Salk Institute: Louis I.Kahn (Architecture in Detail) - Softcover

Steele, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714842141 ISBN 13: 9780714842141

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

The "Architecture in Detail" series comprises books that focus on individual buildings noted for their exceptional character, innovative design or technical virtuosity. Each volume contains a text by a respected author, a sequence of colour and black-and-white photographs and a set of technical drawings and working details. Louis Kahn's Salk Institute sits high above the Pacific at La Jolla, southern California. The project presented Kahn with the opportunity to design for a closed community, in this case research scientists. Incomplete at the time of Kahn's death, it survives as an enduring reminder of his genius.

About this title

Review:

'The Architecture in Detail series is without question one of the most beautifully illustrated and well-documented collections of monographs on individual buildings produced anywhere in the World.'

About the Author:

James Steele is Associate Professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and has written frequently for Architectural Design, Architectural Review and Mimar.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0714842141
• ISBN 13: 9780714842141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60