A long overdue retrospective of the work of master architect Louis Kahn, with an installation designed by Arata Isozaki. (Kahn Festival)

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A long overdue retrospective of the work of master architect Louis Kahn, with an installation designed by Arata Isozaki

In an age of steel-and-glass high-rise office buildings, Louis Kahn (1901-1974) designed monumental structures of concrete and brick that fused the best qualities of the international style - its zealous embrace of technology and abstract visual language - with a profound understanding of the ancient meaning and purpose of architecture. Kahn's exceptionally powerful and influential oeuvre was built up around his essential conviction that architecture must dignify ...

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