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Louis I. Kahn: Complete Work 1935-1974

A foundational monograph and reference volume on Kahn's buildings, drawings, and institutional work.

monograph

1987

English

Hardcover

448 pages

Louis Kahn museum architecture institutional architecture light structure served and servant space monograph Hardcover

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Heinz Ronner, Sharad Jhaveri, Alessandra Latour

Birkhauser · Basel

Louis Kahn · museum architecture · institutional architecture

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Louis Kahn

1901-1974 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

An architect of institutions whose work turned structure, daylight, and served and servant space into a durable civic language.

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Louis I. Kahn

practice · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1947-1974

Kahn's practice shaped a generation of museums, research institutes, and civic institutions through monumental structure and light.

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Fort Worth

Texas, United States

A Texas city where the Kimbell Art Museum set a lasting standard for museum daylight and structural calm.

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La Jolla

California, United States

A coastal district where laboratory architecture and the Pacific horizon meet in one of Kahn's defining institutional works.

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Philadelphia

Pennsylvania, United States

A city of civic institutions and architectural education, central to the life and practice of Louis Kahn.

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

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Louis Kahn

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Kimbell Art Museum

1972 · Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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Louis Kahn