Between Silence and Light: Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn

John Lobell, an architect and a professor in the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute, studied at the University of Pennsylvania during the years when Louis Kahn was on the faculty there.

From an architect who was always a Louis Kahn admirer I always was a Louis Kahn admirer since my architecture student's years. This book is an excellent summary of his work.. Five Stars Thanks. Photo Heavy adnarim This book is wonderful if you're a fan of Kahn's work. The book is unique in that the text is Kahn's original words. However, this book is not really a textbook - it functions more like a coffee table book. It has lots of photos and few words.

Kahn, whose many buildings include the Salk Institute, the Yale Study Center, and the Exeter Library. He is remembered, however, not only as a master builder, but also as one of the most important and creative thinkers of the twentieth century. For Kahn, the study of architecture was the study of human beings, their highest aspirations and most profound truths. In the development of contemporary architecture, no one has had a greater influence than Louis I. In his buildings we see the realization of his vision: luminous surfaces that evoke a fundamental awe, silent courtyards that speak of the expansiveness and the sanctity of the spirit, monumental columns and graceful arches that embody dignity and stre

Kahn"Between Silence and Light beautifully captures the essence of my father's spiritual ideas about architecture. It is a luminous book."—Nathaniel Kahn, Academy Award–nominated filmmaker of My Architect . With each passing year, Kahn's importance to architecture and culture becomes evermore clear, his buildings' eternal and circumstantial attributes become evermore evident, and their exceptional quality becomes evermore present in our experience. Occasionally, one man’s creativity spans both; and the way men build to express their emotional and physical needs is never quite the same again. “Ideas change society; architecture changes the visible, functioning environment. Louis, author of Louis I. Kahn loved beginnings, and for those wishing to explore Kahn's work and thought, this