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The Louis I. Kahn book traces the extraordinary architectural language of the pioneering modernist who inflected the International Style with a classical grammar. Spanning landmark projects from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to La Jolla, California, it documents how Kahn pierced sleek masses with geometrical shapes and near-celestial spots of sunlight. Its detailed narrative covers the full breadth of his career, blending biographical context with architectural analysis of each building.
Meet the man who treated each building like a temple. From Dhaka, Bangladesh, to La Jolla, California, this book traces the extraordinary architectural language of Louis Isadore Kahn, the pioneering modernist who inflected the International Style with a “back to basics” classical grammar and pierced its sleek masses with geometrical shapes and near-celestial spots of sunlight.
