Louis I. Kahn.

Main entry:

Scully, Vincent, Jr., 1920-2017.

Title & Author:

Louis I. Kahn.

Publication:

New York, George Braziller, 1962.

Description:

127 pages illustrations, portrait, plans 27 cm.

Series:

Makers of contemporary architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-127).
Preface -- Text -- Biographical chronology -- Chronological list of buildings and projects -- Plates -- Two statements by Louis Kahn -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Over 100 illustrations, plans, drawings and photographs, together iwth a selection from the writings of the architect, complete bibliography, and chronology.
"Only in the past decade has the name Louis Kahn become familiar throughout the world. Before his exciting designs for the Yale Art Gallery and the Richards Medical Research Building received their justified acclaim, his work was known to a few appreciative men - his students and the most discerning scholars and museum officials. Today, Philadelphia is the site of what are probably the most important new designs in the United States; and this activity flows directly from the offices of Louis Kahn. This study examines Kahn's work in the context of historical developments and a changing critical attitude. Educated in, and strongly influenced by, the Beaux Arts tradition, dismissed by contemporary critics as old-fashioned or at best inconsequential, Kahn developed in relative obscurity. But the rugged strength and clarity of his deigns are causing a reappraisal of critical attitudes - both toward himself as an architect and toward the role of tradition in mid-century architecture. Although tradition has played a strong role in the emergence of Louis Kahn's personal style, he is clearly an architect of the future as much as of the present. His magnificent schemes for urban redevelopment, his plans for logical and convenient public facilities, his intricate (and beautiful) designs to regulate and coordinate traffic flow are all viable solutions to the most pressing design problems of today and tomorrow. In giving us an introduction to the Kahn of 1962 Mr. Scully is also giving us a basis to understand what will probably be the mainstream of American architecture for many years to come." -- Dust Jacket.

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Criticism and interpretation.
Kahn, Louis Isadore, (1901-1974)
Architects United States Biography.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects
Architects United States 20th century.
United States

Form/genre:

Biographies.

Added entries:

Makers of contemporary architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 152941
Call No.: NA44.K12.9 S3 1962a
Status: Available

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