The life & designs of Louis Kahn

The life & designs of Louis Kahn
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Louis Kahn Looking at His Tetrahedral Ceiling Image © Lionel Freedman. Yale University Art Gallery Archives Transfer
Tempio unitario a Rocheste By Duetto CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25588587
Salk Institute By La Citta Vita - Kahn's Salk center, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78801985
Bangladesh Parliament By MD SAIFUL AMIN - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82700645
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Yale Center for British Art By pushypenguin - Center for British Art, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89902807
Salk Lake Institute
By --v from USA - Salk Institute, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82562787
Yale university of Art Gallery By Noahedits CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93660014
Phillips Exeter Academy Library By Gunnar Klack CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57029479
Munio Weinraub and Louis Kahn By Gerhard Richter CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18905511
IIM By Students of IIMA - Perspectives - the photography club of IIMA, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8252390
Yale Center for British Art Thomas Nemeskeri via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/world3/14761992690/
Kimbel Art museum Christopher Martin www.flickr.com/photos/applepirate/2547070937/
Salk Institute Marcus Trimble via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/gravestmor/4649570168/
Assembly entrance Naquib Hossain www.flickr.com/photos/naq/385590139/
Thomas Nemeskeri www.flickr.com/photos/world3/8239700315/
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Maciek Lulko Salk Institute www.flickr.com/photos/lulek/29375547722/
Naquib Hossain Exeter Cross Diagonal www.flickr.com/photos/naq/385591187/
Salk Lake Jason Taellious from Olympia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia
Salk Lake Institute images vis salk.edu
Glenn from West Virginia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia
George Howe The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Photo: © Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner. Source: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress
Roche House photo via BHHS Fox & Roach - Blue Bell
Morton and Lenore Weiss House, via Montco.com
Villa Savoye Von LStrike - eigenes Werk, CC-by-sa 3.0/de, de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9501531
Louis I. Kahn Collection, University of Pennsylvania,
and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, photo by John Ebstel
(kahntrentonbathhouse.org/bathhouse/)
The Architectural Archives,
University of Pennsylvania,
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Anne Tyng and Louis Kahn, at his architectural practice, 1947.
Kahn with Anne Tyng and Kenneth Welch, circa 1955. Anne Griswold Tyng Collection, The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania
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IIM By Mahargh Shah - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17884001
IIM AHMEDABAD Photo courtesy William JR Curtis
Louis Kahn and BV Doshi photo via Sangath
Louis Kahn in front of a model of the City Tower Project
in an exhibition at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, February 1958
© Sue Ann Kahn
Parliament of Bangladesh Rossi101 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Pinu Rahman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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[@joegotz1971]

One of my former employees worked for Kahn. He remembers when 2 wives showed up at his office at the same time. The secretary had to find ways to keep them apart. Luckily his office was on several floors. I have a small photo of Kahn at his last building while it was under construction. One f my friends had Kahn as a professor and he saw Lou at an airport reading an architecture magazine. he asked Lou what he was doing. Lou replied, “Looking for ideas”.

[@carolynsielski]

I loved your video and I wanted to see it especially after I completed reading Harriet Patterson's book, 'Our days are like full years". I'm so sorry that she never had a true home and total life with him and her son, Nathanial.

[@pedrodutra4088]

Loved it. I could feel the love and admiration. Thank you

[@SomeOne-em9yw]

Love the way how everything was narrated, thought I had to endure another boring documentary for studies but surprisingly I wasn't. I get to remember informations easily because, the presentation was entertaining. Good job!

[@joshuadicken5219]

First off, I am very thankful for your documentary. Not enough people are talking about Khan. Second, I just wanted to say that I don’t think Louis Khan was just “finding his style” but rather he was looking to the divine and looking at objective truth in geometries and architecture theory and that made his projects sublime and beautiful. Needless to say, I appreciate your video and am grateful. Thank you!

