Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn
Louis Isadore Kahnwas an American architect, based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth20 February 1901
CountryUnited States of America
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Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
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Architecture is the thoughtful making of space
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I Use The Square To Begin My Solutions Because The Square Is A Non-choice, Really. In The Course Of Development, I Search For The Forces That Would Disprove The Square...
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In a small room one does not say what one would in a large room.
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The person of old had the same brilliance of mind that we assume we have now. But that which made a thing become manifest for the first time is our great moment of creative happening.
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Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.
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To express is to drive.And when you want to give something presence, you have to consult nature.And there is where Design comes in.And if you think of Brick, for instance,and you say to Brick,""What do you want Brick?""And Brick says to you""I like an Arch.""And if you say to Brick""Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lentil over you. What do you think of that?""""Brick?""Brick says:""... I like an Arch