Louis Kahn: Essential Texts
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (762 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393731138 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Paper Dreamer said Very Essential. I was required to purchase this book for a class on Louis Kahn, and have found it to be an indespensible source of inspiration in everything that I do. I took the class as an art history major who has an intense fascination with architecture, and a love of all things Kahn. The bo. Joongwon Lee said more poet than architect. When one reads Kahn, one finds a hope. This hope is a hope that promisesgrowth. His last and best philosophical claims, "Silence" and "Light"invites reader to the "unmeasurable" dimension. It's the dimension ofvertical sublimity and archaic gravity that he saw during his travels . An Essential Reading On Louis Kahn Chinmay Satbhai A really good and essential reading on Louis Kahn.The book is a collection of wonderful essays, speeches delivered by one of the great practitioner of modern architecture.These texts are truly inspirational.An addition of few more illustrations would have made this compilation mo
Professor Twombly's introduction and headnotes offer incisive commentary on the texts. A thoughtful selection of the celebrated architect's speeches and writings. This unique anthology draws from Louis Kahn's speeches, essays, and interviews, some never previously published, to capture the evolution and central tenets of the influential American architect's thinking from his early work of the 1940s to his death in 1974. 20 photographs
Robert Twombly teaches at the Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College, New York City. He lives in West Nyack, New York.
. About the Author Robert Twombly teaches at the Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College, New York City. He lives in West Nyack, New York