[@blessedarch]

Thats an interesting point. Yeah I may have used the wrong words there, cause in his head, it wasn't really his style, but he was trying to as you said find the truth in his geometries and its only after he did it continuously did we categorize that pursuit as his 'style'

[@nazusman5658]

This was amazing.

[@ushamenon5688]

Precise and well -presented.

[@shubhamsutar238]

Your content is like a Fine Wine, it's getting better & better🥂

[@blessedarch]

❤️ thank you so much

[@Sonnymonster]

I agree. The voice is the icing on the case❤️

[@deepakjayanth8186]

Thanks brother for making such detailed video🙌

[@andjesus]

Great video! Congratulations!👏

[@archact]

amazing

[@cassandrafahey3745]

Very cute thank-you 🙏

[@UHStudio]

Great mini-documentary to serve as an introduction to Louis Kahn! Also, fantastic effort in making the video!! I hope the community appreciates how long it takes to produces such a great piece of content! One building that should have been mentioned is the Philip Exeter Library as it is an example of the strong massing and gometrical compositions that influences most of the later buildings that came about

[@peterzonuntluanga4296]

Hi..I'm new to your channel...I never comment on utube videos..but i wanna say..u truly brought to life every story of the person you talk abou..great videos..

[@randygeyer7673]

Thank you. Well composed and spoken

[@blessedarch]

Thank you :D

[@sanjayharsh3532]

Wonderful and heart touching love from Bangalore India thanks god bless you and your family.

[@mianeustaedter5138]

Love your videos! Thank you so much for the interesting insights!

[@blessedarch]

❤️

[@TANGVDO]

Thanks!

[@abhayharsora7275]

soo beautifully presented.loved it .keep going❤️❤

[@blessedarch]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@atchayathiruvalluvar123]

Thank u so much for creating such awesome contents bro❤

[@blessedarch]

❤️

[@sirreynolds1681]

Lovely story

[@hassanmp5466]

Great greata great... Presentation 👏👏👏

[@blessedarch]

Thank you so much 😃

[@pranav41]

Thank you for sharing about Louis and his work with enthusiasm & passion, a tragic end, but a reminder that one's work has the power to move and capture emotions, even after the body departs.

[@blessedarch]

I am so glad you liked the documentary

[@getnitskeri23]

Superb documentary. Loved it

[@blessedarch]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sankalitabanerjee1690]

Really ... liked the video a lot... thankyou

[@blessedarch]

Thank you. Glad you did 😃

[@Imran-re3tk]

Great Content 💪🏼💪🏼

[@blessedarch]

Thank You :D

[@_learnwith_us]

Great content 👍Thanks for sharing this video with all of us...Got to know more the Great Architect - Louis Khan

[@blessedarch]

Glad you liked it ❤️

[@Ren-1979]

My favourite L.K. project is the Phillips Exeter Academy Library. Simply breathtaking.👌

[@chrisprecht4677]

great video!

[@blessedarch]

Thank you so much Chris

[@osman.nazlii]

daaaamn such a good intro

[@change9929]

Good video.What surprises me is how he suddenly went on to produce great buildings.Where did he learn this.What was his inspiration.

[@litoboy5]

Cool

[@harperwelch5147]

Great doc. Enjoyed it and very informative. Something could have been said about his careful balance of brutalist and expressive modern architecture. He was not a strict “modernist”. He enjoyed playful forms and wasn’t afraid to reference the past.

[@maheenchhipa7255]

I really love your content being an architect, Lots of luck from Pakistan 💓

[@blessedarch]

Thank you ❤️

[@maheenchhipa7255]

@@blessedarch would like to see a documentary on Le corbusier and Bjarke Ingel's projects as well.

[@vanshpatel249]

Awesome 😂

[@Bronzeagleye]

I believe the Pennsylvania Station you show was long gone when Louis I Kahn died. He was to give a lecture in a class on urban architecture I was taking, and instead Vincent Scully gave one of the most electrifying lectures I have ever heard as a memorial to Kahn.

