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Louis I. Khan: Complete Works (Architecture S.)

By Klaus-Peter Gast

Book information

Publisher
Prestel
Year
2001
ISBN
3421032947, 9783421032942
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26372691 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
208\109
Time added
2023-06-17 18:06:11

Description

This volume provides an overview of the life and complete works of the 20th-century architect Louis I. Kahn (1901 - 1974). Kahn designed such buildings as: the Yale University Art Gallery 1951 - 53); the Richards Medical Research Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1957 - 61); the First Unitarian Church, Rochester, New York (1959 - 67); the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California (1959 - 65); and designs for the new capital in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1962 - 74). These and other buildings are shown in numerous illustrations. The book also includes a complete chronology of events in Kahn's life and work.

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