Main entry:

Merrill, Michael, Dr.-Ing., author.

Title & Author:

Louis Kahn. On the thoughtful making of spaces : the Dominican Motherhouse and a modern culture of space / Michael Merrill.

Publication:

Baden, Switzerland : Lars Müller, [2010]
©2010

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Published in conjunction with the companion volume, Louis Kahn: drawing to find out, Lars Müller Publishers, 2010"--Colophon.
"Published in conjunction with the companion volume, Louis Kahn: drawing to find out, Lars Müller Publishers, 2010 ... The research for both books originated with the doctoral dissertation 'Louis Kahn and the Dominican Motherhouse: Problems of Space' (Universität Karlsruhe 2008)"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Louis Kahn and the Dominican motherhouse, 1965-1969 -- Prelude to a project : congregation, program, and architect -- "Architecturing" : the designs, April 1966-December 1968 -- On the nature of space, 1940-1974 -- Prelude to a paradigm: Kahn, the room, and the beginning of architecture -- Configuration, movement, and space : from "circulation" to an "architecture of connection" -- The twin phenomena of inside and outisde : "dichotomous things" or the theme of reciprocity -- From space to place : from establishing the general to revealing the specific.

Summary:

An in-depth study of Louis Kahn's unbuilt masterpiece, this book provides a close-up view of Kahn at work on a few fundamental questions of architectural space.

ISBN:

9783037782200 (paperback)
303778220X (paperback)

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Criticism and interpretation.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
Kahn, Louis I. 1901-1974
Dominican Motherhouse (Media, Pa.) Designs and plans.
Dominican Motherhouse (Project)
Space (Architecture)
Architecture United States.
Convents Pennsylvania Design and construction.
Convents Pennsylvania Designs and plans.
Espace (Architecture)
Architecture États-Unis.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture.
Convents.
Pennsylvania.
United States.

Form/genre:

Theses.
Architectural drawings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Merrill, Michael, Dr.-Ing. Louis Kahn: Drawing to find out.
Louis Kahn: Drawing to find out.

On the thoughtful making of spaces

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270104
Call No.: BIB 202777
Status: Available