LOUIS ISADORE KAHN

INTRODUCTION
 Louis Isadore Kahn (1901-1974), U.S. architect , educator, and philosopher, is one of
the foremost twentieth-century architects.

Born in 1901 on the Baltic island of Ousel, Louis Isadore

Kahn's family emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

in 1905, where Louis Isadore Kahn lived the rest of his life.

 Trained in the manner of the Ecole des Beaux Arts under

Paul Philippe Cret, Louis Isadore Kahn graduated from

the University of Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts in

1924.

 In the following years Louis Isadore Kahn worked in the

offices of Philadelphia's leading architects, Paul Cret

(1929-1930) and Zantzinger, Borie and Medary (1930-

1932).
PHILOSOPHY

His philosophy states that :

o Form is conceived as formless and
unmeasurable,
a spiritual power common to all
mankind.
o It transcends individual thoughts ,
feelings and convection
  SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF
DESIGN
 Louis I Kahn wanted to redefine the bases of
architecture through a re-examination of
structure, form, space, and light; since his
earlier work abstained from the international
style modernism

 "Louis Kahn described his quest for meaningful

form as a search for "beginnings," a spiritual
resource from which modern man could draw
inspiration“.
 For Kahn it was NATURAL LIGHT that brought
architecture to life, the Artificial light had an
unvarying “DEAD” quality in contrast to the ever-
changing daylight
 AESTHETIC ELEMENTS
“ Design Is Not Making Beauty , Beauty Emerges
From Selection , Affinities , Integration , Love... ”
 DESIGN CONNECTING TO NATURE
 STRUCTURE
In contrast to buildings in the style
of International Modernism, which typically had
structures of relatively light-weight steel
frames that were often hidden behind glass
walls, the laboratory towers have concrete
structures that are clearly visible and openly
depicted as bearing weight.
 SOME OF THE MAIN AND FAMOUS WORKS OF LOUIS I KAHN

• SALK INSTITUTE, CALIFORNIA.

• IIM AHEMEDABAD,INDIA.
• NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,BANGLADESH.
• YALE UNIVERSITY,BRITAN.
SALK INSTITUTE
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is an
independent, non-profit, scientific research
institute
located in La Jolla, California.

The Salk institute is composed of 2 groups of

buildings
sited on the edge of a magnificent cliff, with
the Pacific
Ocean falling behind in the horizon

The institute is housed in a complex designed

by the firm
of Louis Kahn.
PLAN INTERIOR VIEWS
IIM AHEMEDABAD

Established : 1961
Type : Education And Research Institution
Location : Ahmedabad, Gujarat India

The campus of iim is dominated by the baked

brick
Style favoured by the its chief architect, the
Famous louis kahn. All the structures are
Designed to be part of A whole and looks one
Integral whole. Other architects who
Collaborated on the campus include the
Renowned B. V. Doshi and anant raje
PLAN VEIWS
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

National Assembly Building of

Bangladesh
• One of the largest legislative
complexes in the world.
• Houses all parliamentary activities
of Bangladesh .
• Construction of the Jatiya
Shangshad Bhaban began in 1961
by the Government of Pakistan as a
permanent building for the federal
administration of both West and
East Pakistan
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SECTION INTERIOR VIEWS
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