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Yale Center for British Art

The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in central New Haven, Connecticut, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. The collection of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, rare books, and manuscripts reflects the development of British art and culture from the Elizabethan period onward. Its director is currently Martina Droth.

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1966

New Haven, New Haven, United States

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education campus building house Education building light structure served and servant space

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Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, United States

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Louis Kahn

1901-1974 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Louis Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect whose monumental late works include the parliament complex in Dhaka.

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studio · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Louis I. Kahn: Complete Work 1935-1974

Heinz Ronner, Sharad Jhaveri, Alessandra Latour · 1987 · Birkhauser

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