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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 Richly illustrated with new and period photographs and original drawings, as well as previously unpublished materials from personal interviews, archives and Kahn's own writings, The Houses of Louis Kahn shows how his ideas about domestic spaces challenged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.

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Book category Books in English The arts Architecture Individual architects & architectural firms

• Full title: Houses of Louis Kahn
• Author: GeorgeH Marcus
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 280
• EAN: 9780300171181
• ISBN: 0300171188
• ID: 01989516
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Weight: 1546 g
• Dimensions: 273 × 244 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. November 2013

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