| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibiographical references (pages [355]-378) and index. |
| Contents |
Ending -- In situ : Salk Institute for Biological Studies -- Preparing -- In situ : Kimbell Art Museum -- Becoming -- In situ : Phillips Exeter Library -- Achieving -- In situ : National Assembly Building of Bangladesh -- Arriving -- In situ : Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad -- Beginning. |
| Summary |
"Born in Estonia 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia. By the time of his mysterious death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this enormous reputation was based on only a handful of masterpieces, all built during the last fifteen years of his life. [T]his warm, captivating person, beloved by students and admired by colleagues, was also a secretive man hiding under a series of masks.... Interspersed throughout her account of Kahn’s life and career are exhilarating "in situ" descriptions of what it feels like to move through his built structures."-- Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
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Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974. (OCoLC)fst00031936
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Architects -- United States -- Biography.
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Architects. (OCoLC)fst00813114
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Individual Architects & Firms -- General.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Contemporary (1945- )
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Life of Louis Kahn |
| ISBN |
9780374279974 (hardcover) |
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0374279977 (hardcover) |
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