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    Louis Kahn

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    serious and studies inquiry into the project’s ‘facts’. Louis Kahn did not begin his design process in this manner. To be sure‚ he eventually did all of these things which other architects do. He felt‚ however‚ that such inquiry into a proposed project’s program-its ‘facts’- was not the appropriate place to begin a design. He said‚ ‘Architecture is the thoughtful making of spaces‚ not the filling of areas prescribed by a client.’ Elsewhere Kahn said‚ ‘It is the world of the architect to indicate

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    Yale University‚ School of Architecture Architecture is the Thoughtful Making of Spaces Author(s): Louis Kahn Reviewed work(s): Source: Perspecta‚ Vol. 4 (1957)‚ pp. 2-3 Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of Perspecta. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1566850 . Accessed: 21/01/2013 18:06 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit

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    Louid Kahn

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    University of Santo Tomas College Of Architecture Master Architect: Louis Isadore Kahn Theory of Architecture II Brain Mathew B. Parras 3AR-2 Table of Contents Biography 4 Career 6 Philosophy 7 Projects 8 Trenton Bathhouse 8 Richards Medical Research Building 9 Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10 Indian Institute of Management 11 Fisher House 12 National Assembly Building‚ Bangladesh 13 Phillips Exeter Library 13 Kimbell Art Museum 15 Yale Center for British Art 15

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    Louis Kahn was a genius beyond his time. His idea of silence and light separates his architecture from anyone else in history. The ideas spawned by his work challenged many theories before and beyond his time. He used plainness‚ light and location to shape the design of his buildings. Another concept that was heavily practiced by Kahn‚ was the use of served and servant spaces. The servant spaces usually housed the lighting‚ plumbing‚ and any other entity that made the building functional. On

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    The Kimbell Art Museum

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    Q. Study one louis kahn building and express is principles Kimbell Art Museum Kimbell art museum at fort worth‚ texas‚ is considered the crown jewel of Louis Kahn. The brief demanded for a modern building where natural light should play a vital role and the form to be a work of art of modest scale – not overwhelming the viewer and the artwork. The museum is composed of 16 parallel vaults that are each 100 feet (30.5 m) long‚ 20 feet (6 m) high and 23 feet (7 m) wide (internal measurements)

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    CHAPTER 2 THESIS

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    CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED FOREIGN LITERATURE AND STUDY I began with architectural studies that connected people and place across multiple scales. Both Carlo Scarpa and Louis Kahn engage in this manner. With the Fondazione Querini Stampalia and Brion Family Cemetery‚ Carlo Scarpa provides architecture that expresses the specificity of site and the nature of the client within a broader context. Both exhibit a spatial atonements and social interactivity that resonate in a humanly restorative manner

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    B V Doshi

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    worked for four years between 1951-54 with Le Corbusier in Paris‚ B. V. Doshi returned to Ahmedabad to supervise Le Corbusier’s projects. His studio‚ Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design)‚ was established in 1955. Doshi worked closely with Louis Kahn and Anant Raje‚ when Kahn designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management‚ Ahmedabad. In 1958 he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. He then started the School of Architecture (S.A) in 1962. Doshi is a Fellow

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    Salk Institute Case Study

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    THE SALK INSTITUTE‚ SAN DIEGO‚ USA Introduction: Dr. Jonas Salk‚ developer of the polio vaccine‚ established the Salk Institute for Biological Studies more than 40 years ago. His goal was to create an institute that would serve as a "crucible for creativity" to pursue questions about the basic principles of life. the Salk Institute conducts its biological research under the guidance of 59 faculty investigators. It employs a scientific staff of more than 850‚ including visiting scientists‚ postdoctoral

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    "Architecture is the thoughtful making of space"‚ said Louis Kahn. What makes an architect is its ability to take a little bit of everything and create a beautiful of composition that blends with it’s surrounding yet stand out. Louis Kahn ‚ one of the great architects of all times showed us how a house can be harmonized with nature and united with the landscape. The fisher house by Louis Kahn is located in Hatboro‚ Pennsylvania‚ a small community close to Philadelphia. Hatboro was originally

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    Louis Armstrong

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    Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong‚ arguably the greatest entertainer‚ and trumpet player during the renaissance era. Louis Armstrong was inspired by people such as Joe the king Oliver‚ Lil Hardin‚ and Peter Davis. Louis Armstrong was one of the most famous and influential performers in the entire history of jazz. Louis Armstrong began to be noticed by important people in the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. Louis Armstrong was born august 4th 1901 in the ghettos of New Orleans. He learned

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