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On an Estonian Island, a New Marker Commemorates Louis Kahn’s Birthplace

May 18, 2022

Formally dedicated at a ceremony on May 5, the blue-and-yellow marker is located on the Baltic Sea island of Saaremaa, where Kahn was born in 1901.

In Philadelphia, Demolition of a Louis Kahn-Designed Hospital Raises Thorny Preservation Questions

The Samuel Radbill Building was a key early work by Kahn and Anne Tyng

Izzy Kornblatt

February 21, 2022

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Since 2010, Philadelphia has lost a number of notable modernist buildings.

Review of 'Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn'

By Harriet Pattison

March 9, 2021

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A handsomely illustrated volume of Kahn’s love letters during the last 15 years of his complicated—and architecturally triumphant—life, salted with photographs, sketches, and personal memories.

Louis Kahn’s Dormitories at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Saved by International Outcry

Cathleen McGuigan William J.R. Curtis

January 4, 2021

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IIMA has cancelled plans to demolish the 18 dormitories designed by Louis Kahn that are part of the historic campus he created.

Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad

Buildings in Louis Kahn’s Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Set to Be Demolished

William J.R. Curtis

December 23, 2020

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The school has announced that 18 dormitories will be replaced with structures by an as-yet unnamed architect.

You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn

By Wendy Lesser

Kenneth Frampton

September 1, 2017

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Wendy Lesser’s study of Louis Kahn synthesizes his life and work in a literary equivalent of an architectural composition.

Globe-Trotting Louis Kahn Exhibition Makes Final Stop in Philadelphia

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

August 28, 2017

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Five years opening in Rotterdam, the retrospective returns to the architect’s hometown.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park

Set in Stone: Commemorating the legacy of FDR, Louis I. Kahn's last monument rises, 38 years after he designed it, on a watery urban site.

Beth Broome

October 16, 2012

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Like a man stumbling out of his cryogenic pod, a project revived after cooling on ice for decades enters a world that is oddly familiar, but largely unknown.

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Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

This presentation will explore fresh, new innovative concepts for appropriate systematic solutions, as well as guidelines and recommendations for the housing of these resources.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

This webinar will look at several modular construction projects that combine innovative design strategies with the practical case for ADA compliance and accessibility, incorporating quality and safety standards as well as schedule efficiencies and sustainability.

Items Tagged with 'Louis Kahn'

ARTICLES

On an Estonian Island, a New Marker Commemorates Louis Kahn’s Birthplace

In Philadelphia, Demolition of a Louis Kahn-Designed Hospital Raises Thorny Preservation Questions

Review of 'Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn'

Louis Kahn’s Dormitories at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Saved by International Outcry

Buildings in Louis Kahn’s Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Set to Be Demolished

You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn

Globe-Trotting Louis Kahn Exhibition Makes Final Stop in Philadelphia

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park

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