Louis I Kahn / Robert McCarter.
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TextPublisher: London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: 527 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color), portraits ; 32 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781838663049Subject(s): Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation | Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 | 1900-1999 | Architectes -- États-Unis | Architecture -- 20e siècle | Architects | Architecture, Modern | United StatesGenre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc. DDC classification: 720.92 LOC classification: NA737.K32 | M38 2022Summary: A thoroughly updated and redesigned edition of McCarter's esteemed monograph on the globally-revered modern master. Louis I Kahn was one of the greatest influences on post-WWII world architecture, and in the twenty-first century his significance has skyrocketed. In this revised, expanded, and redesigned edition of Phaidon's bestselling and critically-acclaimed monograph, Robert McCarter explores how Kahn redefined Modern architecture - and why his work remains a fundamental source today. Extensively illustrated, this comprehensive overview includes both built and unbuilt projects, as well as a project realized forty years after Kahn's death - New York City's Four Freedoms Park.
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First edition: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A thoroughly updated and redesigned edition of McCarter's esteemed monograph on the globally-revered modern master. Louis I Kahn was one of the greatest influences on post-WWII world architecture, and in the twenty-first century his significance has skyrocketed. In this revised, expanded, and redesigned edition of Phaidon's bestselling and critically-acclaimed monograph, Robert McCarter explores how Kahn redefined Modern architecture - and why his work remains a fundamental source today. Extensively illustrated, this comprehensive overview includes both built and unbuilt projects, as well as a project realized forty years after Kahn's death - New York City's Four Freedoms Park.
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