Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn by Rykwert, Joseph. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810942264.

The publication of this book coincides with the centenary of the birth of American architect Louis Kahn (1901-1974), though its immediate occasion is the new collection of photographs that illustrate the text and provide an opportunity to reconsider Kahns achievement and his way of working. Architectural historian Joseph Rykwert has written a sensitive appreciation of Kahns career and oeuvre, and photographer Roberto Schezen traveled the world to photograph fifteen of Kahns major projects especially for this volume. Supplementing the photographs are dozens of Kahns sketches and plans for many of his built and unbuilt designs.