Louis I. Kahn - Silence and Light | The Lecture at Eth Zurich, February 12, 1969

Louis I. Kahn

ISBN 10: 390602718X / ISBN 13: 9783906027180

Published by Park Books, 2013

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Louis I. Kahn - Silence and Light | The Lecture at Eth Zurich, February 12, 1969 | Louis I. Kahn | Taschenbuch | 168 S. | Deutsch | 2013 | Park Books | EAN 9783906027180 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: GVA Gemeinsame Verlagsauslieferung Göttingen GmbH & Co. KG, Carsten Schlieker, Postfach 20 21, 37010 Göttingen, info[at]gva-verlage[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Louis I. Kahn - Silence and Light | The Lecture at Eth Zurich, February 12, 1969
• Publisher: Park Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 390602718X
• ISBN 13: 9783906027180
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 261W x 164H x 17D millimeters 261 millimeters width by 164 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 519 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Louis I. Kahn (1901–74) was one of the foremost architects in America during the twentieth century. His notable buildings include the Yale Study Center; the Salk Institute in Pasadena, California; and the Exeter Library in Exeter, New Hampshire. On February 12, 1969, Kahn gave a lecture at the School of Architecture at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich. Entitled Silence and Light, the lecture explains Kah's spiritual understanding of architecture, which goes far deeper than simply constructing buildings. He also gives a remarkably prescient account of a belief in sustainable architecture that prefigures the twenty-first century’s focus on green technology. The lecture is represented in transcripts into five different languages (German, Italian, English, French, and Spanish), as well as an audio recording of Kahn giving the lecture in English included on CD. To complement the original text, the editor has included a preface written by Kahn’s close friend and fellow architect Balkrishna V. Doshi, as well as many of Kahn’s own images and drawings, some of which have never been published before.

About the Author

Alessandro L. B. Vassella studied architecture at ETH Zürich and is currently head of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oekologischer Stadtumbau Berlin (Committee for the Ecological Urban Restructuring of Berlin).