Louis Kahn “ What does the Building want to be?” – Kahn

Richards Medical Research Building at Penn (1957-60) Richards Medical Research (U Penn) 1957

Campanili in village of San Gimigano, Italy

Construction

exterior, structural detail

plan

Office module

Salk Institute for Biological Studies , La Jolla (1959-65) Salk Institute La Jolla, CA 1959

Barnet Newman

Barnet Newman

plan

Library, Philips Exeter Academy , Exeter, NH, 1968-72 the largest endowment of any secondary school in the United States $639 million. Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, NH 1968

Interior, stair

Interior, carol

Kimbell Art Museum , Fort Worth, TX (1966-72) Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, TX 1966

Section (built from the inside out)

National Assembly Building Dhaka, Bangladesh 1962

Dhaka, City map

Site drawing

A man-made moat separates the National Assembly block from the other buildings in the complex

plan, main building

Prayer hall