Louis I. Kahn - Silence and Light - The Lecture at Eth Zurich, February 12, 1969

Cette publication retranscrit en cinq langues la conférence donnée par l'architecte Louis Kahn à l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Zürich en 1969 et est accompagné d'un CD audio de son enregistrement.

About the author

Alessandro L. B. Vassella studied architecture at ETH Zürich and is currently head of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oekologischer Stadtumbau Berlin (Committee for the Ecological Urban Restructuring of Berlin).

Summary

Louis I Kahn’s lecture of 12 February 1969 at ETH Zurich's School of Architecture, revealing his spiritual understanding of architecture and showing his remarkable creative thinking. The book features the complete text and the full original recording of Kahn's own voice.

Additional text

“Talking to us nearly 4o years after he [Louis I. Kahn] died, this ‹lost› tape has a haunting yet comforting quality.” Jan-Carlos Kucharek,
Riba Journal

“[...] a CD that gives us the chance to experience the spell of the voice of the one who was perhaps the last guru of the essential truths of architecture.”
ArquitecturaViva 163

Report

«Talking to us nearly 4o years after he [Louis I. Kahn] died, this 'lost' tape has a haunting yet comforting quality.» Jan-Carlos Kucharek, Riba Journal
«Der kleine Leseband 'Silence and Light' besticht durch seine liebevolle und auf den Inhalt konzentrierte Aufmachung.» Uwe Bresan, AIT Architektur Innenarchitektur Technischer Ausbau
«[...] a CD that gives us the chance to experience the spell of the voice of the one who was perhaps the last guru of the essential truths of architecture.» ArquitecturaViva 163
«Ohne Zweifel: Eines der schönsten Bücher, die ich in den letzten Jahren in den Händen gehalten habe.» Thomas Geuder, german-architects.com

Product details

• Authors: Balkrishna V. Doshi, Kahn, Louis I. Kahn, Louis, Alessandro Vassela
• Assisted by: Alessandro Vassella (Editor), Balkrishna V. Doshi (Foreword), Alessandro Vassella (Introduction)
• Publisher: Park Books
• Languages: German, Spanish, Italian, French, English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2013
• EAN: 9783906027180
• ISBN: 978-3-906027-18-0
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 260 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architektur, Architekt, Architektin s.a. Einzeleintrag, Architekturtheorie, Vortrag, USA, Kahn, Louis I., Geschichte der Architektur, Amerika, Einzelne Architekten und Architekturbüros, bildende Kunst, entdecken, Audio-CD, Zürich, ETH Zürich, Doshi, Balkrishna V., Vassella, Alessandro, American architecture, Architektur, amerikanische