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    Louis I. Kahn was an American architect known for his use of geometry and appreciation of materials in his works. Some key points about him are: - He was born in 1901 in Estonia and studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1924. - His works made extensive use of geometric shapes like squares, circles, and triangles, and he was impressed by the use of sunlight in ancient Egyptian and Greek architecture. - Some of his most notable works include the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, both of which featured prominent use of triangles and half-circles in their designs. - Kahn

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    Louis I. Kahn was an American architect known for his use of geometry and appreciation of materials in his works. Some key points about him are: - He was born in 1901 in Estonia and studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1924. - His works made extensive use of geometric shapes like squares, circles, and triangles, and he was impressed by the use of sunlight in ancient Egyptian and Greek architecture. - Some of his most notable works include the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, both of which featured prominent use of triangles and half-circles in their designs. - Kahn

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    Louis I.

    Kahn
    (The master of Geometry)

    Presented by:
    Asif (220108)
    Borsha (220113)
    Ridoy (220116)
    Fahim (220135)
    Basic
    Name: Louis I. kahn
    information:
    Born: February 20, 1901
    Kuressaare, Estonia
    Died: March 17, 1974
    Pennsylvania Station, New York, United
    States(Aged73) Nationality: American
    College: University of Pennsylvania (Completed B.Arch in
    1924)

    Career:
    1926- Worked as senior draftsman in Ar. John
    Molitor’s office
    1929- Worked in the offices of Paul Phillipe cret,
    then with Zantzinger, Borie and Medary
    1932- Kahn and Dominique Berninger founded the
    Architectural Research Group
    1947- Teaching career at Yale University & University
    of Pennsylvania
    Awards: AIA Gold Medal
    RIBA Gold Medal
    Philosophy Of Works:

    Louis kahn is credited in re-defining modern architecture in more than one ways.
    For example-

    Use extensive geometric shapes and hence we find many of his


    buildings taking shape of squares, circles or triangles.

    Kahn was known to appreciate and feel of different materials that


    he used in his work. He used brick and concrete.

    Kahn realised the importance of sunlight and was highly impressed


    By its usage in Egyptian and Greek works.
    Work Style:

    The highlights of his later style are heavy monumental structures, exposed primitive materials
    and simple geometric forms.

    The architect always started with a


    square shape as a base for his
    conceptual creation.

    ❖ Plan of Fisher House


    Important works:

    1. National Assembly
    Building
    (Dhaka,
    Bangladesh,
    1962-83)
    Association of
    primary shapes
    Principle:
    Centralization
    2. The Salk Institute
    La Jolla, California
    (1959-1965)
    Clustered
    Organization

    Spaces organized around a


    dominant space

    Meeting house, Salk Institute of biological Studies


    Symmetry Principle

    Axis
    3. Phillips Exeter Academy Library
    Exeter, New Hampshire
    (1965-1972)
    Space

    Space as a Datum
    Space connection
    Shapes in Facade
    4. Yale University Art Gallery
    (New Haven, Connecticut 1951-1953)
    Triangle in
    Stair

    Triangle in
    Facade

    Triangle in
    Shape
    5. Indian Institute of Management
    (Ahmedabad, India, 1961)
    Half-circle in Exterior Half-circle in interior
    Dynamic Straight
    Line
    Ordering Principle:

    Hierarchy
    Composition elements:

    • Straight Line
    • Primary Shapes
    Ordering principle:

    Datum
    Composition based on
    our presentation
    Thank you

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