The late architectural philosophy of Louis I. Kahn as expressed in the Yale Center for British Art
The late architectural philosophy of Louis I. Kahn as expressed in the Yale Center for British Art:

"The fundamentals of Kahn's architectural philosophy begin with his personal history: his inherent talent; his family background and childhood experiences; his education, from elementary school through architectural school; the influences of Paul Philippe Cret and Beaux Arts architecture;...

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1. Verfasser: Prown, Jules David 1930- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kahn, Louis I. 1901-1974 (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven Yale Center for British Art [2020]
New Haven ; London Yale University Press
Schriftenreihe:On Center
Schlagworte:
Kahn, Louis I. > 1901-1974
Yale Center for British Art
Architekturtheorie
Kahn, Louis I / 1901-1974 / Aesthetics
Architecture, Modern / 20th century / Philosophy
Zusammenfassung:"The fundamentals of Kahn's architectural philosophy begin with his personal history: his inherent talent; his family background and childhood experiences; his education, from elementary school through architectural school; the influences of Paul Philippe Cret and Beaux Arts architecture; and his travels, especially those to study the antique monuments of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Because the causal aspects of these experiences were absorbed by him, rather than being the products of Kahn's own thinking, he rarely acknowledged them. His conclusions led to a philosophy that echoed some of the thoughts of earlier philosophers, like Spinoza and Heidegger, but were arrived at independently.1 Kahn expressed his philosophy in lectures, seminars, writings, interviews, conversation, and often through sketches. However, he habitually expressed himself elliptically-his phrasing poetic, his metaphors original and apt. Therefore, his meaning was often felt rather than understood.
Extensive studies of Louis Kahn's architecture exist, but few focus on his fully developed architectural philosophy.2 This text addresses that subject, incorporating his own words (in italics) and relating them where relevant to his final work, the Yale Center of British Art (hereafter, "the Center"). Kahn died during the construction of the building, the last material expression of his architectural philosophy. I was the first director of the Center, a participant in the selection of the architect and throughout the building's planning and creation. Coincidental with the early years of Kahn's planning for the Center, two young architectural historians-John Cook and Heinrich Klotz-interviewed several leading architects, including Kahn. Working with a verbatim transcript of the Kahn interviews, made by Karen Denavit, I produced an edited version of the interviews in book format. Louis I. Kahn in Conversation: Interviews with John W.
Cook and Heinrich Klotz (hereafter, "Kahn in Conversation") is the source for many of the Kahn quotations included here. A researcher can consult the full, verbatim transcript of the interviews in the Center's Institutional Archives, in the Manuscripts and Archives collections in Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University, and in the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania".
Beschreibung:42 Seiten Illustrationen, Pläne
ISBN:9780300255287

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