Louis Kahn : a life in architecture /

The man who envisioned and realized such landmark buildings as the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the National Assembly complex in Bangladesh, Louis Kahn was born in what is now Estonia, immigrated to America, and became one of the towering figures in his adopted country's built wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiseman, Carter (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv17mrtzm
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of a vision
  • Shock to the system
  • Keeping the faith
  • Right time, right place
  • Framing the message
  • Lessons in learning
  • Art for art's sake
  • An architecture of aspiration.