Louis Kahn
Estonian-American architect (1901-1974) · United States · Architects · Died at 73
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Something wrong?Louis Isadore Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935.
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Jesse Oser House, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (1940)
Louis Kahn's Salk Institute
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (1966-1972)
Play of light inside Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban
Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Dhaka; considered as Kahn's magnum opus
Interior of Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, New Hampshire (1965-1972)
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Child: Nathaniel KahnAbout this person
Louis Isadore Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Minoru YamasakiBoth received Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Eero SaarinenBoth received Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Nahum ZolotovBoth received Rokach Award
Moshe SafdieBoth received Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Michael GravesBoth received Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
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