Louis Kahn's Accomplishments In Architecture

Louis Kahn, born in 1901, was an American vastly known for his works as an architect. Alongside being an architect, he was an artist, teacher and to a certain extent a philosopher, some might label him as poet and one of the great thinkers of his time. Charles E. Dagit, Jr says ‘His was a genius that profoundly changed the course of architecture worldwide’. (Louis I. Kahn: Architect, 2013, page xi). Louis Kahn’s legacy began from an early age where in high school his teachers immediately noticed Louis developing on his drawings and placed him in courses that nurtured his skills. He progressed his education and talent into architectural studies and received full funding to the University Of Pennsylvania, graduating 1924. He started to work as a senior designer, draughtsman for City of Philadelphia’s architect John Molitor for the Sesquicentennial International
Kahn’s buildings, such as the Yale Art Gallery, expressively impacted those confronted them due to his design and wisdom of space and light which worked through the building, similar to Richards medical labs as he combined visual captivating spaces that differed under the renewing light during different intervals of the day. The implication of his works abled Kahn to explore the notions he had about renovating the concept of modern architecture that to him required the ‘monumental and spiritual’ essences of prehistoric buildings. From the ideas discussed above, about his works and in relation to his Medical Labs in Philadelphia to modernism as a whole, it is evident that Kahn was successful in his hopes of reinventing