Architect, educator and philosopher Louis Isadore Kahn is one of the most important twentieth-century architects. He was born in Saarama, Estonia in 1901 and grew up in the U.S. His architecture is notable for its simple, platonic forms and composition. Through the use of brick and poured-in place concrete masonry, he developed a contemporary and monumental architecture that maintained a sympathy for the site. Louis I. Kahn evolved an original theoretical and formal language that revitalized modern architecture. His best known works, located in the United States, India, and Bangladesh, were produced in the last two decades of his life. They reveal an integration of structure, a reverence for materials and light, a devotion to archetypal geometry, and a profound concern for humanistic values.
Kahn was a divine form of complexity. From that of his genius design to his illusive lifestyle. In 1974, Kahn died of a heart attack in a men’s restroom in Penn Station in NYC. He went unidentified for three days because he had crossed out the home address on his passport. Kahn had 3 wives and 2 children… and a collection of inspiration.
Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Bangladesh’s parliament building in Dhaka
Interior of Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, New Hampshire (1965)
Salk Institute, by Louis Kahn
Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Bangladesh’s parliament building in Dhaka
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