Louis Kahn

1. Louis Kahn “ What does the Building want to be?” – Kahn

2. Richards Medical Research Building at Penn (1957-60) Richards Medical Research (U Penn) 1957

5. Campanili in village of San Gimigano, Italy

6. Construction

7. exterior, structural detail

8. plan

9. Office module

10. Salk Institute for Biological Studies , La Jolla (1959-65) Salk Institute La Jolla, CA 1959

17. Barnet Newman

18. Barnet Newman

21. plan

23. Library, Philips Exeter Academy , Exeter, NH, 1968-72 the largest endowment of any secondary school in the United States $639 million. Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, NH 1968

33. Interior, stair

34. Interior, carol

35. Kimbell Art Museum , Fort Worth, TX (1966-72) Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, TX 1966

36. Section (built from the inside out)

44. National Assembly Building Dhaka, Bangladesh 1962

46. Dhaka, City map

47. Site drawing

48. A man-made moat separates the National Assembly block from the other buildings in the complex

53. plan, main building

65. Prayer hall