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Article: A long overdue retrospective of the work of master architect Louis Kahn, with an installation designed by Arata Isozaki. (Kahn Festival)
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- Interior Design
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- December 1, 1991
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A long overdue retrospective of the work of master architect Louis Kahn, with an installation designed by Arata Isozaki
In an age of steel-and-glass high-rise office buildings, Louis Kahn (1901-1974) designed monumental structures of concrete and brick that fused the best qualities of the international style - its zealous embrace of technology and abstract visual language - with a profound understanding of the ancient meaning and purpose of architecture. Kahn's exceptionally powerful and influential oeuvre was built up around his essential conviction that architecture must dignify and celebrate human endeavor. The first major retrospective devoted to Kahn's work has ...
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