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9781580930147

Louis I. Kahn Unbuilt Masterworks

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    9781580930147

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    158093014X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-08-28
  • Publisher: The Monacelli Press
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Summary

Using computer imaging techniques to complete unfinished work, thisollection of "unbuilt" masterworks by the great architect includes plans for meeting house at the Salk Institute and a Holocaust memorial.

Author Biography

Kent Larson is an architect and principal research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the consortium House_n: The MIT Home of the Future.

Vincent Scully is Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Miami. His many books include The Shingle Style and Architecture: The Natural and the Man-Made.

William J. Mitchell is academic head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7(3)
Vincent Scully
Unbuilt Ruins 10(8)
U.S. Consulate, Luanda
18(30)
Meeting House of the Salk Institute
48(30)
Mikveh Israel Synagogue
78(32)
Memorial to Six Million Jewish Martyrs
110(14)
Hurva Synagogue, First Proposal
124(34)
Hurva Synagogue, Second Proposal
158(20)
Hurva Synagogue, Third Proposal
178(20)
Palazzo dei Congressi
198(27)
Afterword: Contenders 225(4)
William J. Mitchell
Acknowledgments 229(1)
Notes 230(2)
Illustration Credits 232

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