ARTARCHITECTURE Louis Kahn

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Could modern architects not learn to work with traditional materials while retaining the forms and the spirit of our own times? This is the question so beautifully answered by one of the greatest of all modernists, the American architect Louis Kahn. • Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/lcGOn • Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/IAkCj • FURTHER READING • You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://bit.ly/3HI9qda • “Kahn was born in Russia in 1901 and emigrated with his parents to the US at the age of 3. As a young man he studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, but his career truly blossomed in the 1950s after a trip to Rome led him to a new appreciation of the beauty of Roman architecture. Kahn’s major contribution to modern architecture was to include ancient elements in his work without losing the innovation and clarity of modernism. He reminded the Modernists that they could be in dialogue with their most illustrious predecessors…” • MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE • Watch more films on ART/ARCHITECTURE in our playlist: • https://bit.ly/2XTKFF5 • SOCIAL MEDIA • Feel free to follow us at the links below: • Facebook: / theschooloflifelondon • X: / theschooloflife • Instagram: / theschooloflifelondon • CREDITS • Produced in collaboration with: • Mad Adam Films • Title animation produced in collaboration with • Vale Productions • https://www.valeproductions.co.uk/

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