An icon of modernist design in New Haven, Connecticut, the Yale Center for British Art will reopen after two-year closure for renovation. (Richard Caspole/Courtesy Yale Center for British Art) The ...

The architect who designed some of the 20th century’s great buildings kept a notebook with intimate glimpses into his creative vision. Now it’s his daughter’s final goodbye. By Sam Lubell After having ...

So much has been written about the Yale Center for British Art, architect Louis I. Kahn’s last building at Yale–from Jules David Prown’s, The Architecture of the Yale Center for British, prominently ...

Louis I. Kahn, "Temple of Apollo, Corinth, at Midday, 1951." Pastel and charcoal on paper, one of three works that will be unveiled at the Kimbell Art Museum in conjunction with its 50th anniversary ...

Last year, the only surviving commercial work designed by architect Louis I. Kahn was torn down with little fanfare in Philadelphia. Coward Shoes at 1122 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia on April 25, ...

A recently completed Kickstarter campaign will fund the publication of a new edition of the “The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn,” a collection of the famed Philadelphia architect’s sketches.

In mid-December 2020, the Director and Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIMA) suddenly announced that they intended to knock down all 18 dormitories on the campus ...

Well-known architects are easy to admire or dismiss from afar, but up close, oddly humanizing habits often come to light. However, while we all have our quirks, most people's humanizing habits don't ...

After having a son with the famous architect, she built a career, often collaborating with Mr. Kahn on projects, including a New York memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt. By Fred A. Bernstein The first ...

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Louis Kahn (1901–1974) was an American architect renowned for his monumental and modernist designs. Born on February 20, 1901, in Pärnu, Estonia, Kahn immigrated to the United States with his family ...