Between silence and light : spirit in the architecture of Louis I. Kahn. / txt
John Lobell.
- 2nd edition
- vii, 120 p. ill. ;plans. ; 26 cm. book
Include Bibliography
I. Silence and light: Louis Kahn's words : Joy ; Touch, sight ; Wonder ; Realization, intuition ; The unmeasurable and the measurable ; Knowledge ; Order ; Silence and light ; Light ; Singularity ; Making something ; Form and design ; Place ; Space ; Structure ; The plan ; The garden and the room ; Materials ; The wall, the column ; Institutions ; Architecture ; The architect ; The teacher ; Time beyond time ; Why architecture? -- II. Architecture as spirit -- III. Some of Louis Kahn's buildings : Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building ; Salk Institute for Biological Studies ; Salk Institute Community Center ; Sher-E-Bangla-Nagar, master plan ; National Assembly Hall, Sher-E-Bangla-Nagar ; Kimball Art Museum ; Library, Phillips Exeter Academy ; Yale Center fro British Art and Studies -- IV. Appendices : Biographical note on Louis I. Kahn ; Biographical note on John Lobell. --
In the development of contemporary architecture, no one has had a greater influence than Louis I. Kahn, whose many buildings include the Salk Institute, the Yale Study Center, and the Exeter Library. He is remembered, however, not only as a master builder, but also as one of the most important and creative thinkers of the twentieth century. For Kahn, the study of architecture was the study of human beings, their highest aspirations and most profound truths. He searched for forms and materials to express the subtlety and grandeur of life. In his buildings we see the realization of his vision: luminous surfaces that evoke a fundamental awe, silent courtyards that speak of the expansiveness and the sanctity of the spirit, monumental columns and graceful arches that embody dignity and strength. Updated with a new preface, this classic work is a major statement on human creativity, showing us Louis Kahn as architect, visionary, and poet.