Between Silence and Light：Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn

Inthedevelopmentofcontemporaryarchitecture,noonehashadagreaterinfluencethanLouisI.Kahn,whosemanybuildingsincludetheSalkInstitute,theYaleStudyCenter,andtheExeterLibrary.Heisremembered,however,notonlyasamasterbuilder,butalsoasoneofthemostimportantandcreativethinkersofthetwentiethcentury.ForKahn,thestudyofarchitecturewasthestudyofhumanbeings,theirhighestaspirationsandmostprofoundtruths.Hesearchedforformsandmaterialstoexpressthesubtletyandgrandeuroflife.Inhisbuildingsweseetherealizationofhisvision:luminoussurfacesthatevokeafundamentalawe,silentcourtyardsthatspeakoftheexpansivenessandthesanctityofthespirit,monumentalcolumnsandgracefularchesthatembodydignityandstrength.Updatedwithanewpreface,thisclassicworkisamajorstatementonhumancreativity,showingusLouisKahnasarchitect,visionary,andpoet.