Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture

David B. Brownlee

ISBN 10: 0847813304 / ISBN 13: 9780847813308

Published by Rizzoli, New York, 2005

About this Item

A crisp, clean Near Fine trade paperback copy with foxing to top edges, crease on fore edge of spine. In a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. Book designed by Massimo Vignelli. 448 pp., profusely illustrated, chronology, selected bibliography and index. This remains one of the most important scholarly and illustrative examinations of Kahn's life work and his philosophy of architecture. Photographs and descriptive analysis are followed by a biographical chronology of the architect's life and a complete list of his buildings and projects from 1925 to 1974. The primary texts critically address different dimensions and periods of Kahn's production. Seller Inventory # 013321

Bibliographic Details

Title: Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture

Publisher: Rizzoli, New York

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

This remains one of the most important scholarly and illustrative examinations of Kahn's life work and his philosophy of architecture. Photographs and descriptive analysis are followed by a biographical chronology of the architect's life and a complete list of his buildings and projects from 1925 to 1974. The primary texts critically address different dimensions and periods of Kahn's production.

About the Author:

David B. Brownlee is professor of the history of art, University of Pennsylvania.

David G. De Long is professor of architecture, University of Pennsylvania.

Vincent Scully is Sterling Professor emeritus of the history of art at Yale University.