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The essential Louis Kahn

Title
The essential Louis Kahn / photographs Cemal Emden.
Author
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
Publication
  • Munich : Prestel, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
Emden, Cemal
Description
319 pages : illustrations (some color); 33 cm
Summary
"This book focuses on over twenty buildings that were designed solely by Louis Kahn. From his native city of Philadelphia to the heart of Bangladesh, Kahn's architecture reflected his fascination with science, mathematics, history, and nature. Striking new interior and exterior photographs by esteemed architectural photographer Cemal Emden reveal the characteristic features of Kahn's aesthetic: juxtaposed materials, repetition of line and shape and geometric precision. Also evident is the way Kahn's designs flourish in a variety of settings--religious, governmental, educational, and residential. The book gives close attention to Kahn's most iconic buildings, including Erdman Hall at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania; the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad; the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka, Bangladesh; and the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut, as well as a cluster of residences he designed in the Philadelphia area. Chapter openers written by architecture professor Caroline Maniaque, an introduction by academic Jale Erzen and an extensive chronology by academic Zekiye Abali, as well as a selection of Kahn's most insightful statements complete this book, which allows for a rich understanding of Kahn's architectural ingenuity."--
Subject
  • Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
  • Architects > United States
  • Architecture > United States
  • Architects
  • Architecture
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-319).
Call Number
JQG 21-537
ISBN
  • 3791387502
  • 9783791387505
OCLC
1179047145
Author
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974, artist.
Title
The essential Louis Kahn / photographs Cemal Emden.
Publisher
Munich : Prestel, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-319).
Added Author
Emden, Cemal, photographer (expression)
Research Call Number
JQG 21-537
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