Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky

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Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky was the original birth name of Louis Kahn, the influential 20th-century American architect known for his monumental and contemplative designs.

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instanceOf architect
human
alsoKnownAs Louis Kahn
surface form: Louis Isadore Kahn
birthNameOf Louis Kahn
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfResidence United States of America
employer University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork architecture
genre civic architecture
institutional architecture
religious architecture
influenced Moshe Safdie
Peter Zumthor
Renzo Piano
Tadao Ando
influencedBy Le Corbusier
ancient ruins and classical architecture
languageOfWorkOrName English
Russian
Yiddish
memberOf American Institute of Architects
movedTo Philadelphia
notableFor monumental and contemplative architectural designs
notableIdea integration of light as a primary architectural element
served spaces and servant spaces
notableWork Hurva Synagogue (unbuilt project)
surface form: Hurva Synagogue (unbuilt design)

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
surface form: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (consulting influence)

Kimbell Art Museum
National Assembly Building of Bangladesh
Phillips Exeter Academy Library
Richards Medical Research Laboratories
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Yale University Art Gallery
occupation architect
university teacher
placeOfBirth Governorate of Livonia
Kuressaare
Russian Empire
Saaremaa
positionHeld professor of architecture
style Brutalism
modern architecture

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Louis Kahn birthName Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky