{"product_id":"louis-i-kahn-9783836543842","title":"Louis I. Kahn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis Isadore Kahn \u003c\/strong\u003e(1901-1974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel, his designs combined the sleek, utilitarian surfaces of modernism with a devotion to geometric forms and a \u003cstrong\u003ereverence for natural light \u003c\/strong\u003ethat suffused his stuctures with a\u003cstrong\u003e monumental and breathtaking spirituality\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This essential introduction brings together \u003cstrong\u003e17 of Kahn's most important buildings \u003c\/strong\u003eacross his cultural, governmental, religious, and residential repertoire. Plans, views, descriptions, and quality photographs trace the context and development of each project, while an introductory essay explores Kahn's unique architectural ideology and his \u003cstrong\u003elegacy as one of the most important 20th-century American architects\u003c\/strong\u003e since Frank Lloyd Wright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through Kahn masterworks, such as the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, or Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, we'll explore Kahn's his \"back to basics\" grammar inspired by ancient sites in Italy, Greece, and Egypt; and his unique vocabulary of mass, void, and light that\u003cstrong\u003e suffused the International Style with a near-celestial luminescence. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosa, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joseph Rosa is the Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art. He is author of numerous publications and has taught at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), the California College of the Arts, The College of Environmental Design at the University of California in Berkeley, and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGössel, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published TASCHEN monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra, as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture series.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642050449682,"sku":"9783836543842","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78a85be7-c2b6-4ae4-aea5-8ae94649b2f7.jpg?v=1733054191","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/louis-i-kahn-9783836543842","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}