Title & Author:

Coming to light : the Louis I. Kahn monument to Franklin D. Roosevelt for New York City.

Publication:

New York : The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2005.

Description:

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 x 31 cm

Notes:
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition in the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery of The Cooper Union, 10 January-5 February, 2005. Exhibition curators: Steven Hillyear and Gina Pollara."
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Elizabeth O'Donnell -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and his legacy for today's world / Christopher N. Breiseth -- Memorial park honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt / William J. vanden Heuvel -- Kahn and the civic realm / Robert Geddes -- Monument, memory, and modernism / Anthony Vidler -- Selected drawings, Louis I. Kahn sketchbook -- Kahn and the belated monument / Michael J. Lewis -- Selected drawings, the Louis I. Kahn collection -- Building the Roosevelt Memorial : a conversation -- Moments of silence / Sue Ann Kahn.

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Criticism and interpretation.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Monuments.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Monuments
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) New York Roosevelt Island

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
Hillyear, Steven.
Pollara, Gina.
Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.

Louis I. Kahn monument to Franklin D. Roosevelt for New York City

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 250540
Call No.: NA44.K12.25 F7 2005
Status: Available