Louis I. Kahn's Trenton Jewish Community Center
By: Susan G. Solomon
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Building studies -- 6
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Kahn, Louis I., -- 1901-1974; Trenton Jewish Community Center; Trenton (N.J.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Other titles: Trenton Jewish Community Center
Description: "Louis Kahn is considered by many to be the greatest modern American architect. His design for the Jewish Community center in New Jersey, which he began in 1955, epitomizes the esential forms for which Kahn is known. The Trenton Bath House, the best-known component of the project, embodies a simple scale and program that shows Kahn's work at its most elemental.

This book explores not only the formal aspects of the building, but also the political history of its construction, the social issues of suburbanization and the post-World War II Jewish community, and Kahn's personal relationship with his Jewish heritage."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180) and index