- Hardcover: 280 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press (November 12, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0300171188
- ISBN-13: 978-0300171181
Louis Kahn (1901–1974), one of the most important
architects of the postwar period, is widely admired for his great
monumental works, including the Kimbell Art Museum, the Salk Institute,
and the National Assembly Complex in Bangladesh. However, the importance
of his houses has been largely overlooked. This beautiful book is the
first to look at Kahn’s nine major private houses. Beginning with his
earliest encounters with Modernism in the late 1920s and continuing
through his iconic work of the 1960s and 1970s, the authors trace the
evolution of the architect’s thinking, which began and matured through
his design of houses and their interiors, a process inspired by his
interactions with clients and his admiration for vernacular building
traditions.
Richly illustrated with new and period photographs and original drawings, as well as previously unpublished materials from personal interviews, archives, and Kahn’s own writings, The Houses of Louis Kahn shows how his ideas about domestic spaces challenged conventions, much like his major public commissions, and were developed into one of the most remarkable expressions of the American house.
Richly illustrated with new and period photographs and original drawings, as well as previously unpublished materials from personal interviews, archives, and Kahn’s own writings, The Houses of Louis Kahn shows how his ideas about domestic spaces challenged conventions, much like his major public commissions, and were developed into one of the most remarkable expressions of the American house.
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