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Louis I Kahn
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A thoroughly updated and redesigned edition of McCarter's esteemed monograph on the globally-revered modern master – includes Roosevelt Island, Four Freedoms Park, which was completed after Kahn's death
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US architect Louis Kahn (1901 74) was one of the greatest influences on world architecture during the second half of the twentieth century. This monograph focuses on Kahn s major designs from the Yale Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, the Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, Phillips Exeter Library, Exeter, New Hampshire to the National Capital of Bangladesh and the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad as well as a number of unfinished projects, in order to understand his work and philosophy
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Louis I Kahn by Robert McCarter is lauded for providing an extraordinary and detailed exploration of Kahn's work, making it an excellent resource for students and educators in design-related fields. The book is praised for its comprehensive research, extensive illustrations, and insightful analysis of Kahn's architectural contributions. Critics find it beautifully produced, with insightful descriptions that successfully capture the visionary aspect of Kahn's architecture.
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ISBN: 9781838663049
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 March 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
Edition: Revised edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 35.0mm
Width: 238.0mm
Height: 305.0mm
Weight: 2210g
Pages: 528
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Robert McCarter is a practicing architect and has been Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis since 2007. He taught previously at the University of Florida, where he was Director of the School of Architecture from 1991–2001, and Columbia University, among other schools. He has written for numerous international publications, and his books include: Grafton Architects (2018); Marcel Breuer (2016); Steven Holl (2015); Alvar Aalto (2014); Carlo Scarpa (2013); Understanding Architecture, co-authored with Juhani Pallasmaa (2012); and Louis I Kahn (2005), all by Phaidon Press. He has also published The Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic (2017); The Space Within: Interior Experience as the Origin of Architecture (2016); and Aldo van Eyck (2015), among other books.
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