Like few others, Louis Kahn cultivated the craft of drawing as a means to architecture. His personal design drawings - seen either as a method of discovery or for themselves - are unique in the twentieth century. Over two hundred - mostly unpublished - drawings by Kahn and his associates are woven together with a lively and informed commentary into an intimate biography of an architectural idea. Unfolding around the iconic project for the Dominican Motherhouse (1965 - 69) the drawings form a narrative which not only reveals the richness and hidden dimensions of this unbuilt masterpiece, but provides compelling insights into Louis Kahn's mature culture of designing. Kahn - long considered an architects' architect" - emerges as a vivid and instructive guide, provoking reflection on questions which continue to remain relevant: on how works are conceived, on how they might be perceived, on how they become part of human experience. Fascinating not only in their beauty, the drawings open a new and stimulating perspective on one of the past century's great architects.
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Michael Merrill , Dr.-Ing., is a practicing architect in the USA and Germany and assistant professor for Architectural Design at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
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1. Aufl. Wie nur wenige andere kultivierte Louis Kahn das Zeichnen als ein architektonisches Werkzeug. Seine eigenen Entwurfszeichnungen experimentelle Skizzen ebenso wie Architekturzeichnungen im eigentlichen Sinne sind in der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts einzigartig. Mehr als zweihundert zumeist unveröffentlichte Zeichnungen Kahns und seiner Mitarbeiter sind mit einem lebendigen und kenntnisreichen Kommentar zu einer intimen Biografie einer architektonischen Idee zusammengewoben. Die Zeichnungen entfalten sich um das zur Ikone gewordene Projekt des Mutterhauses der Dominikanerinnen (19651969) in Pennsylvania und bilden eine Erzählung, die nicht nur den Reichtum und die verborgenen Dimensionen dieses unrealisiert gebliebenen Meisterwerks offenbart, sondern bezwingende Einblicke in die reife Gestaltungskultur Louis Kahns bietet. Kahn, der lange als ein `Architekt für Architekten` betrachtet wurde, tritt als eine lebendige und instruktive Leitfigur zutage, die Reflexionen über Fragen in Gang setzt, die bis heute relevant geblieben sind: Wie wird ein Werk konzipiert? Wie kann es wahrgenommen werden? Wie wird es zum Bestandteil der menschlichen Erfahrungswelt? Die Zeichnungen faszinieren nicht nur durch ihre Schönheit, sie eröffnen eine neue und stimulierende Perspektive auf einen der grossen Architekten des letzten Jahrhunderts. (Sehr gut erhalten - NEU, ungelesen / in very good condition new) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2100 OLeinen mit Schutzumschlag / Hardcover (cloth, with dust-jacket). Codice articolo 412312
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24.5 x 30.5cms (landscape) 240pp colour illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book documents Kahn''s drawings for the Dominican Motherhouse (1965-1969) which he was designing at the peak of his career. It ''graphically epitomised his mature thinking of space'' and was the apotheosis of his juxtapositional ''society of room'' plans. Codice articolo 20985462
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Condizione: New. An ideal introduction to Kahn s thinking. Over two hundred drawings, most published for the first time in a generous, high-quality volume. A narrative in drawings sheds light on a profound culture of designing.Wie nur wenige andere kultivierte Louis Kah. Codice articolo 4321088
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Condizione: New. 2010. Hardcover. An ideal introduction to Kahn's thinking. Over two hundred drawings, most published for the first time in a generous, high-quality volume. A narrative in drawings sheds light on a profound culture of designing. Num Pages: 240 pages, 160. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 306 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1678. . . . . . Codice articolo V9783037782217
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