Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
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Name (Hebrew)
קאהן, לואי, 1901-1974
Name (Latin)
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
Name (Arabic)
كان، لويس إ.، 1901-1974
Other forms of name
Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isadore), 1901-1974
Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isidore), 1901-1974
Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974
Kang, Luyisi, 1901-1974
Schmuilowsky, Itze-Leib, 1901-1974
Kahn, Louis Isadore, 1901-1974
Date of birth
1901
Date of death
1974
Place of birth
United States
Field of activity
Architecture
City planning
Occupation
Architects
Artists
City planners
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- 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) )