{"product_id":"louis-i-kahn-by-joseph-rosa-9783836543842","title":"Louis I. Kahn","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouis I. Kahn\u003c\/i\u003e by Joseph Rosa explores the architectural mastery of Louis Isadore Kahn (1901-1974), who treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel, his designs combined the sleek, utilitarian surfaces of modernism with a devotion to geometric forms and a reverence for natural light that suffused his structures with a monumental and breathtaking spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis essential introduction brings together 17 of Kahn's most important buildings across his cultural, governmental, religious, and residential repertoire. Plans, views, descriptions, and quality photographs trace the context and development of each project, while an introductory essay explores Kahn's unique architectural ideology and his legacy as one of the most important 20th-century American architects since Frank Lloyd Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough Kahn masterworks, such as the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, or Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, the book delves into Kahn's \"back to basics\" grammar inspired by ancient sites in Italy, Greece, and Egypt. It highlights his unique vocabulary of mass, void, and light that suffused the International Style with a near-celestial luminescence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010595172588,"sku":"9783836543842","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836543842-louis-i-kahn.jpg?v=1785152883","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/louis-i-kahn-by-joseph-rosa-9783836543842","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}