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    Philosophy
    By John Lobell (Author)

    From the publisher of Louis Kahn: Architecture


    as Philosophy: Louis Kahn is one of the most
    influential and poetic architects of the
    twentieth century, a figure whose appeal
    extends far beyond the realm of architecture.
    In this book, noted Kahn expert John Lobell
    explores how Kahn put his buildings together
    (his focus on materials, structure, mechanical,
    details, and the institutions for which he
    designed) manifests a transcendent philosophy.
    Kahn’s rootedness in the fundamentals of
    architecture reveal questions about our
    experience of light and space, and even how
    we fit into the world. In Louis Kahn: The
    Philosophy of Architecture,

    John Lobell shows how Kahn’s buildings speak


    to broad human concerns.

    Lobell looks at Kahn’s position between the


    Beaux Arts and Modern Architecture, his
    philosophy, the major themes in his
    architecture, and how he puts a building
    together. He then applies all of this to five of
    Kahn’s great buildings: the Richards Medical
    Research Building in Philadelphia; the Salk
    Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla; the
    Phillips Exeter Academy Library in New
    Hampshire; the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort
    Worth; and the Yale Center for British Art in
    New Haven.

    An architecture book that touches on topics


    that addresses the universal human interests of
    consciousness and creativity, Louis Kahn: The
    Philosophy of Architecture helps us understand
    our place and the nature of well-being in the
    built environment.

    Statement by Lobell: The greatness of an


    architect can be measured by their recognition
    of changes in their culture, and by their skill in
    manifesting these changes. By this measure
    Kahn was a great architect. But there is another
    kind of measure, one which transcends a
    particular culture, for the architect who
    recognizes and designs for their time must also
    be limited by that time. Kahn far transcended
    the lack of resolution in our own time and
    explored that which is universal in humanity
    and in architecture: order, light, structure, and
    human institutions. He designed his buildings to
    respond to these universals as well as to—and
    beyond—the immediate needs of his clients. A
    great building recognizes that uses change over
    time, but that deep parts of people do not.
    Such a building tells users the meaning of their
    own age and it tells the future stories of the
    past. It tells all people truths about humanity. In
    being in touch with these universal truths, Kahn
    achieved a greatness far beyond that which
    can be accorded to any given time.

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