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Bookmark or Share- Louis I. Kahn Biography - Kimbell Art MuseumKahn came to hold the first Paul Philippe Cret chair at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught his own idiosyncratic modernism, which would engender the heterogeneous “Philadelphia school.” Kahn’s architectural career was slow to take off.
- Louis Kahn: Biography, Works, Awards - Architecture LabLouis Kahn, an Estonian-born American architect, is celebrated as one of the 20th-century’s most influential modernists. His journey began with his immigration to Philadelphia and architecture studies at the University of Pennsylvania under Paul Cret.
- Louis Isadore Kahn Biography & Bibliography - ArchEyesArchitect / United States / Works of Louis Kahn. Born in Estonia, Louis Isadore Kahn (1901–1974) emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1906. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania and working for several architecture firms in Philadelphia, Kahn founded his own atelier in 1935.
- Who was Louis I. Kahn? About the Modernist Architect - ThoughtCoLouis Kahn was the father of three children with three different women: The influential architect died of a heart attack in a men's restroom in Pennsylvania Station in New York City. At the time, he was deep in debt and juggling a complicated personal life. His body was not identified for three days.
- AD Classics: Salk Institute / Louis Kahn - ArchDailyIn 1959, Jonas Salk, the man who had discovered the vaccine for polio, approached acclaimed architect Louis I. Kahn with plans for a groundbreaking new project.
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