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A biography of Louis Kahn highlights architecture's primal language
- nickgrosvenor 10y agoThe documentary about Louis Kahn made by his estranged son called "My Architect" is a must watch. If you can find it.
- wslh 10y agoIt is easy to find it in Internet.
- eternalban 10y agoKahn's work has 2 distinct phases. Before Anne Tyng -- extremely ho-hum and unremarkable stuff you never see, try googling for it [p.s.] -- and after Anne Tyng [1][2][3][4]. Architecture is a crappy field to begin with but the story of Anne Tyng has always really bugged me. She deserves better. As for the "the rugged materiality of his architecture and his predilection for massive, even monumental materials", one name suffices: Corbu. [1]: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/82/0b/3a/820b3a2564c8c9b310958d62d9f45602.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/82/0b/3a/820b... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Tyng https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Tyng [3]: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/01/09/arts/tyng-obit/tyng-obit-popup.jpg https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/01/09/arts/tyng-obit/ty... [4]: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/05/06/t-magazine/06talk-tying-slide-MLRD/06talk-tying-slide-MLRD-superJumbo.jpg https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/05/06/t-magazine/06talk... [5]: http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0107/feature1_3.html http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0107/feature1_3.html [p.s.] google for "Howe, Stonorov and Kahn" images.