[@ellearnot1200]

Thank you very much for this informative and sensitive documentary. I recently visited the Salk Institute in La Jolla California. Without knowing that much about Louis Kahn's intention, I immediately had an emotional reaction and a sense of the sublime, hope and greatness---which is what Jonas Salk wanted and what Louis Kahn actualized. I'm a bit confused about why you call it Salk lake in your narrative. There is a majestic view of the Pacific Ocean. There is no known destination as the Salk lake institute. (There is Salt Lake City in Utah) There are also several typos in your presentation. It would be good to fix them, but please be assured that they did not detract from the content and sincerity of the presentation. Thank you again and I look forward to more BlessedArch and will recommend your channel to my art students.

[@blessedarch]

Hey thank you for your comment, and glad you liked the videos. Yes I made a few errors in this video, I will post a correction for them in the comments.

[@keleniengaluafe2600]

❤❤❤❤

[@Sonnymonster]

My Architect is a must watch! It’s captivating and the photography is beautiful👍🏻 Subscribed btw. I will binge on your content on my day off👍🏻❤️

[@federicozimerman8167]

Good video. It is the Salk Institute not the Salt Lake institute. Also, his middle name was Isadore. Regards

[@lexaneli]

Shout out to my February born Pieces Architects. Louis Khan, Frank Ghery and others. 😁😅

[@josenazario3453]

Thanks for the informative video. I’ve seen his work for years and didn’t know it was him. One thing though- Salk Lake is not a thing. There’s the Salk Institute in Southern California and there is Salt Lake City but there is no Salk Lake. I think you’re mixing things up when you smash that together.

[@blessedarch]

Ohh yeah You are right. I think I mixed them up while scripting. Sorry for that, and thanks for pointing it out.

[@afrosymphony8207]

Damn mr kahn was fucking fucking

[@solitudedynamics7894]

Bangladesh national parliament \sangsad bhaban,the greatest work of Louis kahn..

[@shashanksingh7337]

Was that letter from "The rome letters" ?

[@blessedarch]

I haven't actually read rhe collection. This one was read out by Anne in the movie 'my architect'.

[@pervaizsalahuddin9491]

Louis Kahn was one of my favourite Architechs.Parliment Building of East Pakistan(Bangladesh) is his greatest works. Architect Pervaiz Salahuddin,Pakistan

[@cristianovidiupavel8293]

So sad the part when he died, why there was no name on the ID card? Anyway, awesome video! :D

[@blessedarch]

There was a name on his passport but his address was crossed off. And no one actually knows why.

[@christophermoody1448]

His buildings are remarkable. However, looking at Kahn, no one would have thought that he was a rolling stone. This is not to disparage him in any way. However, this is not to glorify his personal life either. This video nicely explains that Louis Kahn was a master at what he did. It also shows that he was human, too.

[@blessedarch]

In all my documentaries I try and not only cover the designs made by these great architects, but also dive deeper into the kind of life they lived and their motivation behind the work that they do. I am glad you liked this documentary

[@ethangarcia5661]

Bro is mewing in the thumbnail

[@thegalactic7440]

2:14 why the titanic is here?

[@hc9678]

It's Salk Institute not Salk Lake Institute

[@peterk4134]

The son’s documentary says it all about Khan. Great architects seem to have lousy marriage. Zaha didn’t even get to have a man to love for her love of her own naked curves.

[@pablograppe6476]

there´s way too much quality in every bit of this video🤯

[@blessedarch]

Thank you ❤️

[@prawiraagung4011]

so he invented the open relationship in marriage then adopted by will smith 🤣

[@fahadbinrafiq750]

NICELY POTRAIT.

[@EB-yj3gl]

Unfortunetely, yet another clip with music killing the main input. Autistics are among us, you know:( Personal problem, but more common than you'd think.