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 biographical chronology of the architect's life and a complete list of his buildings and projects from 1925 to 1974. The primary texts critically address different dimensions and periods of Kahn's production.
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From Publishers Weekly
Architect Louis Kahn discovered late in life how to transform the ruins of ancient Rome into modern buildings. His pursuit of an ideal geometric order was informed by a keen sense of history. Based on platonic shapes, his buildings, at once monumental and human in scale, marked the end of the international style and opened the way for a revival of vernacular and classical traditions. These themes are documented in a lavishly illustrated retrospective survey which accompanies a traveling exhibition. Brownlee, associate professor of art history, and DeLong, professor of architecture, both at the University of Pennsylvania, track Kahn's prodigious career in intimate essays followed by a 160-page pictorial section analyzing 14 key projects. Simultaneously Rizzoli is also publishing Louis I. Kahn: Writings, Lectures, Interviews , edited by Alessandra Latour, which includes Kahn's essays, philosophical meditations and free-verse poems, and The Paintings and Sketches of Louis I. Kahn , by Jan Hochstim (see review above).
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This official catalog of a traveling exhibition organized by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art represents an extraordinary collaborative effort: in addition to a brief introduction by Kahn enthusiast Vincent Scully, it contains six well-researched and lucidly written essays that begin with Kahn's formative years and conclude with his designs for the Yale Center for British Art. Also included is a complete listing of Kahn's buildings and projects from 1925 to 1974; an annotated bibliography; and a handsome, specially commissioned photo portfolio of Kahn's best-known works. An indispensable reference for anyone interested in contemporary American architecture. See also Louis I. Kahn: Writings, Lectures, Interviews, reviewed on p.124.--Ed.
- H. Ward Jandl, National Park Svce., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- H. Ward Jandl, National Park Svce., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great overview of Kahn's career.,
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This review is from: Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture (Paperback)
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.
11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Encounter all Kahn's master pieces.,
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This review is from: Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture: Condensed (Paperback)
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.
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Copiously illustrated review of 44 major works,
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This review is from: Louis I. Kahn (Studio Paperback) (Paperback)
This is a concise and copiously illustrated paperback survey on 190 pages of all major buildings and projects from 1935 to 1983 published under ISBN: 3764359641 by Birkhäuser (Basel...) and ISBN: 0817959641 by Birkhäuser (Boston) in English and German side by side. Following 8 page Introduction, each of the presented 44 works is headed by a description from as little as just a few lines to over a page long followed by illustrations from one to several depending on work's scope. All of several hundreds only B&W (many multi-picture) illustrations - many of them technical (plans, sections, sketches, elevations, etc.), but also B&W photos of a good quality - are well balanced, superbly crisp and perfectly legible. On several pages at the end, there are: a biography, selected bibliography, list of works, etc. on several pages. Like all from the Studio Paperback series, the book is solid among architectural monographs even of a bigger size. Similar to smaller books from the Works and Projects series published by Gustavo Gili (GG) in English and Spanish.
CONTENTS: 7 Introduction 8 Preface Buildings and Projects 14 Ahava Israel Synagogue, Philadelphia 16 Oser House, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 19 Genel House, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 22 Weiss House, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 24 Yale University Art Gallery Extension, New Haven 28 Mill Creek Public Housing, Philadelphia 34 Weber DeVore House, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 35 Adler House, Philadelphia 36 Adath Jeshurun Synagogue, Philadelphia 38 Trenton Bathhouse, Trenton, New Jersey 42 City Tower, Philadelphia 44 Civic Forum, Philadelphia 46 Morris House, Mount Kisko, New York 48 Richards Medical Research Building/Goddard Laboratories, Philadelphia 56 Tribune Rewiew Press Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania 58 First Unitarian Church and Community Center, Rochester, New York 62 US Consulate, Luanda, Angola 64 Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, San Diego 72 Goldenberg House, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 74 Fleisher House, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 76 Esherick House, Philadelphia 80 Dormitories for Women Students, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 84 Fisher House, Hatboro, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 88 Mikveh Israel Synagogue, Philadelphia 90 Fine Arts Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana 94 Indiana Institute of Managment, Ahmedabad, India 108 National Assembly Complex, National Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka 120 Government Center with President's Palace, Islamabad, Pakistan 124 College of Art, Philadelphia 128 Dominican Sister's Convent, Delaware County, Pennsylvania 130 St. Andrew's Priory, Valyermo, California 132 Philips Exeter Academy, Library and Dinning Hall, Exeter, New Hampshire 140 Olivetti Factory, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 142 Jewish Martyr's Memorial, New York 144 Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, Texas 150 Office Highrise, Kansas City, Kansas 154 Hurvah Synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel 158 Palace of Congress and Buildings for the Biennale, Venice 162 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut 166 Inner Harbor Office and Shopping Center, Baltimore, Maryland 168 Family Planning Center, Kathmandu, Nepal 170 Korman House, Montgomery County near Philadelphia 174 Pocono Arts Center, Luszerne County, Pennsylvania 176 Roosevelt Memorial, New York 177 Location plans 181 Biography 184 Selected Bibliography 185 List of Works 189 Illustration credits
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