Title & Author:

Buildings know how they should be built / [presented by] Louis Kahn.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1961.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (54 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Louis Kahn -- Phillips Exeter Library & Dining Hall, Exeter Academy, New Hampshire By Louis Kahn, 1972. The Library From The North West -- Erdman Hall Dormitories, Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia By Louis Kahn, 1965 -- Esherick House, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia By Louis Khan, 1961 -- Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas By Louis Kahn With Preston M. Geren & Associates, 1972 -- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut By Louis Kahn With Douglas Orr, 1951 -- 1953 -- Medical Service Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1954. Demolished In 1973 -- Mill Creek Public Housing, Philadelphia By Louis Kahn With K. Day, L.E. McAllister & Anne Tyng, 1962. Two-Storey Row Houses With Towers In Background -- Mill Creek Public Housing, Philadelphia By Louis Kahn With K. Day, L.E. McAllister & Anne Tyng, 1962. Exterior From South West -- Institute Of Management. Ahmedabad, India By Louis Kahn With B.V. Doshi & A.D. Raje, 1974. Three Dormitory Buildings On North East -- Sher-E-Bangla Nagar Capital Complex, Dhaka, Bangladesh By Louis Kahn With Douglas Orr, 1974. Hostels For Secretaries -- Family Planning Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal By Louis Kahn With Douglas Orr, 1974 -- Salk Institute Laboratory Buildings, La Jolla, California By Louis Kahn, 1965. View From West End Of The Complex: Stone Plaza Separating Blocks Of Study Towers Which Front Laboratories.
Recorded in 1961 at Kahn's architectural office.

Summary:

Louis Kahn, one of the most admired second generation modernists, came to prominence later in life, producing a clutch of influential building before his sudden death in 1974. This interview i one of a series conducted by architectural publisher John Peter. During the design of his Trent Bath House, Kahn had a realisation about the hierarchy of space that would become central to his work. Here he discusses the distinction between served and serving spaces both in architecture and urban design (in particular the architecture of the street which Kahn terms viaduct architecture), and the need for new rules for the making of cities.

Subject:

Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974, narrator.
Peter, John, 1917-1998, narrator.