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Louis I. Kahn

Born: 1901 | Kuressare, Governorate of Livonia, Russia Empire
Died: 1974 | New York City, New York
Practice: Atelier Louis Kahn
Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1971), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1972)
Projects: Indian Institute of Management, Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Kimbell Art Museum, Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Salk Institute, Yale University Art Gallery

Phillips Exeter Library, Exeter, New Hampshire (1985 – 1971)

Phillips Exeter Library by Louis Kahn © Gunnar Klack CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Phillips Exeter Academy Dining Hall, Exeter, New Hampshire (1972)

Phillips Exeter Dining Hall by Louis Kahn © Gunnar Klack CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Salk Intitute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California (1965)

Salk Intitute by Louis Kahn © Jason Taellious CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Olivetti Underwood Factory, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1970)

Olivetti Factory by Louis Kahn with Renzo Piano © Troposphere CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (2012)

Kimbell Art Museum by Louis Kahn photo by Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Margaret Esherick House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1961)

Esherick House by Louis Kahn photo by Smallbones (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Trenton Bath House, Ewing, New Jersey (1955)

Trenton Bath House by Louis Kahn © Smallbones CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons.