Louis Kahn
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Classical Kahn
July 9, 2018
They say, “never meet your heroes.” I met my hero, albeit in the form of a piece of architecture, and it was…bittersweet. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies by Louis Kahn has sat at #1 on my list of buildings to see in America for the last three or so years. I was recently fortunate […]
Louis Kahn – Arts United Center
May 2, 2018
This post is the first stop of a recent three day trip I made through the Midwest to see some work by a few of my favorite architects. Here we have Louis Kahn’s only work in the region, the Arts United Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is the only structure that was actually built […]
Louis Kahn in New Haven
August 17, 2016
Experiencing a Louis Kahn space is a special thing. The Yale Center for British Art was my first, soon followed by the Yale University Art Gallery across the street. While the earlier work set a precedent for what Modern design could feel like, it was the Center for British Art that used materials, light and […]
