildings are truly "prettier" in real. Just like tasting the real soup, you feel the depth of ingredients (after I grew up a little bit in architecture). I would suggest people to read "Building Art, Building Science" by Thomas Leslie, if you are willing to knowing more about this great architect.
A great overview of Kahn's career.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
A beautiful book...It's filled with so much information about Kahn's major projects. Interesting, well-written text and dozens of sketches and model photos accompany each major project. I'd never heard of Grant Mudford, but his big, color photos are beautiful. There's a list of all of Kahn's projects and buildings from the 1920s until his death in 1974, and a section of Kahn's travel sketches and artwork. The pages are large, the print quality is impressive, and the impeccable graphic design, by Massimo Vignelli with Abigail Sturges, suits Kahn's style perfectly. And it's a good buy, too.
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