Louis Kahn / Architect

Description
Romaldo Giurgola, Jaimini Mehta: Text, Tadashi Yokoyama: Translation
A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo, 1975, 251p, 270×263mm, hard, boxed

The Japanese edition of the only collection of works supervised by Louis Kahn himself during his lifetime.
Through abundant sketches, drawings, and photographs, all of Kahn's architectural philosophy is clearly articulated.
The book introduces 8 residential projects, 5 places of worship, 8 public facilities, 11 places of tranquility, 5 workplaces, and 3 urban projects, along with a wealth of illustrations: 80 sketches, 3 drawings, and 117 photographs (6 in color).

Included Works
Weiss House / Fleisher House / Morris House / Adler House / Fisher House / Esherick House / Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall Dormitory / Mill Creek Housing / First Unitarian Church / Mikveh Israel Synagogue / Dominican Convent / St. Andrew's Monastery / Hewva Synagogue / Yale University Art Gallery / Salk Institute for Biological Studies / Indian Institute of Management / Philadelphia College of Art / Phillips Exeter Academy Library and Dining Hall / Kimbell Art Museum / Yale Center for British Art / Tel Aviv University Wolfson Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Center / Trenton Jewish Community Center / Fort Wayne Arts Center / Theater for the Performing Arts / Pan-American Community / : Bangladesh National Center / Pakistan National Center / Memorial to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs / Venice Conference Hall / Plan / Family Planning Center / Pocono Arts Center / Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial / A.N. Richards Medical Research Laboratories / Building / Rwanda American Consulate / Olivetti-Underwood Factory / Office Tower / Philadelphia City Center Plan / Bicentennial Exposition / Abbasabad Development Plan