| Description |
277 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Situating Louis Kahn -- Kahn and American modernism : the search for community and the turn toward monumentality -- Quest for authenticity : the art gallery at Yale -- Techno-organic symbols of community : a new city hall for Philadelphia and the AFL Medical Services -- Gathering people into a community : the Adath Jeshurun Synagogue for Communication -- Struggling for a new idiom : the Trenton Jewish Community Center and Bathhouse, and the Philadelphia Civic Center plan -- Rethinking modernism : authenticity and community in the First Unitarian Church of Rochester -- Situating the democratic way of life : the National Assembly Complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Louis Kahn's situated modernism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-266) and index. |
| Subject |
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 -- Political and social views.
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| Added Author |
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
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| ISBN |
0300077866 (alk. paper) |
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