Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.
About Louis Kahn
Louis Isadore Kahnwas an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935.
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Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
Estonian-American architect (1901-1974)
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.
Estonian-American architect (1901-1974)
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
Estonian-American architect (1901-1974)
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.
Estonian-American architect (1901-1974)
Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.
Estonian-American architect (1901-1974)