The Houses of Louis Kahn
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn., USA
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 269
Description: Beginning with his earliest encounters with Modernism in the late 1920s and continuing through his iconic work of the 1960s and 1970s, the authors trace the evolution of the architect's thinking, which began and matured through his design of houses and their interiors, a process inspired by his interactions with clients and his admiration for vernacular building traditions. Richly illustrated with new and period photographs and original drawings, as well as previously unpublished materials from personal interviews, archives, and Kahn's own writings, The Houses of Louis Kahn shows how his ideas about domestic spaces challenged conventions, much like his major public commissions, and were developed into one of the most remarkable expressions of the American house.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: viii; title: Note to the Reader
pagenum: x; title: Prologue
pagenum: 2; title: Home
pagenum: 4; title: Houses
pagenum: 18; title: Furnishings
pagenum: 74; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 94; title: Jesse and Ruth Oser House
pagenum: 96; title: Philip and Jocelyn Roche House
pagenum: 108; title: Morton and Lenore Weiss House
pagenum: 116; title: Samuel and Ruth Genel House
pagenum: 128; title: Fred and Elaine Clever House
pagenum: 150; title: Bernard and Norma Shapiro House
pagenum: 158; title: Margaret Esherick House
pagenum: 170; title: Norman and Doris Fisher House
pagenum: 194; title: Steven and Toby Korman House
pagenum: 220; title: Notes
pagenum: 251; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 261; title: Index
pagenum: 263; title: Illustration Credits
pagenum: 269