Louis I Kahn. txt
Robert McCarter.
- First edition: 2005.
- 527 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ;photo. ; 32 cm. book
Include index
Include Bibliography
6 PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION -- 8 INTRODUCTION -- 13 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARCHITECTURAL PHILOSOPHY -- 67 REDISCOVERING AN ARCHITECTURE OF MASS AND STRUCTURE -- 147 SHAPING AN ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW -- 229 INSPIRED COMPOSITIONS IN THE POETICS OF ACTION -- 309 PRECISE EXPERIMENTS IN THE POETICS OF CONSTRUCTION -- 405 UNBUILT OFFERINGS: IN THE SPACES OF ETERNITY -- 467 CONCLUSION -- 473 Selected writings by Louis I Kahn -- 496 List of projects 1926-73 -- 503 Notes -- 517 Bibliography -- 520 Index --
A thoroughly updated and redesigned edition of McCarter's esteemed monograph on the globally-revered modern master. Louis I Kahn was one of the greatest influences on post-WWII world architecture, and in the twenty-first century his significance has skyrocketed. In this revised, expanded, and redesigned edition of Phaidon's bestselling and critically-acclaimed monograph, Robert McCarter explores how Kahn redefined Modern architecture - and why his work remains a fundamental source today. Extensively illustrated, this comprehensive overview includes both built and unbuilt projects, as well as a project realized forty years after Kahn's death - New York City's Four Freedoms Park.
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Kahn, Louis I.--Criticism and interpretation.--1901-1974 Architect--United States. Architecture, Modern--20th century