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The American architect Louis Kahn is one of the great master builders of the twentieth century. With complex spatial compositions, an elemental formal vocabulary and a choreographic mastery of light, Kahn created buildings of powerful archaic beauty. Among his most important works are the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California (1959-65), the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas (1966-72) and the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1962-83). Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture is the first comprehensive publication on this architect in 20 years, and presents all of his…
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2 editions- Other · German · 2012Vitra Design Museum · 354 pages · 9783931936914
- Other · German · 2012Vitra Design Museum · 354 pages · 9783931936921
ExhibitionsModern ArchitectureKahn, louis i., 1901-1974