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Louis I. Kahn : conversations with students

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This title, in the same format as "Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with Students", contains a little-known essay by Kahn on his sources of inspiration, an interview with the architect on his working methods and his vision for the future of the profession, and writings on Kahn by Michael Bell and Lars Lerup.

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Louis I. Kahn : Light is the theme

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Originally published in 1975 as a memorial to the Kimbell Art Museum's architect, Louis I. Kahn, Light Is the Theme provides an extended expression of the major themes articulated in his design for the museum. The text consists solely of Kahn's own words and explores his innovative use of natural light and playful employment of materials, which achieve their most refined state in the Kimbell, widely regarded as the architect's crowning achievement and admired as one of the greatest museum buildings of the 20th century.

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Louis I. Kahn in conversation: interviews with John W. Cook and Heinrich Klotz, 1969–70

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In 1969 and 1970, Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974) participated in a series of interviews with a young German architectural historian, Heinrich Klotz, then a visiting professor at Yale University, and John W. Cook, who was teaching architecture at the Yale Divinity School. Louis I. Kahn in Conversation provides the first full edited transcript of these candid, illuminating interviews, which provide insights into Kahn’s philosophy of architecture. The conversations touch on many of his iconic works, including the unbuilt City Tower Project for Philadelphia, the Yale University Art Gallery, the First Unitarian Church in Rochester, and major international projects then under construction, as well as the Yale Center for British Art, Kahn’s final building, on which he was beginning work at the time. Illustrated with dozens of plans, drawings, and photographs, the book also features an introduction by Jules David Prown, the first director of the Yale Center for British Art, who recommended Kahn as its architect.

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Lumière blanche, ombre noire : entretiens

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La main de Kahn, levée à mi-distance entre lui et nous, représente un lien mythique entre l'imagination de l'architecte et son oeuvre construit (la main du charpentier et celle du maçon viennent aussi à l'esprit par proximité professionnelle). Mais la main de Kahn est ouverte, vide, libérée des affres de la construction, libre de tout crayon ou té. Comme le mouvement d'un oiseau, ce geste de la main s'impose, promesse non d'une construction, mais du construit en utilisation, liaison synoptique entre le sujet et l'objet. Une telle architecture en soi est tout sauf un pauvre fac-similé de main. Dans la main réside le rêve ultime d'une architecture vivante.