| Description |
354 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 33 cm |
| Contents |
Essays. Chronology / William Whitaker -- Monument? Forum? Fair? Louis Kahn, Edmund Bacon, and Philadelphia / Stanislaus von Moos -- Between grid and pathway : the houses of Louis Kahn / Jochen Eisenbrand -- Louis Kahn's art and his architectural thought / Michael Lewis -- Portfolio, sketches and drawings -- Kahn's edge : the provocative historicism of the Trenton Jewish Community Center / Neil Levine -- Louis Kahn and the French connection / Kenneth Frampton -- Toward cognitive architecture / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen -- Louis I. Kahn's building for three faiths : "Religion ... not a religion." / Susan G. Solomon -- Enclosure : Kahn / Thomas Florschuetz -- Mettre la nature en oeuvre / Florian Sauter -- "Unavoidable nuisances:" engineering and engineers in the work of Louis Kahn / Thomas Leslie -- Louis Kahn and the life of materials / Réjean Legault -- Modern architecture and the excavation of the past / William J.R. Curtis |
| Notes |
Exhibition catalog |
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On the occasion of an exhibition held at Nederlands Architektuurinstituut, Rotterdam, September 8, 2012 - January 6, 2013; Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, March 9 - August 25, 2013; National Museum, Oslo, October 18, 2013 - January 26, 2014 |
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Contains no title page, title from cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 -- Exhibitions.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Kries, Mateo, 1974-
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Eisenbrand, Jochen.
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Moos, Stanislaus von.
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University of Pennsylvania. Architectural Archives.
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Vitra Design Museum.
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Nederlands Architectuurinstituut.
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| ISBN |
9783931936921 (English edition : hd. bd.) |
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3931936929 (English edition : hd. bd.) |
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