Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Louis Kahn



For the Major Project, my influence will come from Louis Kahn. Kahn has been a favourite architect of mine for a while especially ever since watching the movie "My Architect" by his son Nethnaiel.

Louis Kahn's buildings use monumenatlism and he creates such monolithic structures that are great to see and i hope to see them in person one day. My favourite and the buildning that fives me the most inspiration is the Slak Institute. From the natural texture's of the concrete finishes, to the seperation of the two buildings on either side by a large open piazza space with a small river running through leading to the view of the ocean is truly amazing.

I have tried to take some ideas from Louis Kahn's architecture and implement it into my own.

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