Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
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- Getty Union list of artists' names, via WWW, accessed August 7, 2015(Kahn, Louis Isidore (Russian-American architect and city planner, 1901-1974); variants: Kahn, Louis; Kahn, Louis I.; Kahn, Louis Isadore; artist, architect, urban planner; teacher; ID: 500027669)
- Kahn, Louis I (sadore); born Saaremaa Island, Estonia, 20 February 1901; died New York, 17 March 1974; family moved to Philadelphia in 1905; studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, under Paul Cret, following Beaux -Arts principles; worked in city planning; designed public housing; senior critic at Yale University, (1950-1957); became professor at University of Pennsylvania in 1957; received commissions for Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, Library of Phillips Exeter Academy; other commissions in U.S. and abroad; central to Kahn's architectural philosophy was the concept of institution, by which he understood not the momentary state of a client but rather the underlying social responsibilities and potentials of social organizations ( (Grove art online, accessed August 7, 2015) )
- Louis I. Kahn in conversation, 2014:title-page (Louis I. Kahn)
- Louis I. Kahn--Architect, 2013:CIP t.p. (Louis I. Kahn) galley (Louis Isadore Kahn was born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky on February 20, 1901 in Parnu, Estonia; died in Manhattan's Penn Station)
- Louis Isidore Kahn, 2010.
- Luyisi Kang, 2015:t.p. (Louis Isadore Kahn; Luyisi Kang)
- OCLC, accessed August 7, 2015(usage: Louis I. Kahn, Louis Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn; access points: Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isidore; Kahn, Louis I.; Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isadore), architect, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isadore; Kahn, Louis Isadore, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis I, (Louis Isadore), 1901-1974)
- Stonorov, O. G. You and your neighborhood, c1944.
- Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isadore, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isidore, Russian-American architect and city planner, 1901-1974 ( (VIAF, accessed August 7, 2015) )
- Stonorov, O. G.You and your neighborhood, c1944.
- BL database, 20 Jan. 2003(hdg.: Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isadore), 1901-1974) ( (Record enhanced with data from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
Wikipedia description:
Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; March 5 [O.S. February 20] 1901 – March 17, 1974) was 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. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Kahn created a style that was monumental and monolithic; his heavy buildings for the most part do not hide their weight, their materials, or the way they are assembled. He was awarded the AIA Gold Medal and the RIBA Gold Medal. At the time of his death, he was considered by some as "America's foremost living architect."
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