Brownlee, David B., David G. De Long
Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture
New York/Los Angeles, Rizzoli / Museum of Contemporary Art, 1991. Softbound. Silver-grey printed wraps with black and white lettering. 448 pp. with over 500 illustrations, many of them color. A monumental book on this American architect. Profusely illustrated. Contents: Adventures of unexplored places: defining a philosophy, 1901-51 -- The mind opens to realizations: conceiving a new architecture, 1951-61 -- Assembly .. a place of transcendence: designs for meeting -- The houses of the inspirations: designs for study -- The forum of the availabilities: designs for choice -- Light, the giver of all presences: designs to honor human endeavor. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and other institutions, Oct. 20, 1991-Feb. 1, 1994. VG/VG, wraps have tears and chipping on edges. Pages clean and tight .

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