Louis I. Kahn Biography

Louis I. Kahn biography

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NAME: Louis I. Kahn
OCCUPATION: Architect
BIRTH DATE: February 20, 1901
DEATH DATE: March 17, 1974
EDUCATION: University of Pennsylvania
PLACE OF BIRTH: Osel, Russia
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
Full Name: Louis Isadore Kahn

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Louis Kahn was an architect whose buildings made him one of the most discussed architects to emerge after World War II.

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Louis Kahn undertook his first important work in 1952–1954, the Yale University Art Gallery, which marked a notable departure from his International Style buildings of the previous decade. Kahn's work was controversial during his lifetime, but his work was reviewed more favorably by a new generation of critics, who declared him one of the most original and important architects of the 20th century.