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architect: louis I kahn

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About…..
-Born: February 20, 1961,on saaremma island in kuressare
-kahn’s jewish parents immigrated to the united states in
1906.
-kahn’s architecture notable for its simple piatonic forms
and compositions.
-kahn received the aia gold medal in 1971 and riba gold
medal in 1972.
-louis kahn is considered one of the foremost architects of
the late twentieth century.
-on march 17, 1974, he died of a heart attack in a men’s
restroom in Pennsylvania station in newyork city
Design Philosophy
-the union of form and design is realized in the final
product ,and the building’s symbolic meaning is once
unmeasurable.
-in his personal philosophy, form is conceived as formless
and unmeasurable.
-he used brick and concrete extensively.
Education
-he attended the university of pennslyvania and received his
bachelors degree in architecture at the age of 24.
-after college, he worked as a senior draftmen in a office of
Philadelphia city architect john molitor.
-to find the inspiration, he travelled through Europe visiting
castles and medieval strongholds in 1928, only 4 years after
graduating.
-While he still designed and worked as a design critic on the side
, louis became a professor of architecture at yale school of
architecture.
Major works

Yale university art Bangladesh parliament

gallery, new haven, building
usa
Salk institute, california
First unitarian church,
Rochester, newyork
Timeline of projects
All dates refer to the year project commenced
1935 – Jersey Homesteads Cooperative Development, Hightstown,
New Jersey
1940 – Jesse Oser House, 628 Stetson Road, Elkins Park,
Pennsylvania
1947 – Phillip Q. Roche House, 2101 Harts Lane, Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania
1950 - Morton and Lenore Weiss House, 2935 Whitehall Rd, East
Norriton, Pennsylvania[24]
1951 – Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven,
Connecticut
1952 – City Tower Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (unbuilt)
1954 – Jewish Community Center (aka Trenton Bath House), 999
Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, New Jersey
1956 – Wharton Esherick Studio, 1520 Horseshoe Trail, Malvern,
Pennsylvania (designed with Wharton Esherick)
1957 – Richards Medical Research Laboratories, University of
Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1957 – Fred E. and Elaine Cox Clever House, 417 Sherry Way, Cherry
Hill, New Jersey
1959 – Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Chestnut Hill,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[25]
1958 – Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, 622 Cabin Hill
Drive, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
1959 – Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10 North Torrey Pines
Road, La Jolla, California
1959 – First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road, Rochester,
New York
1960 – Erdman Hall Dormitories, Bryn Mawr College, Morris
Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
1960 – Norman Fisher House, 197 East Mill Road, Hatboro,
Pennsylvani
Yale university art gallery
year of
construction : 1928

architect : louis I kahn

function : public building

location : New Haven, USA

 Use of steel frames

The older Tuscan Romanesque

portion of the gallery
 Ceiling has an effect on the light inside the
galleries, lighting different sides and creating
different textures at different time of the day.
The inner courtyards and upper galleries are
naturally lit from a system of gridded skylights

The circular stair silo that vertically

penetrates through the sedated floor levels
of the yale art gallery.
Entering the stair from the upper floor, stair
runs plunge vertically into ravishing special
depth.
Bangladesh parliament building

year of
construction : 1983

architect : louis I kahn

location : Dhaka,
Bangladesh
 Normal external lines are deeply recessed by
porticoes with a huge geometric openings on
iys outer facade

Openings are used in

interior as access of
natural light or
ventilation
Inference
-generally, louis kahn works with openings and shadings in
his design.
-he used different patterns or textures to enhance the
aesthical appearance of openings or voids
-louis kahn deals with concept of natural lighting in his
design
reference
 https://www.google.com
 https://www.wikipedia.org
 https://artgallery.yale.edu
 https://www.archdaily.com