Louis I. Kahn
- Introduction
- Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; March 5 [O.S. February 20] 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an American architect, based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Kahn created a style that was monumental and monolithic; his heavy buildings for the most part do not hide their weight, their materials, or the way they are assembled. Famous for his meticulously built works, his provocative proposals that remained unbuilt, and his teaching, Kahn was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. He was awarded the AIA Gold Medal and the RIBA Gold Medal. At the time of his death he was considered by some as "America's foremost living architect".
- Wikidata
- Q210134
- Introduction
- Born 20 February 1901; died 17 March 1974. Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1905, naturalized in 1915.
- Nationalities
- American, Russian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Urban Planner, Teacher
- Names
- Louis Isidore Kahn, Louis Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn
- Ulan
- 500027669
Exhibitions
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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194X–9/11: American Architects and the City
Jul 1, 2011–Jan 2, 2012
MoMA
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75 Years of Architecture at MoMA
Nov 16, 2007–Mar 31, 2008
MoMA
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Architecture & Design Drawings: Rotation 3
Apr 29–Oct 23, 2006
MoMA
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Architecture and Design Drawings: Inaugural Installation
Nov 20, 2004–Mar 21, 2005
MoMA
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Louis I. Kahn has
15 exhibitionsonline.
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Louis I. Kahn Traffic Study project , Philadelphia, PA (Plan of proposed traffic-movement pattern) 1952
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Louis I. Kahn Civic Center Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aerial perspective 1956-57
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Louis I. Kahn Civic Center Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aerial perspective 1956
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Louis I. Kahn Civic Center, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aerial perspective 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Civic Center Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Perspective of promenade Unknown
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Louis I. Kahn, Anne Tyng City Tower project, Philadelphia, PA (Perspective sketch) 1952-1953
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Louis I. Kahn Civic Center Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aerial perspective sketch 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Civic Center Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aerial perspective sketches 1956-57
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Louis I. Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Morris House, Mount Kisco, New York, Perspective 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Morris House, Mount Kisco, New York, Perspective 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Travel Sketch for Sainte Cécile Cathedral, Albi, France, Exterior perspective 1959
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Louis I. Kahn General Motors Exhibit, 1964 World's Fair, project, New York (Queens), New York, Elevation and plans 1961
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Plan sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Entrance elevation sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Entrance elevation sketch 1958
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Louis I. Kahn Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan sketch of classroom building 1963
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Louis I. Kahn Market Street East Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Perspective 1962
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Overall building complex [final version]) 1957–1965
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Structure of typical laboratory tower [final version]) 1957–1965
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Two elevations of meeting house) 1960
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Elevation of meeting house) 1960
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Two elevations of meeting house) 1960
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Elevation of laboratory) c. 1961
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California, (Elevation of laboratory) 1961
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Elevation of laboratory) c. 1961
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California (Elevation of Laboratory and Meeting House) 1962
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plans and elevations of service towers, preliminary version 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Phidadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plan 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennslylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Preliminary version: perspective 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Perspective 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Perspective 1957
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Louis I. Kahn Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Exterior perspective, final version 1960
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California (Perspective of meeting house) 1961
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: elevation of studies) 1962
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: elevation of studies) 1962
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Louis I. Kahn Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Laboratory, Meeting House, and Housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: perspective) 1962
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Louis I. Kahn Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Plan and elevation sketches 1960-61
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Louis I. Kahn Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Plan sketches 1960-61
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Louis I. Kahn Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Plan sketch 1962
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Louis I. Kahn Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch 1964
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Louis I. Kahn Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Site-plan and elevation sketches 1965
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Louis I. Kahn Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Section sketch of studios 1965
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