Kahn teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, where he himself had studied
under CretOrthodoxy questioned at mid century: Kahn, Rudolph and Saarinen
Louis I. Kahn, 1901-74
Kahn teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, where he himself had studied
under Cret
Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1953
Note the Miesian vocabulary of yellow brick with steel and glass curtain walls.
The triangular coffering of the gallery ceilings give a hint of Kahn's
expressive capabilities when using concrete.
Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, 1959-65
Plan, showing the flanking wings of laboratories with uninterrupted floorplates.
The service towers on the outside flanks of the complex
The central courtyard
One of the 'pavilions' of studies facing the courtyard.
The lightwells between the laboratories and studies.
View towards the Pacific ocean
The Kimbell Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, 1969-72
Paul Rudolph, 1918-1997
School of Art and Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1958-63
The building framed by massive piers of reinforced concrete, all finished with a
rough, serrated surface.
Plan and section, giving some sense of the immense spatial complexity of the
interior
The slot-like entrance
Note the use of classical fragments, friezes, statues, etc. to enrich the
interiors
Eero Saarinen, 1910-61
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch, St Louis, MO, 1947-66
Trans-World Airlines Terminal, Idlewild [now J.F.Kennedy] Airport, NY, 1956-62
