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February 20 is the birthday of modernist architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974). Midcentury American architecture seems to revolve around Kahn and his world. What are some connections?
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What is Metabolism in Architecture?
The Japanese Metabolist architects cite Kahn's work as an influence on their avant-garde movement. What is Metablolism?...
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Habitat '67, Montreal, Canada
At the height of Kahn's career in 1963, a young Moshe Safdie apprenticed in Kahn's Philadelphia office. Safdie's breakthrough work, Habitat '67, was modular and cubical -- geometrically similar to Kahn's work. See Habitat '67...
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Sunnylands Interior: Atrium
 Sunnylands, Walter and Lee Annenberg's California retreat, is a coast away from the billionaires' Pennsylvania home. Nevertheless, the geometric ceilings throughout the 1966 estate make this midcentury modern by A. Quincy Jones a house of Kahn's time. Learn about the Sunnylands interior....
Press Photo of Sunnylands Atrium room by Graydon Wood © January 2012 The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
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Anne Tyng, Living in Geometry
There's always a woman involved. Many say that Anne Tyng's devotion to geometric form is what influenced Kahn's work and made him great. Read about Anne Tyng...
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