Kahn
The late bloomer
Though Louis Isidore Kahn (1901–1974) started his career late in his life, the few projects he was able to undertake were realized to perfection. With the Jonas Salk Institute in La Jolla, California (1959–1965) Kahn created a workspace with superb functional and aesthetic qualities; the institute`s Minimalist elements radiate a sense of eternal beauty. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth (1966–1972) occupies the somewhat faceless city like an island of spiritual space, an effect that is achieved by simplicity in design and materials. Also, the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (1962–1974) and the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, National Assembly of Bangladesh in Dhaka that was finished after his death are buildings of monumental importance, demonstrating the vision of a talented and very unusual man.
This book brings together 17 Kahn projects, ranging from private housing to commercial architecture, religious buildings, exhibition spaces, and government buildings.
About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features:
- approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans
- introductory essays exploring the architect's life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects
- the most important works presented in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes as well as construction problems and resolutions
- an appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect's most famous buildings
About the author:
Joseph Rosa is the John H. Bryan Curator of Architecture and Design at The Art Institute of Chicago. He is the author of numerous publications and has taught at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_ARC), the California College of the Arts, The College of Environmental Design at the University of California in Berkeley, and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.
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Kahn
Gössel, Peter (Editor)
Rosa, Joseph Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 |
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"La petite collection que TASCHEN – à prix très abordable – consacre à l`architecture, vient de s`enrichir de deux titres essentiels. Le premier est consacré au célèbre Bauhaus, école de toutes les modernités qui – surtout entre 1919 et 1933 – verra naître réforme et avant-garde, forgeant l`élite de la création picturale allemande, et bien au-delà, l`élite de l`Europe émergeante. L`ouvrage de Magdalena Droste pullule de documents et de photos de première source. Le second volume – signé Joseph Roca – est consacré à l`œuvre de Louis Kahn (1901-1974), architecte dont la carrière s`est surtout déroulée aux Etats-Unis, avec la création de plusieurs sites comme le Kimbell Art Museum (Texas), le Yale Center for British Art (Connecticut) ou la bibliothèque de la Phillips Exeter Academy (New Hampshire). Kahn a aussi œuvré en Inde, créant l`Indian Institute of Management et le monumental Quartier gouvernemental de Dacca (Bangladesh). Une sorte de Taj Mahal contemporain."
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