Main entry:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974, artist.

Title & Author:

Louis I. Kahn : the construction of the Kimbell Art Museum / [design and organization of the exhibition and catalogue, Luca Bellinelli ; translation, Patricia Ranzi-Gedey].

Publication:

Milan : Skira Editore ; London : Distributed by Thames & Hudson, 1999.

Description:

167 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Series:

I cataloghi dell'Accademia di architettura ; 2

Notes:
Pages 125-148 fold out to display plans.
Issued on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Academy of Architecture of the Italian Language Swiss University at the Art Museum of Mendrisio, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Louis Kahn: An Introduction -- Louis I. Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum -- Making the Kimbell: A Brief Memoir -- A Short History of the Kimbell Art Museum -- Letter to Mrs. Velma Kimbell -- The Photographic Illustration of the Construction -- The Design Stage -- The First Design or "Square-Plan" -- The Second Design or "H-Plan" -- The Third Design or "C-Plan" -- An Analysis of the Structure -- Drawing Up the Construction Plans -- The Kimbell Art Museum Yesterday and Today: The Magic of Light -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgements (Photographs and Plans).
Also issued online.

Summary:

"This publication on the construction of the Kimbell Art Museum by Louis I. Kahn may prove very useful to students, and to anyone interested in gaining further knowledge of the distinctive features of the Kimbell museum. It documents the long and arduous quest that often characterizes a creative process - even that of a great master such as Louis I. Kahn. The design of the Kimbell Art Museum is the product of extraordinary intuition, and results in a masterly synthesis that solves all the problems posed by the site and the specific purpose of the construction."--Jacket.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

8881184710 (paperback)
9788881184712 (paperback)

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Notes, esquisses, etc.
Kahn, Louis I. Fort Worth (Tex.) Kimbell Art Museum Museumsbau.
Kahn, Louis I. 1901-1974
Kahn, Louis I.
Kimbell Art Museum.
Kimbell Art Museum Design and construction.
Art museum architecture Texas Exhibitions.
Art Musées Architecture Texas Fort Worth.
Architecture des musées d'art Texas Expositions.
Art museum architecture.
Ausstellung
Museum architecture Texas Fort Worth.
Art museums Texas Fort Worth.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Texas Fort Worth.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Fort Worth (Tex.) Constructions.
Texas.
Fort Worth (Tex.) Buildings, structures, etc.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Quotations (texts)
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Ausstellungskatalog Università della Svizzera italiana / Accademia di architettura 1999 Mendrisio.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Bellinelli, Luca, 1946- curator.
Ranzi-Gedey, Patricia, translator.
Università della Svizzera italiana. Accademia di architettura. host institution.
Cataloghi dell'Accademia di architettura ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201677
Call No.: NA44.K12.25 K5 1999
Status: Available