Like few others, Louis Kahn cultivated the craft of drawing as a means to architecture. His personal design drawings \u2013 seen either as a method of discovery or for themselves \u2013 are unique in the twentieth century. Over two hundred \u2013 mostly unpublished \u2013 drawings by Kahn and his associates are woven together with a lively and informed commentary into an intimate biography of an architectural idea. Unfolding around the iconic project for the Dominican Motherhouse (1965\u20131969) the drawings form a narrative which not only reveals the richness and hidden dimensions of this unbuilt masterpiece, but provides compelling insights into Louis Kahn\u2019s mature culture of designing.<\/p>\n
Kahn \u2013 long considered an \u201carchitects\u2019 architect\u201d \u2013 emerges as a vivid and instructive guide, provoking reflection on questions which continue to remain relevant: on how works are conceived, on how they might be perceived, on how they become part of human experience. Fascinating not only in their beauty, the drawings open a new and stimulating perspective on one of the past century\u2019s great architects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael Merrill
\nISBN 978-3-03778-221-7
\nLars M\u00fcller
\nBrochura, 240 pp, 30×24 cm
\nEnglish
\n2010<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4388,"template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[303,72,71],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4504","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-arquitectos-arquitectura-uk-livros-em-ingles","7":"product_cat-arquitectura-uk","8":"product_cat-livros-em-ingles","10":"entry","11":"has-media","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"sale","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple","20":"col","21":"span_1_of_3","22":"owp-content-left","23":"owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","24":"owp-btn-normal","25":"owp-tabs-layout-horizontal","26":"has-no-thumbnails","27":"circle-sale"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5790,"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4504\/revisions\/5790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4504"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4504"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blaubookshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}