Main entry:

Roca, Miguel Ángel.

Title & Author:

Louis Kahn, arquetipos y modernidad / Miguel Ángel Roca.

Publication:

[Buenos Aires] : Nobuko, ©2009.

Description:

207 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes texts by Louis Kahn.
Originally published in 1984.
Prefacio / Mariana Waisman -- Palabras Previas / Miguel Ángel Roca -- Arquetipos y Modernidad / Miguel Ángel Roca -- 1. Kahn y la historia -- 2. El andamiaje conceptual -- 3. Esencia y existencia -- 4. El Beux Arts y el proceso de diseño de Kahn -- 5. La ciudad -- 6. Kahn en su contexto histórico -- 7. En torno al oficio arquitectónico -- Louis Kahn, Obras y Proyectos: -- Palacio de los Congresos, Venecia -- Edificio de Investigaciones Médicas Richards, Filadelfia -- Iglesia Unitaria, Rochester -- Instituto Salk, La Jolla, California -- Louis Kahn, Textos: -- Clase Inaugural -- Conferencia en Eth de Zurich -- Introducción a un cuaderno de notas.

Summary:

An historical and critical study of the great American modernist architect Louis Kahn written by the Argentine architect and scholar Migue Ángel Roca, who studied under Kahn at the University of Pennsylvania and worked with him in the late 1960s. Augmented edition of 1984 first edition, contains many more illustration.

ISBN:

9789875843431
9875843431

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Criticism and interpretation.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
United States.

Form/genre:

Writings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.

Louis Kahn

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268409
Call No.: BIB 200241
Status: Available