Louis Kahn

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American architect architect human

Louis Kahn was a 20th-century American architect renowned for his monumental, geometric buildings and masterful use of light and materials, which profoundly shaped modern architecture.

Aliases (3)

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect → architect → human →
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal → RIBA Gold Medal → Royal Gold Medal →
birthName	Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky →
causeOfDeath	myocardial infarction →
child	Alexandra Tyng → Nathaniel Kahn → Sue Ann Kahn →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1901-02-20 →
dateOfDeath	1974-03-17 →
educatedAt	University of Pennsylvania → University of Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts →
employer	University of Pennsylvania → Yale University →
familyName	Kahn →
fieldOfWork	architecture → modern architecture →
genre	civic architecture → institutional architecture →
givenName	Louis →
influenced	Moshe Safdie → Renzo Piano → Tadao Ando → modern architecture →
knownFor	expressive use of materials → masterful use of light → monumental, geometric buildings →
mannerOfDeath	heart attack →
movement	Brutalism → Modernism →
notableWork	Esherick House → First Unitarian Church of Rochester → Fisher House → Four Freedoms Park → Hurva Synagogue (unbuilt project) → Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad → Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban → Kimbell Art Museum → National Assembly Building of Bangladesh → Phillips Exeter Academy Library → Richards Medical Research Laboratories → Roosevelt Island Four Freedoms Park → Salk Institute for Biological Studies → Sher-e-Bangla Nagar → Yale Center for British Art → Yale University Art Gallery →
occupation	architect → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Governorate of Livonia → Kuressaare → Russian Empire → Saaremaa →
placeOfDeath	New York City → Pennsylvania Station →
residence	Philadelphia →
spouse	Esther Israeli Kahn →
style	geometric architecture → monumental architecture →
subjectOf	My Architect → My Architect: A Son’s Journey →
workLocation	Philadelphia →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Class of 1945 Library ("Louis I. Kahn") → Class of 1945 Library ("Louis Isadore Kahn") → Four Freedoms Park → Kimbell Art Museum ("Louis I. Kahn") → Kimbell Art Museum → Salk Institute for Biological Studies → Yale Center for British Art ("Louis I. Kahn") → Yale University Art Gallery →	architect
Robert Venturi → Tadao Ando →	influencedBy
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad →	architectureBy
Four Freedoms Park →	designer
Modern architecture →	hasKeyFigure
Yale University Art Gallery ("Louis Kahn building") →	hasPart
Le Corbusier →	influencedArchitect
Phillips Exeter Academy →	libraryDesigner
AIA Gold Medal ("Louis I. Kahn") →	notableRecipient