Louis Kahn is considered by many to be the greatest modern architect. His design for the Jewish Community Center on the outskirts of Trenton, New Jersey, which he began in 1954, epitomizes the essential forms for which Kahn is known. While simple in scale and program, this building shows Kahn's work at its most elemental. The Jewish Community Center is also important in its reflection of two larger social issues of the time. The suburbanization of America coincided with the JCC's move from downtown Trenton to a nearby suburban community. And the Jewish community was in transition after WWII. This is the next title in our Casa Malaparte series. Like the other titles in the series, this book offers an in-depth analysis of a single structure through original documents, drawings, and critical examination of the design process.
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Susan G. Solomon 's essay on Kahn's Jewish Community Center appeared in the book Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture.
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Susan G. Solomon was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Trained as an art historian with a concentration on twentieth-century architecture, Solomon has extensive experience as curator, writer,and speaker. She heads her own research firm, Curatorial Resources & Research in Princeton, New Jersey.
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This review is from: Louis I. Kahn's Trenton Jewish Community Center: Building Studies 6 (Paperback)
This is a great book about one of Kahn's overlooked masterpieces! It's easy to read and incredibly well-researched. I think it's a shame that I haven't seen this book in more museum bookshops. While Solomon mainly focuses on the one work, the book addresses many important issues related to Kahn's career, his religion, and spirituality.
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Prior to his work for the Trenton Jewish Community Center, Kahn received a few widely diverse commissions from isolated segments within the Jewish institutional world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main community building, phone conversation with author, building bureau, synagogue design, construction committee, basket room, synagogue architecture, pool enclosure, bath house, interview with author Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adath Jeshurun, Building Bureau, Trenton Jcc, Jewish Community Center, New Haven, New Jersey, Progressive Architecture, Ahavath Israel, Beth Sholom, Tel Aviv, Jewish Center, Leon Spector, New York, United States, Architectural Forum, Ben Sira, Jewish Community Reporter, Lower Ferry Road, Workmen's Circle, Architectural Review, Bucks County, International Style, Richard Kauffmann, World War, Yale Art Gallery New!
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Prior to his work for the Trenton Jewish Community Center, Kahn received a few widely diverse commissions from isolated segments within the Jewish institutional world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main community building, phone conversation with author, building bureau, synagogue design, construction committee, basket room, synagogue architecture, pool enclosure, bath house, interview with author Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adath Jeshurun, Building Bureau, Trenton Jcc, Jewish Community Center, New Haven, New Jersey, Progressive Architecture, Ahavath Israel, Beth Sholom, Tel Aviv, Jewish Center, Leon Spector, New York, United States, Architectural Forum, Ben Sira, Jewish Community Reporter, Lower Ferry Road, Workmen's Circle, Architectural Review, Bucks County, International Style, Richard Kauffmann, World War, Yale Art Gallery New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Springboard in the Pond: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool by Thomas A. P. Van Leeuwen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- New Architecture and City Planning (Essay index reprint series) by Jpaul Zucker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA) (Campus History Series) by Amey A. Hutchins in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- No Place Like Utopia: Modern Architecture and the Company We Kept by Peter Blake in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter : A History by Arthur Hertzberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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