The Houses of Louis Kahn by George H Marcus

The Houses of Louis Kahn by George H Marcus

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A stunning celebration of the architect's residential masterpieces

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The Houses of Louis Kahn by George H Marcus

A stunning celebration of the architect's residential masterpieces
"The Houses of Louis Kahn . . provides an architectural bridge between the personal and the professional stories, focusing on the nine houses Kahn completed, and designs for two dozen more. The story told by the authors, George H. Marcus and William Whitaker, is one of warm client relations, attention to the smallest domestic detail and a philosophical search for the best arrangement of rooms to call home."—New York Times

"Reveals an architect of mythic stature working on an intimate scale."—Elle Décor

"An important addition to the scholarship about Louis Kahn by addressing a portion of his oeuvre lesser known but certainly not less significant."—Docomomo

Winner of the 2014 Athenaeum Literary Award for Art and Architecture given by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

"A spellbinding account of the artistic and intellectual maturation of one of the most important and influential architects of the last century. It is quite simply the most important book on Kahn to be published in over two decades."—Michael J. Lewis, Williams College, author of American Art and Architecture

George H. Marcus is adjunct assistant professor of the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. William Whitaker is curator of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, which houses the Louis I. Kahn Collection.


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ISBN 13 9780300171181
ISBN 10 0300171188
Title The Houses of Louis Kahn
Author George H Marcus
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 2013-11-12
Number of pages 280
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.