The Architecture of Louis Kahn

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This is a course on the architecture and design of architect Louis Kahn.

Louis Isadore Kahn March 5, 1901 – March 17, 1974, was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia.

The Architecture of Louis Kahn

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The Early Years of Louis Kahn

1935 – Jersey Homesteads Cooperative Development, Hightstown, New Jersey

1947 – Phillip Q. Roche House, 2101 Harts Lane, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

1951 – Yale University Art Gallery

1954 – Jewish Community Center, Trenton Bath House, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, New Jersey

1959 – Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California

1961 – Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India

1962 – Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, the National Assembly Building of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1966 – Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas

1974 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island, New York City, completed 2012.

Louis Isadore Kahn, March 5, 1901 – March 17, 1974, was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. Louis Kahn was born in Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa, then part of the Russian Empire's Livonian Governorate. At the age of three, he saw coals in the stove and was captivated by the light of the coal. He put the coal in his apron, which caught on fire and burned his face. He carried these scars for the rest of his life. Louis Kahn, original name was Itze-Leib (Leiser-Itze) Schmuilowsky (Schmalowski), In 1906, Louis Kahn’s family emigrated to the United States, as they feared that his father would be recalled into the military during the Russo-Japanese War. He became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. on May 15, 1914. His father changed their name to Kahn in 1915.