| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
284 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Arrival: Estonia, the northern liberties, and Penn (1901-24) -- To change the world: the lean years (1924-47) -- Academia and emergence: the Yale University Art Gallery (1947-53) -- Back home to Philadelphia: the Richards Medical Research Building (1957-64) -- The client connection: the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1959-65) -- "A degree of utter purity": the subcontinent (1962-83) -- A "temple for learning": the Phillips Exeter Academy Library (1965-72) -- Light unleashed: the Kimbell Art Museum (1966-72) -- The moth and the butterfly: the Yale Center for British Art (1969-74). |
| Subject |
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
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Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974. |
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Architects -- United States -- Biography.
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Architects. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780393731651 hardcover |
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0393731650 hardcover |
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