Silence and light : the master's voice in the lecture for students at the department of architecture of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), February 12, 1969, Audtorium Maximum, ETH Zurich / Louis I. Kahn ; edited by Alessandro Vassella.

Main entry:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books, [2013]
©2013

Description:

167 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 27 cm + 1 audio disc [CD]

Notes:
Includes audio CD.
Collection of texts partly published previously.
Includes bibliographical references.
Louis I. Kahn -- yogi of architecture -- Introduction -- Bernhard hoesli introducing Louis I. Khan -- Silence and light -- Stille und licht -- Silence et lumière -- Silencio y luz -- Silencio e luce.
Text in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Text in English, accompanied by translations of the lecture into German, French, Spanish, and Italian; recording of lecture is in English, with an introduction in German and English as the final track.

Summary:

This fundamental text reveals Kahn's spiritual understanding of architecture and his creative thinking. The text is made available again in its original version, and for the first time ever also in Kahn's own voice on audio-CD. The book includes a full-length transcript of the Zurich lecture in its original English form as well translations into French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Kahn's sketches drawn while speaking and number of previously unpublished images of the architect lecturing complement the text.

ISBN:

9783906027180 (pbk.)
390602718X (pbk.)

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Philosophy.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Study and teaching.
Sustainable architecture.
Architecture Philosophie.
Architecture Étude et enseignement.
Architecture durable.
Philosophy.

Form/genre:

Lectures.
Sound recordings.
Optical disks.
Compact discs.

Added entries:

Vassella, Alessandro.
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Departement Architektur.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282994
Call No.: BIB 220955
Status: Available

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