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2005 New 0714840459. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--512 pages, 474 illus. (143 in color, 215 line drawings), bibliog., thick 4to. Description: "Born in
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Estonia in 1901, Louis Isidore Kahn was to become one of the United States' most important architects of the post-war period, alongside the Modern masters Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier. Although renowned for a number of seminal modern works, he came to question many of the precepts of the Modern Movement. In particular, he questioned the ability of the International Style of Modernism to house the social spaces required by the latter half of the century. In 1947 Kahn was appointed Professor at Yale University. He was to continue teaching throughout his architectural career, influencing a younger generation of architects along the way. His teaching enabled him to further develop his own concepts and to inform his ever-evolving definition of design. He was drawn to investigate monumentality in architecture, creating b
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Born in Estonia in 1901, Louis Isidore Kahn became one of the United States' most important architects of the post-war period, in the company of such modern masters as Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Le Corbusier. Although Kahn was renowned for a number of seminal modern works, he came to question many of the precepts of the Modern movement; in particular, he questioned the ability of the International Style of Modernism to house the social spaces required by the latter half of the century.
In 1947, Kahn was appointed Professor at Yale University. He continued to teach throughout his architectural career, ...