Louis I. Kahn

Résumé du livre

"As an architect, and perhaps more importantly as a teacher, Louis I. Kahn influenced the development of modern architecture in many lasting and significant ways. The architect of some of the most important buildings of this century, including the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth and the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Kahn inspired generations of architects through his published writings and lectures. This volume gathers together for the first time the architect's published essays, poems, and meditations, covering the years from 1931 to 1974. The essays, many of them classics of architectural literature, including "Order Is," "Form and Being," "Poetics," and "Silence and Light," are powerful statements of Kahn's deep spiritual faith in architecture and the mission of architects everywhere. Culled from some of the most prestigious architectural publications of the last fifty years, such as Perspecta, Progressive Architecture, Arts and Architecture, AIA Journal, and House and Garden, their collection here provides an engaging and compelling resource for anyone interested in Kahn, his architecture, his beliefs, and the philosophy of architecture in general." -- Back cover.