Lecture and seminar, 1968, University of California, Berkeley.

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Lecture and seminar, 1968, University of California, Berkeley.

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Recordings of the Berkeley Centennial Lecture given by Louis Kahn in the Spring of 1968, and a seminar following. In the lecture, Kahn discusses his theory of architecture, using examples from history, and includes full discussion of his major projects. Lecture transcript (18 p.) available.

3 audio tapes (7 cassettes).

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Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974

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Louis I. Kahn was born in Estonia and raised in Philadelphia. He was trained in architecture in the Beaux-Arts tradition at the University of Pennsylvania under Paul Philippe Cret. As a mature architect, Kahn was distinguished from his contemporaries (in a period dominated by the International Style) by his unique personal philosophy of architecture and a style marked by a profound sense of history and pure geometry in design and the texture of materials in construction. His legacy is as much in...