Louis Kahn, Architect, Building, Studio, US, Projects, Office, Works, Houses

Louis Kahn Architect : Architecture Information + Images

Key 20th Century American Architect Practice



Key Louis Kahn Building

Yale University Art Gallery
Louis Kahn / Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP
Yale University Art Gallery (left to right: Kahn Building, Old Yale Art Gallery, and Street Hall), South Exterior Elevation:
Yale University Art Gallery Building
image © Ennead Architects
Yale Art Gallery
On December 12, 2012, the Yale University Art Gallery celebrates the grand opening of the renovated and expanded museum.

Louis Kahn - Key Projects

Major Developments by Louis Kahn Architect, alphabetical:

Erdman Hall Dormitories & Cafeteria, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
1960-65
Esherick House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
1959-61
Exeter Library, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
1967-72
First Unitarian Church, Rochester, New York, USA
1959-67
Institute of Public Administration, Ahmedabad, India
1963
Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
1967-72
National Assembly, Dacca, Bangladesh
1962-74
Norman Fisher House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1960
Richards Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1957-61
Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
1959-66
Trenton Bath House, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
1954-59
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1969-74
Yale University Art Center, New Haven, Connecticut
1951-53/54



 

Louis Kahn, Architect - Practice Information

Louis I. Kahn
1901-74
Yale University Art Gallery was his first major project

Louis Isadore Kahn - Jewish architect born in Saaremaa, Russia (now Estonia).
Louis Kahn was born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky in Kuressaare. His family emigrated to the USA in 1905. He lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Louis Kahn building : Brief Review of the Exeter Library

Louis Kahn - Teaching

Professor of Architecture: Yale University 1947-57
Dean, Professor of Architecture: University of Pennsylvania 1957-

Louis Kahn - Education

University of Pennsylvania: Masters Degree 1924

Pupils included Robert Venturi and Moshe Safdie

He died in Pennsylvania Station in New York

Nathaniel Kahn film released in 2003 called My Architect: A Son's Journey,

Louis Kahn Memorial Park : Pine Sreet, Philadelphia

Louis Kahn : Modern Architect



American Architects

Louis Kahn : Philadelphia Architect

Louis Kahn protege : Robert Venturi

Louis Kahn - Awards

American Institute of Architects Twenty-Five Year Award:
Phillips Exeter Academy Library

AIA Gold Medal : 1971
RIBA Gold Medal : 1972

American Architecture
Paul Rudolph Hall
photo : Peter Aaron

Pennsylvania Buildings

Louis Kahn Pupil : Moshe Safdie

Modern Architects

Architecture Studios

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