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LouisKahn(1901-74)isoneofthemostrenownedpractitionersofinternationalmodernism,onaparwithLeCorbusierandMiesvanderRoheintheextentofhisinfluenceonsubsequentgenerationsofarchitects.Kahnsoughtthespiritualinhispowerfulforms,andencouragedhisstudentstoseektheessentialnatureofarchitecture.HisPhiladelphia-basedpracticewasresponsibleforsuchmasterpiecesastheRichardsMedicalResearchbuildinginPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania;theYaleArtGalleryextensioninNewHaven,Connecticut;theKimbellArtMuseuminFortWorth,Texas;thegovernmentcomplexatDhaka,Bangladesh;andtheSalkInstituteinLaJolla,California.
Thistitle,inthesameformatasourhighlysuccessfulRemKoolhaas:ConversationswithStudents,containsalittle-knownessaybyKahnonhissourcesofinspiration,aninterviewwiththearchitectonhisworkingmethodsandhisvisionforthefutureoftheprofession,andwritingsonKahnbyMichaelBellandLarsLerup,contributorstoourtitleStanleySaitowitz.
LouisKahn:ConversationswithStudentsisthelatesttitleintheseriesfromtheRiceUniversitySchoolofArchitecture.